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Building and Creating
Jordan Singer talked about building ideas and creating something from scratch. He mentioned that you can just build your ideas and that building for yourself eventually becomes selfless. He also encouraged young designers to share their unfiltered work and build their own ideas.
Simplifying Complexity
Jordan emphasized the importance of simplicity, saying just when you think you couldn’t, make it simpler. He also mentioned that in 2025, the details come back, possibly hinting at a future focus on refinement and simplicity.
Inspiration and Motivation
Jordan shared his thoughts on starting a company and overcoming challenges. He tweeted about the hardest thing and shared a link to a relevant resource. He also encouraged his followers to share more unfiltered work, publicly, consistently and not to care what others think.
Future Outlook
Jordan looked ahead to 2025, saying in 2025 the details come back. He also mentioned that a future product will do for software what Instagram did for photos, hinting at a potential new project or idea.
New Project: Simple Publishing Platform
Jordan Singer started building a simple publishing platform, where users can just read and write. He bought a domain and built the platform from scratch, aiming to create a privately hosted blog alternative.
Design and Technology Inspiration
Jordan Singer shared a few tweets about design and technology, including a post about Steve Jobs' Calculator and a message about the importance of a good display for designers. He also announced a giveaway of a new Pro Display XDR for a young designer.
Innovation and Development
Jordan Singer tweeted about self-driving software and shared a link to learn more. He also quoted a tweet about the significance of a good display for designers, sparking a conversation about the importance of investing in quality tools.
Design Tool Evolution
This week, Jordan Singer touched on the future of design tools, mentioning that the next evolution will involve easy-to-make and manipulable shaders right on canvas. He also retweeted a post from Paper about using shaders in layouts.
AI Accessibility
Jordan discussed the current state of AI, noting that while the opportunities are vast, the majority of the power is still only accessible to developers. He believes the power of the models should be easily accessible and intuitive.
UI and Material Exploration
Jordan explored new ideas for user interfaces, declaring that GUI should mean General User Interface for AGI, and that everything is graphical. He also expressed his fondness for glass as a new UI material, possibly inspired by a customization option for Cobot.
Mainframe's $5.5m Seed Funding
This week, @mainframe announced their $5.5m seed funding to build new AI interfaces, co-led by @lachygroom and @stellation. They're excited to share this news and are looking to make a significant impact in the AI space.
UI and Design Updates
Jordan Singer emphasized the importance of design, saying 'design comes first' and later tweeted 'make ui fun again'. The team also shared some UI updates, including a custom color slider and a new home screen design.
AI Agents and Interfaces
The team explored the concept of AI agents, sharing an example of the first AI agent with a resume. They also shared some figures and updates on their AI interface development, including some visualizations.
UI Details
Jordan Singer is focusing on sweating the visual details of UI, like in the old days. He believes the pendulum will swing back to this style.
Local Inference
The ecosystem around local inference on Apple silicon is evolving rapidly, with new projects like MLX Omni Server emerging. This project provides local APIs for various tasks like text generation and image generation.
AI Interfaces and Agents
The author is exploring the possibilities of AI interfaces beyond the common chat UI. They're considering the potential of agents and how they might change the way we interact with technology.
SwiftUI Development
The author is learning and experimenting with SwiftUI, even dedicating a weekend to a hack project that got a lot of attention. They seem to be enjoying the process and are excited about the possibilities.
Real-time Graphics and Interfaces
The author is thinking about the future of interfaces, where every individual pixel will be generated and streamed in real-time. They're looking at how this could change the way we design and interact with digital products.