Luke Rolka

Visual designer and strategist with a love for systems thinking, pastries, and comix. CCA DMBA 2023

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@Chamoen @aakashgupta @verge Meta understands CX ecosystems (Nokia didn’t) but Apple has a deeper understanding of how to capitalize on devoted UX and hardware. Product market fit is still wobbly, and they know it. That said, Meta actually needs big competitors to better validate the space, unlike Nokia.

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@elonmusk is good at reading the room when it comes to product decisions that make things more useful or delightful for its end user. The problem with Twitter is that he's the end user

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe I was just reading a Reddit this morning from people baffled how Gmail is helpless against YETI cooler spam

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe Cheese Laugh Love and Live Cheese Love are also acceptable

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe That’s what makes it worth $10

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe Monsieur, allow me to open your Verizon hotspot. *holds out hand after waxing mustache*

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe At least they don’t charge a corking fee if you bring your own internet

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@thisisehsan Doubt is only connected to confidence if you let it. Doubt should be a tool to stress test a design decision

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe I like to stay ahead of trends: espresso and wait for it: milk

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@steak_umm Yes, and I kind of relish that I’ll probably never buy Steak-umm so I’m getting free entertainment. Great value! You could start a SAAS (Sass as a Service) then I’d have to pay for your steak propaganda. I’ve spent money on worse things

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe I don’t feel whole until I see this in Chrome

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe If you were trying to find an idea to turn into a blockbuster mobile game I think you’ve hit on it

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@ev_rowe I prefer connections with people who are more distant to me than Kevin Bacon. Feels special

[Stephen Diehl @smdiehl]

Also just really speaks to the crisis of authenticity in the modern world. People desperately want to interact with other people, not brands or as part of some transactional commercial scheme.

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

Searching for “America” on Getty is mostly pictures of National Parks and COVID stuff

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

Having an insight is worthless unless you can persuade or onboard others to take action on them.

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

The search engine Marginalia does the opposite of modern search engines. It looks for sites that tend to be text heavy and not optimized for search. It’s designed to surprise you.
https://t.co/eMTELMDjV0

[Luke Rolka @lukerolka]

@mashable Oat milk is the best compliment to coffee in plant milks relative to milk, but high quality whole milk has richer fat and is slightly more neutral in flavor than oat with less sugar. For this reason if I’m spending $5 on a latte or capp I’ll still go with cow milk.

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

San Francisco has clearly turned the corner (not that it can't un-turn if we get careless). Cases/d in city now 192, down from peak of 289 last month (Fig L). Hospitalizations stable (# lags). @UCSFHospitals, asymptomatic test + rate, which peaked at 3%, now 1.3% (R). Keep it up!