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So excited to finally share that the Cocoon team has been acquired by Substack! Almost two years ago I joined Cocoon with the goal of helping to create a new space to share with your loved ones, untainted by ads and the algorithms that accompany them. 1/x – at San Francisco, CA
We are thrilled to announce that the world class team from @Cocoon_HQ has joined Substack!
Cocoon will be joining our team to contribute their skills, creativity, and vision to strengthening Substack’s network of writers and readers.
on.substack.com/p/welcome-co…
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The comment section of your Substack is all yours, to govern as you choose. Today we’re making that easier, with Reply Rules.
When you set your Reply Rules, they appear to anybody replying to you, anywhere on Substack.
And you don’t have to shoulder the moderation burden alone. There’s now a system that learns from what you do, and preemptively hides replies it thinks you’d hide yourself.
(You can always see these and un-hide them, which the system will also learn from.)
My team at Substack is looking for a product-focused software engineer who's down to work across platforms (iOS, Android, web), ideate/contribute to product direction, and take ownership over major new community features that will ship to our millions of app users. (1/2)
If you have 2+ years of experience as an engineer working on consumer products on one of the above platforms (and are excited about branching out into the others!), are based in SF, and this sounds like you, apply here: jobs.ashbyhq.com/substack/3e…
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You know about LLMs, but Large World Models (LWMs) & spatial intelligence will be key to solving BIG challenges in climate change and human health. Here’s why 🧵👇
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I am excited to share our work in which we conducted a CRISPRi-based screen to assess 102 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) risk genes in microglial uptake of synaptic material! (1/7)
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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The internet revolutionized reading, but instead of a utopia, it has delivered a mess.
At Substack, we haven’t given up hope. We’ve been working hard to build a new home for readers online.
Introducing the new Substack app: substack.com/app
I now know what it feels like to be an Android user. I am basically an Apple fanboy and it is insane how far ahead Garmin’s smart watch line is over the Apple Watch (incl Ultra). I charge my Fenix once every two weeks and could write a page of superior features
Garmin is a very resilient company.
Over the past 15 years, two Big Tech players took direct hits on its main revenue streams.
◽️GPS: When Google released Maps for Android in 2008, Garmin's car GPS devices made $2B a year (~70% of total sales). It's now only $1B year.
◽️Smartwatches: From 2008 to 2014, Garmin’s smart fitness watches (GPS, heart tracking, waterproof) grew from $0 to $1B. Then, Apple released the Apple Watch.
In response to the Apple threat, Garmin started selling high-end models and has carved out a niche in the premium fitness smartwatch market ($2-$3,000 price points vs. $799 for Apple Watch Ultra).
Today, smart fitness watches make up 60% of Garmin's ~$5B sales (GPS — evenly divided between car, aviation and marine segments — is 40% of revenue vs. 100% in 2008).
After surviving these haymakers, Garmin is up ~3x from 2008 and worth $20B.
Pumped for Shaad and any founder that gets the chance to work with him. Can’t think of many other people with the passion and generosity that he pours into the people that he works with
✨🚨 update🚨 ✨
i’m building something new and am setting out to focus on it full time.
at @AforeVC i’ve been able to work with a world class team and invest in extraordinary founders.
and i'm excited to continue collaborating with the best in class @ the pre-seed stage.
Ivan single handedly keeping me in the AI loop with his new newsletter
New year, more AI news - market bubbles, BingGPT, hackathons, and more ...
Shoutout to @SashaKaletsky @Contrary_Res @aaronpholmes @patterns_app @scale_AI @aleyda @imjaredz @httpie for writing about & building cool stuff to surface
Check it out👇
newinai.substack.com/p/whats…
Has been such a blast building this with @pixelmatrix @alexcornell @ninzucchi @jasminewsun & many more!
Today we are launching Chat, a new space for writers and creators to host conversations with their subscribers.
Try Chat now: substack.link/chat
Super proud of this one! Finally emerging from a 6 week rabbit hole with @alexcornell
Today, we are introducing new features that make audio sharing on Substack easier for writers, while improving the listening experience for subscribers.
Learn more: on.substack.com/p/new-ways-t…
Still can’t believe I get to work with @pixelmatrix and @alexcornell every day. The details 🤌 – at San Francisco, CA
Here’s a little behind the scenes from building out the @Substack player in Swift. An earlier version of the design had these pinned section headers that were quite challenging to get right. The contents of the section get masked as they scroll behind the header. 🧵
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We recently shipped an updated podcast player in the Substack app. It’s fully-featured – an app within an app – and it was a delight to combine all of my favorite audio design patterns into one experience.
Here’s a behind the scenes 🧵at my favorite aspects:
So unbelievably pumped to finally share this with the world – at San Francisco, CA
Introducing the Substack app.
It’s like your email inbox, but better.
Get it now for iPhone and iPad: substack.com/app/get-ios
Learn more 👇