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What Is a Minimum Viable Universe? · First of Kind

Mercurial Artifacts with Nicholas Jitkoff

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How Does Joining Google Differ From Joining Meta as a Designer? at 9:37

Nicholas Jitkoff says joining Google and joining Meta asked for different ways to practice design, even at companies of the same size. Full answer
What Is Pathfinding in Software Design? at 10:55

Nicholas Jitkoff says pathfinding in software design is storytelling and vision setting: picturing things that could be built, in his case toward the near… Full answer
How Did Quicksilver Send a Document to Someone? at 14:28

Nicholas Jitkoff's favorite Quicksilver feature sent something to another person. Full answer
Why Can the Arc Browser Try a Different Design? at 16:40

Nicholas Jitkoff says the Arc browser can try a different design because it starts with a smaller user base and already has the learnings of earlier browsers… Full answer
How Did Nicholas Jitkoff Choose His Co-founders? at 30:46

Nicholas Jitkoff chose co-founders he had known for probably 15 years, and the choice was almost entirely about the people. Full answer
Why Are Side Projects a Better Hiring Signal? at 34:14

Nicholas Jitkoff treats a side project someone is really excited about as a better indicator than past work of what that person will do well. Full answer
What Is the Most Malleable Design Medium? at 39:49

Nicholas Jitkoff says software is the most malleable medium a designer can choose. Full answer
What Is an Experience Designer? at 44:06

Nicholas Jitkoff says an experience designer may be the most accurate name for this work, even though people say software and the title is a mouthful. Full answer
What Is a Minimum Viable Universe? at 46:02

Soleio describes a minimum viable universe as the smallest amount of information you can put into a system so it can grow, like flash fiction: how much… Full answer
What Happens When an Assistant Uses Your Own Voice? at 52:18

Nicholas Jitkoff tried using his own voice as an assistant and found the doppelganger unsettling. Full answer
What Does Act Without Doing Mean in Design? at 1:00:35

Nicholas Jitkoff means act without doing as people having impact, often effortlessly, through the others around them, by supporting them and setting things up… Full answer
Why Is Old Software Hard to Experience Again? at 1:02:48

Soleio says old software is surprisingly hard to experience again because there is so much of it and it keeps changing, so little context is left in which to… Full answer

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