Travis McCall
@trv_mcl
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producer for @stripepress & @stripe lab
Joined April 2009
The days are getting shorter and the trees are dying so I got myself a little pick me up
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Whatever my clients @devinjacoviello @narrowd say it is, your honor
What is a website? Best answer gets $1,000.
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cutting room floor part 02 👀
new book from stripe press: origins of efficency by brian potter art direction: @devinjacoviello cover design: pablo delcan interiors: kevin wong & @geoffhalber producer: @trv_mcl big dog: @narrowd publishing: @_TamaraWinter @rebeccahiscott @s8mb & @Jennifer_Yun
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Someday I’d like a little exhibit of discarded covers. Maybe at a future pop-up! We’re going back to sharing more of our work in progress. Pablo, @devinjacoviello, @narrowd, @trv_mcl, Kevin, and Jess are truly second to none. ❣️
Evolution of the Scaling Era cover: “It’s hard to find unique ways of visualizing AI without defaulting to the obvious,” says @pablodelcan. “In our design process, we experimented with unexpected metaphors—flowers growing out of neural networks, abstract mathematical puzzles
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The Scaling Era, by the brilliant @dwarkesh_sp with @g_leech_, and edited by @rebeccahiscott, is out today: https://t.co/ylTZn2VaMn Since we announced this book, the question we’ve gotten most is ‘why now?’
What is intelligence? What will it take to create AGI? What happens once we succeed? The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019–2025 by @dwarkesh_sp and @g_leech_ explores the questions animating those at the frontier of AI research. It’s out today: https://t.co/6GzEZyaggR
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another new book from stripe press: the scaling era by @dwarkesh_sp & @g_leech_ art direction: @devinjacoviello cover design: pablo delcan interiors: kevin wong producer: @trv_mcl biggest dog: @narrowd publishing: @_TamaraWinter @rebeccahiscott @s8mb & @Jennifer_Yun
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Wearing brands you can’t pronounce from aisles you can’t afford
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In my experience generosity of spirit is typically only present in people who have had their own needs for security met first
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It feels good being honest with the people in your life about how you’re feeling. I recommend it.
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Works in Progress is hiring for a graphic designer and typesetter based in London, to oversee and do the production of our print edition. See below for details. If you like this work below, you might be the person for us! https://t.co/MUUWgKegud
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TADSE goes viral on here every few months, but people sometimes struggle with it once they start. They expect a linear book, but it's actually a set of lectures: part memoir, part philosophy, part technical aside. That unevenness is part of the charm, but can make it hard to
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At the Denver airport trying on cowboy hats ironically unless you think I could pull one off
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Some are saying this is literally the Rolls Royce (Trent 900 Engine) of cover designs
new book from stripe press: origins of efficency by brian potter art direction: @devinjacoviello cover design: pablo delcan interiors: kevin wong & @geoffhalber producer: @trv_mcl big dog: @narrowd publishing: @_TamaraWinter @rebeccahiscott @s8mb & @Jennifer_Yun
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How was penicillin able to eliminate 80% of WWII battlefield deaths? Why did nails once make up 0.4% of US GDP? In The Origins of Efficiency, @_brianpotter unpacks how production efficiency happens, and why it is of civilizational importance. Preorder: https://t.co/KEyYy67F90
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Really really really really really cool opportunity ⬇️
i'm hiring @stripe for a unique role unconventional candidates welcome! you'll: [x] manage stripe's social media handles [x] create novel ways to share product updates online [x] produce demos, visuals, and tweets [x] spend lots of time with startups and devs [x] shape how
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Landing in LAX and immediately getting in a 45min uber to see friends really makes you feel like a prospector like yes just beyond those hills is where they say they found a vein of Guinness we ride til dawn
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