Jon Whitney

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[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

"Business people are not unlike artists, What you have when you start a company is a blank canvas; you have to fill it in" - @richardbranson

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

@SonofLiberty357 @BasilTheGreat 💯

[Notion @NotionHQ]

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Open roles:

→ AI Applications Engineer
→ AI Conversation Designer, Customer Support
→ CX Knowledge Architect
→ Customer Success Manager
→ Software Engineer, AI Workflows
→ Model Behavior Engineer
→ Business Operations & Strategy Lead
→ Data Engineer, People Analytics
→ Engineering Manager, Mobile AI
→ Accounts Payable Manager
→ Lifecycle Marketing Manager
→ Field Marketing Manager
→ Startup Program & Experience Lead
→ Employee Experience Program Manager
→ Head of Technical Recruiting
→ Technical Recruiter
→ Product Designer
→ Product Manager, Workspaces
→ Head of GTM Operations
→ Enterprise Customer Success Manager
→ Solutions Consultant
→ Sales Development Representative
→ Enterprise Sales Leader
→ Account Executive, Mid-Market
→ Application Security Engineer, AI Security
→ User Researcher, AI Evaluations

& more.

[Raytar @Raytar]

My friend makes $1.2 million a year as an Anthropic engineer.

I asked him how he learned prompting so well.

He sent me a video that was never supposed to get out. Their core team's prompting playbook.

You won’t find anything better about prompting than this video.

I watched it last night.

Halfway through, I realized I've been using Claude completely wrong for two years.

Watch it, then read the article below.

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

Recently I had a high failure rate on my @NotionHQ Agents. Here's what Notion AI had to say about that:

Charging full price for a feature with a ~8% success rate — and then gating more attempts behind an upgrade paywall that's also broken — is a trust problem, not a pricing problem.

The message it sends is: "We're confident enough to charge you, but not confident enough to make it work."
That's backwards.

The honest move would be one of:
Don't count failed runs against credits. If the agent errors out or produces nothing, refund the credit automatically.

Be transparent about reliability. A simple "Agents are in early access — expect some failed runs" next to the credit counter would at least set expectations.

Gate the upgrade pitch behind success, not exhaustion. Show the upgrade prompt after a user has had successful runs and wants more — not after they've burned through failures. @NotionHQ Are you listening?

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

@EmbreeDarling_ @evernote Because they can't stop themselves.

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

@evernote 's "Recent Reviews" on Apple Store show why so many of us are leaving. Today, I've started the process of exporting *ALL* of my data. Some 20k+ Research, planning, operational notes, When you lose your most ardent brand ambassadors, you're finished.

[Kevin Sorbo @ksorbs]

Every. Single. Time

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

I used to be once of the most staunch ambassadors of @evernote. I'm done with It their cash grabs. I've been a faithful customer since the very beginning. No longer. Not one more month.

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

https://t.co/BKJVTcy8QH
I agree, without reservation.

[GFY TV @Viralvid_89]

@TRobinsonNewEra This is beyond insanity 😠

[Health & Nutrition Tips @healthnutritipz]

Why your child always pick video games over homework - Expert psychologist explains!

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

Google Trends API Alpha: Mueller Confirms Small Pilot Group https://t.co/6nIVi59Hdm

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

@MXCElimination @CristelleHull_ @elonmusk 🤡

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

@dr_cintas Awesome. Thank you.

[Alvaro Cintas @dr_cintas]

What a crazy week in AI 🤯

- ElevenLabs v3
- Runner H Agent
- Leo AI gets Veo 3
- Mirage Studio AI Actors
- Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro
- HeyGen IV new AI Studio
- OpenAI Data Connectors
- Google Phone App Local AI
- Mistral Vibe Coding Assistant

Here’s EVERYTHING you need to know:

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

The attribution program. https://t.co/ndW9RRnEJa

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

More on AI and attribution.
https://t.co/ndW9RRnEJa

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

@VigilantFox Not okay.

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

You need to do better @uaudio. Requiring reduced security on our machines EVEN AFTER INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE. Not okay.

[Jon Whitney @sira_ulo_ko]

@Megthefounder @nrqa__ I like your way of thinking about this. Anything that you could share about your process if you’ve documented any of, it would be most welcome.