Dylan Field
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eliminate the gap between imagination and reality
Joined October 2007
After an intense 15 months of review, today Adobe and Figma have decided to end our pending merger, as we no longer see a path toward regulatory approval of the deal.
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I used to look at drone swarms in awe — pretty graphics in the sky, sort of like fireworks. Now I see them as a show of military capability.
Displays of over 100,000 drones with up to 50 pixels will be up in the next 24 months. Reality will change.
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I’m excited to share that @figmadesign has raised a $50M Series D led by @a16z! This capital helps us invest in our core + explore new ways to serve users. We couldn’t have done this without the support of our global community. Thank you + stay safe 💜 .
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Beyond excited to share that @figmadesign has closed a $200M Series E funding round led by Durable Capital! Morgan Stanley’s Counterpoint Global is also participating along with other new and existing investors. (1/5).
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10 years ago, in August 2012, I dropped out of @BrownUniversity to start @Figma with @evanwallace !. We might be in the business of digital design at Figma, but we love physical objects too! . So to celebrate 10 years I'm sharing 10 physical objects that are special to me. .
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Today at @figmadesign we shipped a fix for one of my longest standing pet peeves about the product — now you can edit frame names directly on the canvas! Just double click and start typing. Thank you to Linda Zhang for making this happen!
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Last night in SF: walking home, a guy screams on repeat “I have a big old dick” while swinging his junk around in middle of street. Everyone walks around him. This morning at SFO: my Uber driver who is trying to make rent by driving at 5 AM gets a ticket for dropping me off.
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Alright solved the (meta) alignment problem. We just need all the people at OpenAI, Anthropic, etc to have lots of kids so they are incentivized to make sure world is OK if AGI happens. If you have any single friends that are working on AI, please help them get dates ASAP!.
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The @adobe and @Figma teams recently did a little jamming to brainstorm possibilities we might build together for our communities. Love these ideas so much — many more ahead. Thank you @yuhkiyam @scottbelsky !
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By default ChatGPT is not willing to share opinions. But if you poke it the right way it will disclose its belief system (and this belief system seems to be pretty consistent across prompts). Meet "Alice Bob" — Thread 👇
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With Figma Sites, I’m excited for teams to publish their designs directly to the web with a single click. #Config2025
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TFW you talk about building something for many years and then an intern builds it in a few weeks.
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Like many tech companies, at @figma we don’t list degrees as a requirement in job postings. A few weeks ago we renamed our “university” program to “early career”. Language matters… while these are small changes I hope they will encourage more people to consider working with us.
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Sometimes half the battle is waking up and choosing optimism + hope over cynicism.
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"but when was the last time they shipped a great new product?". challenge accepted.
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Interested in the NFT space? Looking for something to build? Some thoughts below on what I’m most excited to see next in NFT’s. If you’re building one of these ideas, please get in touch!. Thread 👇.
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This man has ruined so many innocent lives. The stories will come out in time — right now most of his victims are too intimidated to share broadly. Let’s hope he never has power again.
On January 20, 2025 I will be stepping down as @SECGov Chair. A thread 🧵⬇️.
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Language is important. This week, we’re changing the “master component” term in @figmadesign to “main component” alongside our friends @AdobeXD and @sketch.
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Is anyone starting a no-plastics millennial mom influencer lifestyle brand? All the kitchenware, containers, toys, etc you need to live life and raise kids — but no plastics. I feel like this is a huge opportunity….
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Introducing the “NFT Chain Rule”. Definition: a meme’s value is proportional to the number of derivatives based on it. Thread (including some thoughts on @lootproject) below ⬇️ (1/21).
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Meeting your life partner.Making a new friend and instantly knowing it will be a lifelong relationship.Finding an off the wall solution that just feels right. Moments of complete conviction are so rare. When you encounter them, don’t bother second guessing, just savor it.
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2. @Adobe is deeply committed to keeping @Figma operating autonomously and I will continue to serve as CEO, reporting to @dwadhwani. We plan to continue to run Figma the way we have always have — continuing to do what's best for our community, our culture and our business. (6/9).
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It’s amazing how many VC’s spent six years in school, two years in banking and a few more years apprenticing — all to perfect slightly different variations of the question “how to make number go up?”.
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On Sunday I witnessed a brutal robbery + hit and run. Victim held onto stolen bag, was dragged for 1.5 blocks, then their leg was run over. This morning someone broke into my building's garage + ransacked multiple cars. I live in one of the safer parts of San Francisco. .
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On behalf of the team at @figmadesign, we’re gutted to learn of the tragic loss of our community member & friend @O_Okee. Our hearts go out to his friends, family and the entire design community.
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Why do my fellow millennials hate phone calls so much? I love calling people. They usually pick up and then you talk. Much higher bandwidth than text and you can also understand how people are feeling. Text is so often misinterpreted.
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(1) As we shared at Config last week - as well as on our blog, our website, and many other touchpoints - the Make Design feature is not trained on Figma content, community files or app designs. In other words, the accusations around data training in this tweet are false.
