Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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THINK IN OUTCOMES, NOT OUTPUTS.
Humans are simpler than the instructions would have us believe. We’re all looking for the same things. To be seen. To be accepted. To connect. To matter. This is true for readers and writers and kids and strangers and the cast of Love Is Blind.
“The professional has learned, however, that too much love can be a bad thing. Too much love can make him choke. The seeming detachment of the professional, the cold-blooded character to his demeanor, is a compensating device to keep him from loving the game so much that he freezes in action.”
visakan veerasamy • Are You Serious?
The advent of Filterworld has seen a breakdown in monoculture… culture is meant to be communal and requires a certain degree of consistency across audiences; without communality, it loses some of its essential impact.
— Filterworld, Kyle Chayka
The irony is that the hard parts, like writer’s block and openness, is where there’s self-examination, progress and growth.
And if we’re not pursuing creativity for that, then why are we? The clicks?
And if we’re not pursuing creativity for that, then why are we? The clicks?
Matt Klein • Making Sense of Culture Amidst Contradiction
Everything is temporary. When a mood is so overwhelming we tend to mistake the intensity of it for the longevity of it
With our partners, our best friends, our children even, we fall in love over time, not after saying hello.
Why should it be any different with software?
Why should it be any different with software?
Lessons I'm still learning
The person who carefully designs their daily routine goes further than the person who negotiates with themselves every day.
Let inertia work for you.
Let inertia work for you.
Which brings me to my next point: the incentive should always be meeting in real life. Matching, exchanging numbers, texting is great, but the end goal of the app should push the meet. It’s strange that apps haven’t done this.
David Titarenco • RFC: Let’s Disrupt Dating Apps
the rise of supper/running/vinyl listening clubs - all meant to become that third space for serendipitous connection
think about book club in New York!