Nico Dreher

Collaboration enthusiast interested in self-managed teamwork. UX designer

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

I quit. Follow me on https://t.co/Vmvq7Nl22Z.

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@TerribleMaps What about Basque?

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@grillitype @LAReviewofBooks I need that cap

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@zuitzerland Exciting! Tell us more about it…

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@grillitype Someone‘s eurocentric…

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

„The work is never just „the work““

[Stef Walter - inactive, only crossposting @WalterStephanie]

The work is never just “the work”. The actual “work” you have to do, is just a very small part of a whole invisible set of a project. There’s the world around the work, to get the work, before the work, between the work, beyond the work, outside the work, etc.

[Martin K. @martinkrung]

Crypto has slow innovation cycles. Here's why:

Complexity of Technology

Given that every project is build on cryptography, fast iterations are challenging. Cryptography doesn't allow incremental adjustments easely. You can't have a semi-functional blockchain or smart contract – it either operates as intended, or it doesn't.

This contrasts with other software types, which can be improved upon incrementally while in use. For instance, if you're developing blogging software, you can release initial versions within days and refine it during users using it. In crypto just migration from one version to another is a major undertaking.

Misleading Signals in Product Usage

Crypto represents the merger of code and money. It's an industry standard to monetarily reward users. For instance, when you mine Bitcoin, you're often driven by the financial incentive rather than bitcoin beeing of use for you.

Many crypto projects heavily compensate their users. This leads to wrong data about the usage of the product. Users may engage with a product primarily for the payout, not its utility. Consequently, many projects never truly achieve a product-market fit, and those that do find it challenging to iterate swiftly due to the underlying technology.

Regulatory Hurdles

The fusion of code and money in crypto brings it into the arena of financial regulations, many of which are ill-suited for this new technology.

This misalignment often diverts innovation as projects modify their approaches to navigate these regulatory waters. A significant portion of the industry's energy goes into lobbying for regulatory adjustments. Traditional financial institutions leverage these regulations to protect their interests.

While older fields like AI aren't burdened by such legacy regulations, they have more influnce in crafting new ones. If you view crypto from a monetary business perspective, it operates within one of the world's oldest industries.

Limited Public Funding

Blockchain technology is one of the few fields where government public funding hasn't invested millions. In contrast, AI research, which spans more than 50 years, has benefited from extensive publicly funded research. Billions have been poured into AI over the past half-century. This hasn't been the case for crypto, with most successful projects being privately financed.

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

Voll

[Pro Velo Zürich @provelozuerich]

So ein paar Blumentöpfe kämen in der @stadtzuerich auch sehr hübsch...

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@Raj_Kumar_ten08 Like the enactment and mixed media approach

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

Resonating with „working in the open is an exercise in proactive reassurance“… 🔊 https://t.co/3exTQwP6cs

[Rasmus Andersson @rsms]

Made a little booklet to help contributors of Inter getting a grasp on its design system
https://t.co/C7mvsyiDOF

[Ryan Singer @rjs]

When it comes to product, "management" and "ownership" are popular terms.

What we don't hear as much is "execution."

Execution requires going further than saying what *should* be done. It means making trade-offs about what *can* be done under the constraints we have.

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

As you are reading this, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is being cleaned at a rate of one football field worth of ocean every 10 seconds.

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@rayesalexander You may say I‘m a dreamer

[Moxarra Gonzalez @Moxarra]

🔎Opening tomorrow, October 7, 6-9 pm👀

👉 @DYOR_CryptoArt //Crypto Glossary// @KunsthalleZH 👈🔍

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

Loved so many parts in "Why Figma wins" – especially "Design is all of the conversations between designers and PMs about what to build."

[Jared Spool @jmspool]

Figma augments the interactions of designers with the rest of their team. This is the key reason for its dominance in the design market.
https://t.co/InGMENLsd0

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@eminsinani @figmadesign @FigmaPlugins I wash I had know about this plugin earlier...

[Peter Merholz @peterme]

Companies say they want UX/Design, but doing it well means behaving in ways that aren't just new, but actively contrary to standard business practices, which threatens those in power, who then marginalize the function.

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@dburka Why not?

[Nico Dreher @nicodreher]

@Raj_Kumar_ten08 Intriguing - what are those men doing?