Scott J. Messina

Tech, design, business, and a few opinions. Product at @RideJetson, strategy at @MarketingFarms.

[Dan Hollick @DanHollick]

Ever wondered how a QR code works?
No, me neither but it's low-key fascinating.

(Warning, there is some extremely nerdy shit here.👇 )

[Stammy @Stammy]

Thanks to eSIM, T-Mobile lets you take their network for a test drive for 3 months. Pretty novel concept.. the death of the traditional SIM card is welcomed.

Though immediately found out their 5G is pretty bad in my area.

[Scott J. Messina @sjmessina]

@SamsungSupport I'm stuck in a loop when trying to log into my Samsung account. It's sending me a text message, but I don't have that number. Then when I try to reset the number, it's asking me for details of a prior Samsung phone (I have none). Please help?

[Canary Media @CanaryMediaInc]

E-bikes are becoming increasingly popular among urban commuters and leisurely cruisers alike — so much so that they earned a coveted spot at the New York International Auto Show, one of the biggest car events in North America. https://t.co/13PLN6LG4r

[Sara Mauskopf @sm]

Whoever rebranded crypto as web3 is a marketing genius

[Cabel Sasser @cabel]

Watching these signs slowly evolve at my grocery store — some employee is learning UI design in real time

[MarTech @martechismktg]

How Samsung transformed their customer experience with a new support site search https://t.co/EZWEjiv4vg

[tobi lutke @tobi]

The west is still using QRCodes totally wrong. A QRCode on a restaurant table that opens the menu is not really what we want. A QRCode can be unique to the table and allow food ordering directly to it. Should carry state and context.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

"50 percent of the links embedded in Court opinions since 1996, when the first hyperlink was used, no longer worked. And 75 percent of the links in the Harvard Law Review no longer worked."

https://t.co/47VdgFeQBD

[Andrew Culver @andrewculver]

This is insane. The M1-based MacBooks don’t even blink when the display configuration changes.

[Scott J. Messina @sjmessina]

@LukeW Had this same reaction when iOS Chrome swapped the middle tab button from search (which was great) to new tab. Seems to be optimizing around a tabs/user metric or otherwise favoring new tab widgets, not utility.

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

People that have been pretty much confining themselves to an apartment during the pandemic have been doing something of a Mars mission analog.

[David Gauke @DavidGauke]

Someone should make a film set in Pennsylvania when every day seems to be the same.

[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

MLB: We have a real problem marketing our game.

Executive: Well, how do we fix it?

MLB: We can start by announcing the Gold Glove awards during the most important presidential election of this generation.

Executive: I love it. Let's do it.

[Scott J. Messina @sjmessina]

@PSN_SupportEST Is this the right handle for US PSN account support? I'd like some help locking my account and resting passwords.

[karl yang @chiefofstuffs]

Disney SEOing baby names as leadgen for Disney+ is fucking genius

[Scott J. Messina @sjmessina]

Made a political donation through Apple Pay and a tiny form. Love how streamlined and pseudonymous they've made it. 👍

[Scott J. Messina @sjmessina]

@LukeW Did you consider making this a Chrome widget instead?

[Scott J. Messina @sjmessina]

@VZWSupport Followed. Please DM.

[Scott J. Messina @sjmessina]

@VerizonSupport Just spent 45 mins. trying to cancel my VZW Disney+ subscription and failed. This article is useless. There is no add-ons & apps section: https://t.co/FPfoykmqCu