never would i have thought there would be a way to combine exercise and concept art in a business. anything is possibe. what makes you unique is what will make you succeful. have a story everyone can relate to, create a community. think outside the god damn box. steve jobs did it, these guys did it. my ready player one vr game worl metaverse isnt that far from reality.

-product designers
-stand on shoulders of those before you
-mentions cp legends like alan kay and douglas engelbart as his inspiration
-notion has team of 14, millions of users
-notion feels for non-developers like gaining the superpowers of a dev: custom software etc
-v flexible for non-devs, even more w devs with api
-designers should get inspiration from other fields
-'i go on dribble to see whats popular.. and dont do that'
-only hires designers who can code
-saas is a winner-take-all game won by those who truely appreciate the computer screen as a brand new medium
-start by studying comp history and early pioneers of 60s and 70s: pure ideas. when medium is new ppl think more of good ideas and less of business
- “The romantic goal is: Can we make tools that allow people to use computers like a new medium? Can we give that to non-programmers?”
-thinking, collaboration, communication
-think big: what does it take for every business and student to use notion
-designers looking to narrow. stop going on dribble, thats only a little bit in front of you, step back and look at entire history- other planes of vision
-software is like writing in that more ppl might slow you down instead of faster
-microsoft office used to be an all in one bunsle but with new products, it broke up, now pendulm swinign other way, morea ns more servnces proide this all on one package.
-only way to solve problem is firsr priciple/systems thinking. dont base approach on copying others but take step back and see how to fubdamentally solve it.