Lee Sankey

Entrepreneur, strategist, designer, musician. Founder of Door, we discover and invent new products, services and businesses

[Dreaming Tulpa 🥓👑 @dreamingtulpa]

Less than 24 hours ago, OpenAI released the first glimpse of what Sora looks like in the hands of artists.

This is what unchained creativity looks like!

7 beautiful examples:

[Lee Sankey @leesankey]

@finlaycraig Today it's still a vehicle for speculation - not a currency. So what are the conditions that will instigate that change, including absence or lack of alternative solutions?

[Mujtaba Rahman @Mij_Europe]

.@radeksikorski on 🔥. The kind of diplomacy I can get behind. Everyone should watch this clip today

[Lee Sankey @leesankey]

@liampmccabe @peduarte Nailed it

[Borriss @_Borriss_]

Less than 15 hours since OpenAI dropped multiple game changing updates to the ChatGPT ecosystem...

People are shaking their heads up, down and sideways...

10 wild examples and discussions:

[Lee Sankey @leesankey]

Enjoying this marvellous 3d map of the Tokyo metro system made by @nagix, discovered via @benedictevans (who is no longer on Twitter I think) https://t.co/tZ9oDnH3jn #tokyo #cities #DataVisualization

[Lee Sankey @leesankey]

@gradiate Oh no

[Javi Lopez ⛩️ @javilopen]

Would you believe me if I told you that the mosquito and the amber aren't real but a 3d asset with real time shaders?

The shadows and the light refraction in the amber are amazing 🍯

💡 Simulon tech + dynamic torchlight tracked using Keen Tools.

[Emmanuel Freudenthal @EmmanFre]

Two weeks ago, Teodoro Obiang, Vice-Pres of Equatorial Guinea and son of the President, stayed at a $75,000 / night penthouse in NY @TheMarkHotelNY;

He attended the UN assembly, where he spoke about the lack of development in Africa and reforming the UN.

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His Instagram vid:

[Jefferson @Jefferson_MFG]

🚨 BREAKING: The UK has leapfrogged France to become the 8th largest manufacturer in the world.

With an annual output of £224 billion, the buoyant sector now supports 2.6 million jobs according to new data released this morning by trade association @MakeUK_ .

The figures are contained in the latest annual ‘Manufacturing – The Facts’ which contains a wide variety of data about the contribution of manufacturing to the economy including exports, sectoral breakdown, how the UK compares to other nations and salary levels.

Make UK estimates that if the Government commits to its call for a manufacturing target of 15% of GDP, this will add an additional £142 billion to the UK economy. #UKmfg

[Robert Scoble @Scobleizer]

@theDeepView @Noah_A_S I made you a list of 1,600 AI Companies here on X. Hope it helps!

https://t.co/3bymfaW9ud

[Jean-Laurent Poitou @JLPoitou]

Here's an opportunity to go hands-on with #DigitalStrategy and transformation. @AlvarezMarsal is looking for a Senior Director to take on our London post. #ApplyNow: https://t.co/fFP8M0G6fk #Recruitment

[Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK]

Huge set of ChatGPT updates are rolling out over the next week 🔥🤯

1. Example prompts: No more staring at a blank page!

2. Suggested replies: ChatGPT automatically synthesizes follow up questions. I’ve been using this the last month and it is very useful to reduce fatigue.

3. GPT-4 by default: When starting a new chat as a Plus user, ChatGPT will remember your previously selected model, huge productivity win!

4. Uploading multiple files is now supported in the Code Interpreter beta for all Plus users.

5. Stay logged in: You’ll no longer be logged out every 2 weeks and if you do, we have a sweet new welcome page!

6. Keyboard shortcuts: Work faster with shortcuts, Try ⌘ (Ctrl) + / to see the complete list.

These are going to go a long way IMO. What are you most excited about?

[Greg Williams @GregWilliams718]

The new UK edition of @WIRED is available this week. We wanted to mark 500 days of war in Ukraine with a series of pieces that shine a light on some of the extraordinary innovation that has characterized the resistance. One the cover we have digital minister @FedorovMykhailo

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

A new podcast on Christopher Nolan is available now

A few things I learned from reading about Nolan:

1. Mute the world and then build your own

2. Be a craftsman not an artist

3. The only sensible way to live in the world is without rules

4. Some ideas will take half a lifetime

5. Obsess over one project at a time

6. Dream with your eyes open

7. Combine punctuality, discipline, and secrecy

8. The first thing to do with an idea is flip it

9. Nothing works if you can’t trust your instincts

10.Don’t encourage dependency

11. A product can be defined by what it lacks

12.Shoot in any weather

13.Look at yourself through your children’s eyes

14.Infinite space is good for the soul

15.There’s more to the world than meets the eye

16.Constraints breed resourcefulness

17.The highest form of creativity is found by improvising within a set of restrictions

18.Assume it will be a failure and then start working to prevent that

19.Big companies encourage waste and don’t give you the control you desire

20.Maintain control. You might have to buy it

21.Create your own curriculum

22.Give your mind space to think — in the dark

23.Imagination can be trained to fill in the gaps

24.If you are obsessed with it you can make other people obsessed with it too

25.The more stripped down a document the better it is

26.The best product is the one you *have* to make

You can learn more by listening to #313 Christopher Nolan:

https://t.co/yQi6SDUvqO

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

Shopify's product team has a neat framework for clarifying responsibilities on projects. It's called the AAA framework.

Each team member is assigned one of three roles:
1. Aiming: responsible for strategy and direction of what we are building
2. Assembling: responsible for bringing the right people together and keeping them on track
3. Achieving: responsible for the day-to-day work of getting shit done (GSD) like design, code, etc.

As @glencoates shared with me, "I think most companies think of hierarchy and jobs basically as this sort of single line of leadership downward, based on how senior you are. But a few years ago we introduced the AAA framework. You don’t want to take on a leadership job and suddenly be responsible for aiming when you’re really passionate about assembly, or the other way around. It’s helped us put people in the right roles and not just have one dimension of leadership that everyone has to conform to.

On projects, it’s really good to be able to know who’s the aimer, responsible for the strategy. It may not be the most senior person in the room; it may be the staff designer or the staff engineer. It’s sometimes good to know that the team’s manager actually isn’t the aimer, which is by design. Then there’s usually dedicated product ops and program management people who are responsible for the assembly. And of course, the achievers, who actually do the work."

Read more about @Shopify's product development process in the thread below...

[Lee Sankey @leesankey]

A bank account and debit card that helps fund scientific research? Yes please. Liking the look of @ScienceCardUK https://t.co/MC2MonM8oR

[Robert Bound @RobertBound]

I just signed the petition to save the Curzon cinema in Mayfair which is under threat of closure. Will you sign too? https://t.co/h07zVX2RW7 via @38degrees

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions hit Q1 record high after 4% rise in early 2023 | @laurimyllyvirta @bobolan1219

Read here: https://t.co/kgwj9pOtTA

[Lee Sankey @leesankey]

@pvmagazine @NatBullard Where is the epicentre of the manufacturing capability?