Read some great articles on Spotify's user-friendly interface.
Here are 8 notable UX decisions it makes🧵
1/ Dark mode (which Spotify was been using since early days)
◻️ White text on dark background is easier on the eyes
◻️ Visual comfort = more browsing
◻️ The color scheme is a major contrast to Apple Music
2/ Mobile player more spacious vs. Apple Music
◻️ Apple (L) has the volume control, which crowds the screen
◻️ Spotify (R) has *no* volume control (most people control mobile volume with side phone button)
Here's a tweet and chart for each of the 15 ideas 🧵
1/ Deep learning to create $30T of market value by 2037
• Automated code writing
• AI that "understands" language (GPT-3)
• Big Tech spends billions on AI chips, everyone benefits
2/ Data centres will be totally transformed
• Intel (which powers 90% of data centres) has fallen behind
• Next-gen data centres/PCs will run on ARM standard
• GPUs (workhorse for AI) hits run rate of $41B in 2030
1/ Steve Cohen is the hedge fund manager that owns the New York Mets. Worth $14B, he's also the inspiration behind Bobby Axelrod from the TV show "Billions".
The day-to-day details of Cohen as a trader are quite interesting.
Here some takeaways🧵
2/ The rundown of Cohen's trading tactics come from Andrew Beresin, who worked at Cohen's firm (SAC Capital Advisors) at the turn of the century.
Beresin worked "four feet from Cohen" and has vidid memories of the experience.
3/ The elephant in the room: some of the tactics described led to an insider trading scandal.
◻️SAC paid a $1.8B fine for it
◻️ One of SAC's traders (Matthew Martoma) was sentenced to 9yrs in prison