Sonal Chokshi

@smc90

ethnographeresque editor. reading=breathing; love fam; heart art-fashion-tech; Xerox PARC alum, built WIRED opinion; run a16z editorial (+produce a16z Podcast)

zip code SF but area code 917
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Joined March 2008
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  1. 21 hours ago

    but the ones we most use and express ourselves with - in an almost totem-like way, a phenom as old as society! - will nec'ly be made visible

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  2. 21 hours ago

    So perhaps we should adapt Weiser's quote so that most profound technologies are those that disappear (sensors, 2nd Economy automation) but

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  3. 21 hours ago

    but just because computing is inevitably *ubiquitous* doesn't mean it has to be or should be invisible

    to be clear: to me 'disappear' doesn't mean invisible -- I *like* that it's visible on Ringly, but part of its FASHION
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  4. 21 hours ago

    broader concept of tech "getting out of the way" is fleshed out here by wearables pioneer/ GG tech lead Thad Starner

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  5. 21 hours ago

    This is good piece on Google Glass ( from 3 yrs ago) on tech + UI sans cultural context -- esp. this bit:

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  6. 22 hours ago

    Reminder: Snapchat is an AI company

    which is that Snapchat is an AI company, and a helluva lot more than disappearing videos + filters (not skinning but computer vision)
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  7. Sep 23 Pasadena, CA

    The three key blurbs, I think. 📸📹👻

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  8. Sep 23

    Snapchat is blithely transgressive of tech industry assumptions. And tries to shape behavior where Facebook measures and follows

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  9. Sep 23 San Francisco, CA

    I'm always impressed by how flamboyantly original Snapchat are. Ghostcodes, invisible UI, filters, ...sunglasses?

    Snap Inc., formerly Snapchat, unveils $130 Spectacles that record 10s of video at a time
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  10. Sep 18

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  12. Sep 17

    pretty much captures the creative process [TBT(saturday), h/t xoxo]

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  13. Sep 17

    (and the Twitter feed is glorious)

  14. Sep 17

    omg the comments on this thread are hilarious

    Add apples to your guacamole for a game day dip with a twist
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  15. Sep 17

    Nice article about how Rationality and Intelligence are orthogonal ~ - Rationality (unlike IQ) can be improved!

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  16. Sep 17

    Realizing a constant theme is solving a problem & building. Timing is everything but you gotta have more than talk behind it.

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  17. Sep 17

    Very important to understand that the SV culture around building and breaking wasn't the narrative for many growing up.

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  18. Sep 17

    Here's a draft of the talk I delivered at the English Institute yesterday.

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  19. Sep 16

    Now he's abandoned use of the Oxford comma, the latest sign of his toward suburban swing voters.

    Just leaving Miami for Houston, Oklahoma and Colorado. Miami crowd was fantastic!
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  20. Sep 16 Brooklyn, NY

    the difference between Buzzfeed vs NPR News, summarized:

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