Robert Baesman

VP Product @CubeSoftwareHQ. Formerly Highspot, Dropbox, VMware. Also Husband, Dad, pragmatic liberal and outdoor enthusiast. Views expressed are my own.

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

Feeling very sad for the 1000s of people in Maui whose community is suddenly just gone. Lahina was always a special place for my family: many memories, and now only memories, but I know that feeling of loss is nothing compared to the loss for folks who lived and worked there.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

New video from Front Street shows virtually all of downtown Lahaina has been burned down.

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

Just relegated the X app to one of the back pages on the Home Screen so I don’t have to stare at the constant reminder of an unfettered egomaniac all the time.

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

While I'm bummed to see a craft brewer going away, am I the only one who thinks the real elephant in the room isn't Sapporo, but that Anchor Steam beer just wasn't very good? I mean, I'd drink it at a Giants game when it was that or Budweiser, but... https://t.co/5eEljdnSgP

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

RIP Harry Belafonte - amazing artist, activist and human being https://t.co/NlGPiMpUT1

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

Hey everyone! I’m #hiring! Looking for a great Sr. Product Manager -- special attention paid to those with experience and love for some combo of corporate finance and/or ecosystem integrations. https://t.co/QUhElePb2b

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

@adamnash Are non-Hollywood, clever shows whose whole premise is exploring time travel, like German language “Dark” from a few years back, still allowed?

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

Am I the only one who is bummed ChatGPT refuses to get involved when it comes to March Madness bracket creation?

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

@adamnash I strangle want to see this now 😜

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

@lennysan To be fair, DBX benefitted from an external event, in addition to focus on growth optimization. It, (and many others), benefitted hugely from being at the right place and right time when the iPhone changed mobile. God knows we clawed out growth gains too, but luck helps.

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

Contemplating a Francophile wine label got me wondering: could adjective noun language rules have a deeper impact on human psychology? English: adjective noun. French: often noun adjective. What is it like to picture a thing but not be told its color yet?

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

@jgoldfein Ironically, I know for a fact there are Dropbox alumni at OpenAI ;-)

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

@kangaroos991 Happy to say most of them, and happily most were read as assigned reading in Jr High and Highschool in the public school system in the early 90s.

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

@kevin2kelly I was with you up until 9. AFAICT, to get all of your 9 and above, there are some real challenges with both energy acquisition and high speed interstellar travel (related challenges) that come down to very deep laws of physics as we know it.

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

@dstafford @barenakedladies They just need to train it on your twitter feed David!

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@chipx86 And if it was at Heathrow, maybe they’d have asked you if you were related to Richard Hammond from Top Gear / The Grand Tour ;-)

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@dstafford @vmw_workstation @VMware @WorkspaceONE

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

I say that rhetorically, as I'm sure there are a blessed few true believers who are legit good & will do their darndest to hold it together. Hats off to you! But are there enough of those for a company of this scale to succeed? I have my doubts & hope I'm wrong. (11/11)

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

Observed some truly smart, motivated engineers I know at @Twitter depart. Say what you will about cost cutting or culling. What's really going on is Mr. Musk actually has no clue on how to run a software company at scale, and there's a fundamental mistake he's making... (1/11)

[Robert Baesman @rbaesman]

AFAICT, that's gone now. Many good folks gone. Trust and sense of culture is gone with them. With no clear path to personal financial upside, and many years of chaos & top down mandates to try XYZ to monetize, why would anyone you'd want working there choose to stay? (10/11)