James Russell

@kazaroth
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Designer, dancer, photographer, flâneur, fixer; jack of all trades, master of some.
Currently @ Spotify
It's me :)https://supraliminal.net/
James RussellOct 2
Want to use your iPhone without a case, but not have it be a slippery bar of soap? Put a hydrogel back protector on- grippy and functionally invisible. 3rd year of doing this and it’s the best. cc @marcoarment
Show threadJames RussellAug 23, 2025
@stroughtonsmith it does make things more legible but Apple did explicitly describe liquid glass in _opposition_ to frosting. Frosting is ‘old’, their lensing effect is new (!).
Show threadJames RussellAug 23, 2025
@JoeRodricks tiny bit of blu tack underneath that solves it. Do it on my webcams…
James RussellSep 18, 2024
Raghav AgrawalSep 17, 2024

"Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social

If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.

https://bsky.app/profile/patrickmccray.bsky.social/post/3l4e4yrnt4u27

Woah

Bluesky

Bluesky Social
Show threadJames RussellSep 6, 2024
@daringfireball as has been pointed out, Spotify supports Airplay. Spotify Connect is superior in almost all cases (IME anyway) and works multipoint and seamlessly. Should the EU legislate to unlock innovation by not forcing Spotify Connect to be a 2nd class citizen and sidestep gatekeepers? Yes please.
Show threadJames RussellJun 18, 2024
@siracusa But maybe you were just talking in theory - where of course you’re right they are entirely static, don’t learn, etc.
James RussellJun 18, 2024
@siracusa hello! On the last ATP you suggested LLMs were deterministic, but in practical terms that’s unfortunately not true. And def not true of GPT-4 (which is where all my professional experience lies). Even a etting a temp of 0 and using a seed value doesn’t lead to set output from the same input. Folks think it might be things like variability in FP operations, or because GPT-4 uses MoE - Mixture of Experts.
James RussellJun 10, 2024
This is pretty much my take too. I think I’m allergic to AI generated images, Cayce Pollard-style.
https://social.panic.com/@cabel/112593843152220844
Cabel Sasser (@[email protected])

First three top-of-mind thoughts about Apple Intelligence: • I really wish they would have addressed the environmental story. That would help me personally accept these features more. But I know they can’t… because the story isn’t good. • I actually think a lot of it looks quite nice, feels Apple-esque, and the UI they’re doing is really cool • I remain viscerally repulsed by any AI generated art lol (In their Notes demo the sketch looked better!) True absolute star of the keynote: MathNotes

Panic Social
Show threadJames RussellJun 10, 2024
@stroughtonsmith I don’t see much! Who should I follow? :)
James RussellMar 7, 2024
Lea Verou, PhDFeb 6, 2024

Good product design is *essential* for success. And yet, the discipline almost never has a dedicated role, even in large companies.

By product design, I’m referring to design thinking: distilling pain points & use cases, decomposing them to their essence, and designing features that balance tradeoffs.

It’s usually part of product management, but that also requires other, entirely orthogonal skills. There is not even a proper name for it; "product design" in most companies refers to UI design.