Reposted by Helen TranDayna Winter @daynaw.bsky.social · 06/07/2023Twitter: Bluecheck nazis and promoted dropshipping stores called Suvo and Blap Threads: Mr. Beast challenges Grimace to a boxing match on IG Live (sponsored by OralB) Bluesky: Leftists dunking on Twitter and Threads 0101
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 04/07/2023Hello everyone! I haven’t quite figured out what to do with twitter or this or mastodon, but glad to see y’all here. 2170
Reposted by Helen Trannoah strike @noahstrike.bsky.social · 16/06/2023Am I supposed to be professional or fun on this app 18337
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 15/06/2023Do people even talk about their jobs and ideas anymore or is it just reaction-internet now? 420
Reposted by Helen Tranmerritt @merrittk.com · 14/06/2023Truly a strange feeling to have grown up with the internet being your refuge and cherished resource only to have it become utter shit and realize that maybe you don't need it and in fact can't use it the way you used to anymore 491916395
Reposted by Helen TranReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 14/06/2023Tech people actively say shit like "what's the point of learning about history, only the future matters" and then in the next breath share deeply weird and incorrect interpretations of history. 410231
Reposted by Helen Tranryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10/06/2023remarkable how much worse the internet has gotten over the last 10 years. search sucks, websites clogged with intrusive ads, platforms are almost all shit or being torn up on purpose, linkrot, etc 42834147
Reposted by Helen TranAnil Dash @anildash.com · 08/06/2023A core tenet of good tech is that we can _reason_ about it. And a common pattern of abusers is that they act inconsistent & unreasonable. That's why it's a giant red flag that AI hype is about systems that we can't even reason about. www.anildash.com/2023/06/08/ai-is-u… 1012940
Reposted by Helen TranMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/06/2023that’s the good shit www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/technolo… 1335581
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 05/06/2023if loosely, design = marketing in a world where the barrier to creating an app or duplicate is so low, design could be the key for some businesses to really create a distinction 110
Reposted by Helen TranNicholas Hunt-Walker @nhuntwalker.bsky.social · 31/05/2023You should absolutely block anyone for any reason on any platform at all. You are responsible for curating your social media experience, and you are NOT obligated to be exposed to posts that rub you the wrong way. Block for any reason. Block for NO reason! It’s free to use! 0278
Reposted by Helen TranGergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 30/05/2023What is the state of the tech hiring market these days? It's definitely cooling in many areas. But by how much? Are there more inbound applications for the same role? If you're a hiring manager, I'd love to hear from you, and will share what others see: forms.gle/wVngYHWN4xCsfWH3A 032
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 29/05/2023“Smarmy POC” really is a trope we’re leaning into huh 110
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 27/05/2023There’s two extremes in tech: 1. absolutely no boundaries and “working” 16 hours a day 2. not shipping at all, for some fucking reason 150
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 26/05/2023Really should have yeeted my entire net worth into Nvidia, huh? 130
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 20/05/2023I want to be a golden retriever in the next life. Beautiful. Happy. Super dumb. 030
Reposted by Helen TranAlex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 18/05/2023“They’ll teach twitter’s collapse in business schools” Maybe? I guess so. Probably less informative than you’d think though. You could also show Wile E Coyote cartoons as part of OSHA training but most workers probably weren’t planning to glue firework rockets on their roller skates 17622146
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 18/05/2023I keep hitting up against the realization that I’m always going to be a start-up employee. I have literally no patience for anything but execution. 050
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 18/05/2023going through pre-calc makes me proud of myself but also I want to die 020
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 16/05/2023ppl ask/tell my bf that being a bodybuilder is vain but I dunno it looks like being a judgemental twat is worse. 190
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 16/05/2023So my coworker is one of those math geniuses who got perfect on all the standardized tests and yada yada and super impressive but… I just slugged my way through quadratic formulas in pre-calc so suck on that 030
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 15/05/2023Where is the neuroscience community here? Is there one? 120
Reposted by Helen TranMike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/05/2023So, we thought, what would happen if we... made a content moderation simulator? And let everyone who thinks they know how it works... try out their assumptions. 21104
