Mike Buzzard

Based in the SF bay area. Husband to Dara, father to Ben and Sam. Design Manager at Google, co-founder of Cuban Council, investor, adviser, pizza maker.

[John Zeratsky @jazer]

🔥 Character Labs is BACK by popular demand — applications are open now until July 19 for pre-seed founders building in AI.

[John Zeratsky @jazer]

I've been waiting a year for this... Character Labs is BAAAAAACK!

ICYMI, Labs is our four-week sprint program for AI founders. Like an accelerator, but 100% focused on product-market fit.

[John Zeratsky @jazer]

Two years ago, I started @CharacterVC with @eliblee and @jakek.

So far, we've invested in 20+ companies and worked closely with the founders (using our Sprint method from GV) to help them de-risk product/GTM fast.

Now we're expanding with a new program called Character Labs...

[Liquid Death @LiquidDeath]

We partnered with @MarthaStewart to make a life-sized severed hand candle. Introducing the Dismembered Moments Luxury Candle. Yes, you can really buy it here: https://t.co/J1VXCxuhK2 #liquiddeath

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

Anyone have any recommendations for video creative/production shops in South Africa?

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

Unique role for a connector with a vast network across brands and agencies: https://t.co/YhOJJQlNUU

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

@mialoira 404 more followers (at the time of this tweet)

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

Congratulations to @jazer @eliblee @jakek on @CharacterVC Fund!

[Google @Google]

No matter where you are in your professional journey, Google Career Certificates can help you level up your skills and get you on the path to new opportunities → https://t.co/lNXXwSZkMy #GrowWithGoogle

[Bob Baxley @_bbaxley]

Anyone even tangentially connected to UX design knows that the demand for designers has never been higher. This should come as no surprise to anyone in the tech industry. However, the question remains, how did we get here and how do we get out? It comes down to a few dynamics…

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

Does anyone have a contact at @calendly — my wife can’t access her account because it’s tied to a past employer email, so she can’t unsubscribe from charges and they don’t answer supoort emails or DMs 🤦‍♂️ DM me please if you can help 🙏

[Bruno Bergher @bbergher]

I'm looking for people who align with your vision at @metabase of democratizing access to data worldwide and to do that as part of a global, distributed team. It's about taking a product people love, making it even better, and bringing it to more organizations everywhere.

[FWA 🏅 @fwa]

Our biggest news announcement ever:

FWA is officially up for Sale:

https://t.co/YbOHTa7j7r

Please help us find a new owner for FWA to take the project forward and to achieve new heights.

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

So excited for the release of the UX Design certificate, and so very grateful for all of the companies who have chosen to recognize it; it's taken a passionate village to get this out into the world.

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

50,000+ have graduated from our IT Support Certificate to prepare for careers in IT. We’re now adding Google Career Certificates in Data Analytics, Project Management & UX Design, and expanding our consortium of employers hiring graduates. #GrowWithGoogle

https://t.co/5VDXnjVRdx

[Google Design @GoogleDesign]

🥁🥁🥁… Best of Google Design 2020 is officially here! This year’s featured projects, largely completed remotely, exemplify resilience & flexibility. Give a round of 👏👏👏 to our colleagues & explore our annual yearbook of brilliant works → https://t.co/rnEfXIVCaP #BestofGD

[Google Design @GoogleDesign]

Benefits of variable fonts?
☑️ Better compression for developers
☑️ Greater expression for designers
☑️ Finer text typography for readers

@lorp & @googlefonts' @davelab6 explore what defines #variablefonts and how best to use them in our latest: https://t.co/cHz9BSnbTH

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

@AirbnbHelp Thanks, I got a notification that I have a 📧 in my @Airbnb inbox, which I cannot access with a 🔒 account. Beginning to think y’all have never tested features/flows for a locked account 🤷‍♂️

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

My @airbnb account got locked, and I've been trying for over a month to unlock it. I've made zero progress with the only channel I have, Twitter, since their Help Center requires you to be logged in to use it. I've lost my trust in their platform, but cannot close the account?!?!

[Stereogum @stereogum]

Stream Fleet Foxes' new album 'Shore' https://t.co/FTNtqfuSwj

[Mike Buzzard @mbuzzard]

@lauraklein @andybudd @YasmineEvjen @frauhauslee Okay, DM me and we can set up a time to talk where I can hopefully answer your questions.