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Dialectic Ep. 21: Geoffrey Litt - Software You Can Shape I talked to Geoffrey Litt about a world where everyone can enjoy software that is customized to them. Geoffrey has spent his career working to give people more agency in their digital lives by way of the tools they use every day. That starts with his belief that people actually understand their own specific needs. He leads the malleable software track at independent research group Ink & Switch, and writes, prototypes, and explores new ways for software to feel more like spreadsheets: where using and editing a document, app, tool, or environment are one and the same. As more and more of the world is trending toward passive consumption, Geoffrey makes a case for participation in the details of our lives: "popping open the hood" and tinkering with them in service of creating wonderful things. Highlights: - how digital environments could feel more home kitchens or legos - why you should learn to use a chef knife instead of settling for one-job tools like the "avocado slicer" - The "Nightmare Bicycle" and trusting users to learn a system rather than over-designing it - why he's obsessed with spreadsheets and how they embody the "smooth slope" design philosophy - what happens when we have the equivalent of a personal home chef or butler to create software for us (AI) - why we should trust local participants to design for their communities rather than just designers in SF - a case for care, agency, and embracing the details of our lives Transcript & links: https://dialectic.fm/geoffrey-litt Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5B8B6At0i7RWpiToYwFFas?si=cKtu\_-6LR\_ysBfFfj4yXWQ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/21-geoffrey-litt-software-you-can-shape/id1780282402?i=1000713518703 YouTube: https://youtu.be/RromJIXfYyI?si=eA7RVa3wBNdGi5Es

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I read a bunch of Henrik Karlsson’s writing just before listening to this and it really enriched the conversation for me. Lots of noteworthy stuff from the pod and the writing but one that my mind keeps coming back to is how Henrik turned a $200k job offer to pursue his writing, and wrote in a room so cold that he couldn’t feel his fingers so that he could iterate towards a reality that’s an exceptionally good fit for him. Looking forward to checking out more of the Dialetic pod.

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/dialectic Ep. 21: Geoffrey Litt - Software You Can Shape https://pods.media/dialectic/21-geoffrey-litt-software-you-can-shape?referrer=0x9b902482E62Db8FC486C3f1acAA568006021DbEC

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Thanks for listening and sharing!

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Thank you for sharing!

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if you’re a creative person who’s feeling adrift, uncertain about the future and overwhelmed by the constant expectation to produce more and more content this is for you

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Highly recommend this interview. I'm particularly intrigued by the "A Corp" legal structure as a means to improve long-term prospects for artists. @yancey describes it as "a for-profit entity with a creative purpose alongside a financial or sustainability purpose." From the transcript: "...a new legal form called an artist corporation, or an A corp. An A corp would be like an S Corp, which is a small business corporation, or like an LLC." [...] "My belief is that art, creative practices, and cultural production have reached a level of size and maturity, and have needs specific enough, that creating a dedicated form, a new capital base, and a whole new area of the economy is necessary. Our goal is to do this." [...] "You have to pass laws at the state level. We have a plan for how to do that. Optimistically, a first law could be passed next year in a specific state in 2026." [...] "I've come to feel that this is a new door that we will open up. Just as I experienced with crowdfunding, once it was out in the wild and had oxygen, it felt incredibly obvious, and iteratively we learned what to do with it. My feeling is the same can happen here."

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Haha, sorry. The transcript is available at dialectic.fm/yancey-strickler

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Long drives and Dialectic 🙌 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dialectic/id1780282402

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