Reposted by Helen TranMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 08/05/2023A lot of tech people seem to want to solve social problems through a purely technical lens. But, unfortunately, to solve social problems like “trust” and “safety,” you need to make judgements that aren’t purely technical. It requires choices about politics and society. There is no avoiding it. 1321771
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 10/05/2023if we all actually told the truth: “Oh hey yeah I didn’t apply for head of design bc corporate America is filled with sociopaths and I’d rather make less to pretend less and go to bed at night peacefully than become one myself” 1163
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 09/05/2023🥴 people’s hot takes on shopify are so bad amazon and shopify are philosophically different products amazon is a flea market for merchants to race to the bottom in exchange for marketing and volume the other isn’t 260
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 04/05/2023Enjoying the reptile content here. Will add my girlfriend Omelette. 4120
Reposted by Helen TranMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 03/05/2023Not yet. But it has a shot. I like the invite approach. Like clubhouse that gives it extra interest. But there needs to be more intellectually stimulating engagement. Things across as many topics as possible that make people want to be here. It can’t just be because it’s not Twitter 3273
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 02/05/2023Some people really do believe shipping fast is incongruent with shipping ‘polished’ UI and I’m legit so exhausted by this I happily recommend them using Material or something so I’m not bothered by the inane argument. 060
Reposted by Helen Transarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 01/05/2023everyone wants there to like, be a big systemic explanation for why elon made twitter into shit. some kind of grand Theory, some version of the dialectic, etc. i'm sorry to say that there is no explanation except that elon's a fucking moron 3255191
Reposted by Helen TranAssaf @assaf.bsky.social · 01/05/2023This is what I'm using to find the Twitter/Mastodon follows that migrated over skeet.labnotes.org 2212356
Reposted by Helen TranJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 01/05/2023might sound silly, but I get genuinely sad and angry about twitter dying sometimes. like, damn, that was the platform that got me my first job that let me move out of rural Oklahoma. I spent a lot of time building my platform on there. very unfortunate 8876775
Reposted by Helen TranBrianna Wu @brianna.bsky.social · 30/04/2023Lol @ anyone thinking the key to social media is decentralization paradigms, self verification through adding metadata to a personal server, or data portability. It’s the harassment, stupid. People just want to interact with others without assholes. 99121
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 28/04/2023I think post-irony culture is summarized as “being shitty is authentic” or something like that? 141
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 28/04/2023I used twitter at the very beginning to learn bc ppl were creating/posting resources all day and I ate it up, but now every SoMe website is a shitposting acct, which ppl describe as “good vibes” and I dunno man 280
Reposted by Helen TranNick Finck @nickf.bsky.social · 28/04/2023Hey folks, I’m still on the hunt for my next design leadership role. Looking for remote or in-Seattle opportunities at the Sr. Manager, Director, or VP level leading Design (as well as Research, Content Design, etc.). The best way to support me is to RT or share jobs along these lines. Thank you 🙏 052
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 28/04/2023It’s hard to integrate yourself into a new group but then every so often in some unanticipated interaction, you realize it’s going to be okay with them. 040
Reposted by Helen TranArmin Ronacher @mitsuhiko.at · 27/04/2023I find this “why did you not engage with this standards committee” before building a thing incredibly tiring. 2133
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 27/04/2023I was afraid after my last start-up closed I wouldn’t be able to come up with new ideas. Nope. Drowning in new ideas, trying to vet them all. 0100
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 27/04/2023How convinced are you that this will become your new home? 450
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 26/04/2023I don’t actually know how to “build a community,” it’s not something I’m naturally very good at. I’ve always been a floater, running in-between social circles, and a loner as a result. 240
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 26/04/2023:)) never too long before there’s a new startup idea worth vetting 030
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 25/04/2023I went back into IC life and I really do think it was the right decision. I’m not sure if it’s societal conditioning, my skills, or people’s perception of me, but I always fell into this “babysitting” role that people erroneously called “leadership.” I feel so much better now. 080
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 25/04/2023Does anyone still like talking about R&D because I’m mentally there all day 221
Helen Tran @tranhelen.bsky.social · 24/04/2023Got to be honest, I’m surprised by the lack of design polish given the available network and how unemployed a bunch of us are. 130
