Ev Williams

Google’s accidental promotion of an anti-gun law stance

If you Google to learn about one of the initiatives on California’s November ballot, you’ll get a quick and opinionated answer:

While everyone’s focused on chat interfaces for software, I think: Sure, but I’d also welcome some GUIs in Slack. E.g., project status, metrics, to-do lists, calendars at the top of certain team/project channels, with the chat below. Wouldn’t that be nice?

Medium Adds to Board, Bank Account

Two weeks ago, we announced how we’re making our platform better for professional publishers, including brands. The response to that has been amazing. Hundreds of publishers have moved to Medium, joining our launch partners The Awl, Pacific Standard, and (soon) Bill…