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Maykel Loomans Apr 25, 2023

This week: Michael Eyal Sharon!

Michael is currently the co-founder and CEO at Taika, making beverages that fuel creativity. Previously, he was Facebook's first mobile product hire.

I was really excited to dig into Michael's path a bit, from South Africa, to NYU, to Facebook, to starting a CPG company with the aim of augmenting people's creativity.

https://fullstackwhatever.com/episode/michael-sharon-creative-monkeys

Episode 15 — Michael Sharon: Creative Monkeys — Full Stack Whatever

Michael is an entrepreneur, investor, and product person. He is currently the co-founder and CEO at Taika, making beverages that fuel creativity. He was Facebook's first mobile product hire and subsequently led their mobile product development and strategy—including the company's pivot to mobile—for more than five years. We talked about his path from South Africa to the US, his career-defining role at Facebook, and his path since.

Maykel Loomans Apr 20, 2023

Matthew Buchanan Apr 18, 2023

Recorded this chat in Brooklyn last month with @miekd, covering a little of the story behind how and why we built Letterboxd, and taking the slower road. 🎬

https://fullstackwhatever.com/episode/matthew-buchanan-growing-slowly

Episode 14 — Matthew Buchanan: Growing Slowly — Full Stack Whatever

Matthew is a designer, entrepreneur and a co-founder of Letterboxd, a social media site for film discussion and discovery. We talked about his path, how he bootstrapped and incubated Letterboxd, and how he has approached leading the company, and evolving the product, in the decade-plus that it has been around.

Maykel Loomans Apr 13, 2023

Random toot, as I just referred this to a friend; if you're looking for a simple, beautiful way to do circuit training, or any repetitive task... check our Circuit by @mahanti

https://mahanti.co/circuit/

Circuit – Time to go

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Maykel Loomans Apr 4, 2023

We need more high-quality tools and utilities that people can use in flexible ways.

These tools should be configured and used in deterministic ways that builds muscle memory and makes them an extension of your brain, not an impediment to it.

Maykel Loomans Apr 4, 2023

In digital design, we did this short-sighted thing where 'settings are bad'; therefore, we had to get every single decision right — which we don't.

Now, our products are limiting the ways you customize and use them. And we did the same with the information we pushed into them.

Maykel Loomans Mar 31, 2023

Some snaps from Kinference. https://shoebox.photo/s/65d001i2dva1

Kinference

A magical get-together of some lovely internet friends.

Shoebox

Maykel Loomans Mar 29, 2023

My mind is inspired and my heart is full. #Kinference

Maykel Loomans Mar 27, 2023

Portrait Portra vibes.

#photomonday #leicam6 #kodakportra400

Maykel Loomans Mar 21, 2023

10! I can't believe ten episodes went by so fast.

Thanks to many of you for a warm welcome into a new creative pursuit. I'm deeply grateful to the folks I got to speak with so far, and excited to do another 10!

This week: the inimitable @danrubin. Topics were: his path towards design, how he found his way onto the internet and always gravitates towards writing and teaching to clarify his thinking.

https://fullstackwhatever.com/episode/dan-rubin-sketching-in-public

Episode 10 — Dan Rubin: Sketching in Public — Full Stack Whatever

Dan is a designer, creative director and photographer based in London. He has had a fascinating story so far, from the early days of the world wide web, to being part of the early blogging scene, to becoming a prolific photographer. We talked about his path towards design and the creative field, how he found his way onto the internet, and how he always gravitates towards writing and teaching as a means to clarify his thinking.

Maykel Loomans Mar 13, 2023

Portra landscape vibes.

#photomonday #leicam6 #kodakportra400

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