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Joined January 2021
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GregsGadgets
@GregoryMcFaddenMay 19
These companies truly have no idea what regular people want
One of the loudest applauses in the entire Google keynote: Nishtha put on the new Gentle Monster + Gemini glasses, tapped the side to summon Gemini, and ALL in one prompt said “take a photo and put a cartoon blimp in the sky that says Google IO 2026” and within seconds, the preview of the edited photo from nano banana appeared on her watch. I want to spend less time on screens. AI really is coming everywhere. And so much is driven by voice AI as the interaction mode. #Google
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As an… – Instagram user I want to… – expand fifty-three comments, three comments at a time, in reverse chronological order so that… – I can read the conversation
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As a... – consumer I want to... – see my favourite multinational corporations update their social media graphics on June 1st so that... – it distracts me from their presence and business relationships in nations with limited LGBTQ+ rights
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As a… – website visitor I want to… – patiently wait for content to load dynamically so that… – I am awash with delight
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As a... – registering user I want to... – have my email address begin to validate after I type the first character so that... – I understand that 'c' isn't considered sufficient and I should continue to type
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As a... – restaurant website visitor I want to... – have the restaurant phone number appear as an uncopiable raster image on page 9 of their 48mb stock-photo-filled pdf menu So that... – I can call them
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As a... – Twitter user I want to... – have the timeline refresh a couple of seconds after opening the app So that... – the tweet I am half-way through reading is replaced with a more relevant, promoted tweet.
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As a... – registering user I want to... – inherit a surname with a minimum of three characters, without spaces, hyphens, or accents so that... – it can be considered valid by the backend, which was built by John Smith
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As a recipe reader I want to dismiss cookies, have a video ad follow me down the page, and read why this cake conjures up memories of the author's childhood, before reaching the actual recipe so that I feel connected to the author, before fully committing to mixing ingredients
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As a… – user I want… – a strategically-timed, comprehensive rebrand so that… – negative discourse regarding company practices can be briefly veiled with commentary regarding new name, logo, and brand assets, alongside excessively-shared parodies of the brand in meme format
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As a... – website visitor I want to... – visit the FAQ page so that... – I can read answers to a bunch of stupid questions that nobody has ever asked, littered with SEO keywords, that Barry from the marketing department insists is helping drive organic traffic
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Developer: If you change the designs now, we will have to refactor all of our code Designer:
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