Madelena Mak
@madelena.bsky.social
🦄 #Designer and #Maker who loves tinkering with #HomeAssistant, #Homecook, and more! 🌎 Currently working as Lead of Product and Design at @OpenHomeFoundation @NabuCasa @HomeAssistant. Worked for the UN, one of the FAANGs, StartupBus, Techstars, Trillian.
As much as I dislike the usual smugness of Apple, I do always yearn for working for an organization that cares about product design with the attention to details like the folding of the iPhone Duo. 😍🥹 That's why good product and #designleadership matters. #IphoneDuo #AppleEvent
When companies betray the trust of their users to earn those ad money, users trust the company and their device less. Anyone else tired of having ads everywhere in their own house? www.theverge.com/news/780757/...
Samsung brings ads to US fridges | The Verge
Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.
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My job is done, and I can finally rest. I was too burned out with all the work and responsibilities and all that is going on in the world that's outside my control, and I forgot to take care of myself. For the longest time I felt like I shouldn't take a break or everything will fall apart.
We are Ghibli-izing the whole world because reality is too ugly at the moment, and we want that comfort of cozyness and friendliness back. So let's enjoy the moment before we all collectively get exhausted by this wave of instant gratification. #OpenAI
"Cringe is the based killer.” - Nissan Al Gabe or something? 🤔😅
Most LLMs feel like astrologers, in the way that they are correct most of the time, but mostly because they are using an agreeable word salad that can be loosely extrapolated and interpreted by the questioner.
20 years in, and I'm still trying to get better at this tweeting thing. 🤔 I guess it's just introverts being introverts - like, there's just not much I want to share. Maybe except pineapple pizzas.
What's particularly impressive was that Kendrick Lamar was not only the performer, but he also has his own agency, pgLang, that did the creative direction for the whole halftime show. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/super-bowl-2025-halftime-show-kendrick-lamar-taylor-swift/aWZsxhcOoOuk/
Super Bowl 2025 halftime show live updates: Kendrick Lamar performs “Not Like Us” — joined by Serena Williams, SZA - The Athletic
Follow live coverage of the Super Bowl LIX halftime show starring Kendrick Lamar, SZA and others as Kansas City Chiefs face Philadelphia Eagles
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From our families to yours - Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧🐍 In the Chinese Zodiac, the Snake brings wisdom and growth. This year, stay focused on your goals & balance challenges with joyful events to make the most of it. It's a great time to clean up those messy automations, too! 😌
What's a good #Instagram or #Tiktok alternative for private video or image-centric social media for friends, now that both platforms are going to the shitter? 💩
Presenting... @paulusschoutsen.nl at #CES2025! Some of us at the #HomeAssistant team are here! Come meet us on January 9 at 6-8pm at the Rockhouse in the Venetian! @home-assistant.io
In April, at the State of the Open Home, we launched our roadmap for Home Assistant. Now, 6 months later, @madelena.bsky.social and JLo have posted an update on our progress. Seeing it all together in 1 page is 🤯
Roadmap 2024 Year-end Update: Full steam ahead!
Update on the progress of our 2024 roadmap and a glimpse of what's coming up next.
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