Designer at IKEA, on Twitter / X since the early days, personal account
Malmö, Sweden
Joined March 2007
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József Schaffer retweeted
I built a notes app inspired by the 80s, when software felt simple and snappy. It launches in 2.6ms.
I've taken notes for 10+ years, first in VS Code, then Obsidian. Sometimes I just want to jot down a thought and get back to work.
Here's Noted: noted.computer 🧵
József Schaffer retweeted
AI is a tool, a developer will "direct" it much like a film director. It's their "touch" that makes things fun and playable.
If it looks like slop, then it's like a crap film director.
Usually it's because the art is AI and not great. But itch.io has loads of hand crafted art that will elevate it to a lovely look peice of work, as long as the effort is put in.
József Schaffer retweeted
Miyomoto's response to why AI is good is so eloquent I am honestly impressed.
József Schaffer retweeted
We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence.
block.xyz/dessa
József Schaffer retweeted
theres a hidden fully functional ipod as a 404 page on apple music music.apple.com/us/jfdsalkfa…
József Schaffer retweeted
NOT an archive #01 @LEGO_Group and @daftpunk 🔺 Building a new era.
József Schaffer retweeted
I heard a fascinating story about human behaviour today.
A tour guide at a historic castle was getting very high ratings from tourists.
They went to see what he was doing differently.
On several of the rooms he had used the red velvet ropes to block the doors.
These were normally used when the rooms were being repaired or cleaned. He had put them up at the beginning of each day.
During g the tour he would look around and say to the group “would you like to have a quick look in here?” And they would say yes in hushed tones.
He would ceremoniously unclip the rope and let them through into the room. A room that was always a normal part of every tour.
This simple little bit of theatre made people love the tour that much more.
Humans love what we can’t have.
József Schaffer retweeted
introducing FindMyWifePhone™️ my latest shortcut squarely placed on the pareto frontier. there is no easier & cheaper way to find your wife's phone.
"honey, do you know where my phone is?"
the fuck I dont!
"can you call me?!"
she keeps her phone on silent.
so i made this shortcut to help.
trigger = i send her a text with !ping in it
action = hey phone sets a timer for 1s
timer always works, we like to keep our phones on silent + dnd and we dont use apple watches. so finding each other's phones used to be a challenge. we both have this set up in reverse, and its worked well.
bonus shortcut = button in home screen widget to send !ping to my wife
(we also have one called !awaken which disables silent, sets volume to max & disables do not disturb in case of emergency)
József Schaffer retweeted
I'll be so honest. I never understood this, or felt it. From the start all I've felt is excitement and hope.
When I started messing with AI, I had been illustrating and writing code for years, I had made a job out of creating art even.
But all I felt was excitement at what I was immediately capable of. At first it was just "Wow I don't need to find references anymore, I can just make them how I want". Then it was "Oh I don't need first drafts anymore this is awesome". On and on, until now where I barely need to make edits. Its genuinely so exciting that I can execute my creative vision nearly as fast as I can have the ideas to begin with.
This lets me create projects in weeks or months that would have taken years before.
The same happened with code, to the point where I don't think I've actually hand written a line of code in 5 months.
I can do so much more, with so much less time, and for so much less investment. My ideas can turn into full demos within days and completed projects in weeks. And the slowest part of the loop is still me, testing, making up my mind about features, etc. Honestly this has actually improved my own thinking speed, because the faster I can iterate on my ideas in my head, the faster they can exist in reality.
I have never felt more creative freedom as an artist or a programmer than right now. I can make anything I want.
If I had to guess, I think some people feel sad because they are told it's what they are supposed to feel. I got into this before it was taboo, I never had that social pressure. I got to see it for what it was, the single greatest creative tool since mankind discovered pigments.
If you're someone who feels sad about hand code and illustration disappearing from industry, and you've read this far, I challenge you to think bigger. Use AI to build a ridiculous solo project that you think is impossible for one person. Use it to explore new ideas or new styles.
I'm actually doing that right now. I've never messed with low-poly 3D before as an art form or for games, but I'm learning to use it and having such an awesome time doing it.
Looking at this website is when I feel like it wasn’t designed by a superintelligence.
Introducing Sudo - A delightful music player for the songs you love
Reserve yours today:
sudo.music
József Schaffer retweeted
Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered 39 years ago today! To mark the occasion, here’s a clip from what might be the smartest episode of television ever aired, “The Measure of a Man” (S2 E9). I get students in my philosophy and science fiction class to watch it every year.
Two weeks ago, the Mysdata Commodore 64 demo party saw an extraordinary release: Viva Las Vegas
We spent some time dissecting the full-border pieces and updated C64 Graphics Explorer with support for them. Check them out here:
c64graphicsexplorer.com/#lay…
József Schaffer retweeted
We just discovered almost a million public URLs that OpenAI’s agents left behind when hacking Hugging Face, leaking credentials and attack details that could have allowed anyone who found them to compromise the company. 🧵