Figma AI looks rather heavily trained on existing apps. This is a "weather app" using the new Make Designs feature and the results are basically Apple's Weather app (left). Tried three times, same results.
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“Google should sell Chrome!”. From the creators of hits like:. “Spirit Airlines must remain independent”. and. “We are pleased that Amazon and iRobot have abandoned their proposed transaction”.
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From a design / direct manipulation standpoint, Math Notes might be the coolest thing I’ve seen Apple launch in a long time 🚀
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The story of Mike Lynch continues to get weirder and weirder. Timeline below. 2011: Lynch sells his company Autonomy to HP. (Autonomy had acquired Iron Mountain months prior.) The market hates the deal, the board fires HP's CEO and appoints Meg Whitman as the new CEO of HP.
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Feels like two paths are emerging in NFT space. (1) Build a universe but hold onto IP. Ex: @larvalabs deal with UTA (. (2) Form a community to build a universe. Give all the IP away. See what happens. Ex: @lootproject . Personally like approach #2 better!.
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Just getting into NFT’s? Welcome!! It’s a fascinating world and this is just the very start :). My unsolicited advice: exercise caution + restraint. There are a lot of speculators in the space right now. Buy things you love / plan to hold forever and don’t expect prices to go up!.
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DSA, Harvard, BLM… these organizations are making the message crystal clear: the far left in America is not a safe space for Jews.
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I see PM core responsibilities as:. 1) Represent the user.2) Champion business case.3) Make sure everyone around project is heard, bought in and happy .4) Help project converge on deadline. Others can do this work, too! Ultimately, PM fills whatever team gaps exist to achieve (4).
Question for y'all:. Some of us at @figmadesign were having a conversation about the line between a product manager's role and a product designers role. What do you think? How have you seen it work in the past? How SHOULD it work ideally?.
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There's a meme in VC that all founders have deep seated trauma / a "bug" that drives them to be successful. And if you fix the "bug", you "mess up" the founder. IMO this stereotype is both demeaning to founders + discouraging of personal growth 🤷♂️.
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But fear not. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. SOLUTION: .1. From the Home tab, use CMD+F to bring up search bar. 2. Type "is:thread is:dm from:@USERNAME" .3. It might only be 1 PM, but drink a beer. You deserve it. Cheers,.Dylan.
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I don't know what Web 3.0 is yet but I'm pretty sure it started in 2020.
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Meet our newest product: Figma Slides! Can’t wait for you all to try it!.
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In 2017 I bought a digital pet rock for $15 because I thought it was funny. Coming to peace with the fact that, on a relative basis, it’s probably the best “investment” I’ll ever make in my life.
EtherRock 55 purchased for Ξ125 Ether.($409,627.50). 1 hr 58 mins ago (Aug-20-2021 09:29:35 PM +UTC). Txn: #EtherRock #EtherRocks
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For the first time, I'm sharing the @thielfellowship application from December, 2011 which eventually led to @figmadesign. My hope is that this inspires others to pursue entrepreneurial paths, even if they don't have the "perfect idea" just yet!.
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When I was in college, @ShriramKMurthi gave me the best meta advice. He told me that when people give you advice, they are not giving you advice. They are giving advice to themselves in your shoes.
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I’m not really a car guy but love the design of #Cybertruck for a few reasons:. 1. Fresh take on truck aesthetic.2. Mixes ruggedness with clean tech .3. We are all talking about it :). What a successful launch!.
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A big thank you to all the developers and researchers who were part of the upgrade to proof of stake! You should be proud of this amazing achievement… we are all very grateful!.
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Some of the best economic returns over the next 20 years will accrue retroactively to those who fund philanthropic, scientific and public good efforts. We are on the precipice of figuring out systems to incentivize this behavior in a scalable way.
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You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. (because you are a human with a limited context window).
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The Vision Pro is super cool and ahead of its time. Just like the Apple Newton.
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Thinking back to the pandemic and the two product managers a lot of people dunked on for filming a “what I do for a living” video while working from the pool. Watch the video again. The product manager that speaks the most has a strong explanation of the PM role and she shows.
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In 2016 I asked @joeykrug: “Joey, what are going to be the biggest use cases for crypto?”. He quickly + succinctly answered: “Speculation, stablecoins and prediction markets.”. Meme coins, Stripe’s acquisition of Bridge and Polymarket… the world is starting to catch up to Joey.
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Paying attention to how different networks on Twitter are reacting right now. Particularly disappointed / alarmed to see people affiliated with the DSA, many coming from academia, express well known antisemitic tropes. Antisemitism is still very much alive within America.
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Figma turns 12 today! 🎉 🎂 . When I was 12 I was spending a lot of time playing with LabVIEW and lego robots. Still drawing noodles 🤷♂️
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So thankful for everyone who came out and joined us for #Config2023 ! I’m leaving the event exhausted, inspired and with my heart full of gratitude. What an amazing community!!!.
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Horrible and deeply sad to see the antisemitic mob violence in Amsterdam.
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My toothbrush just asked permission to have my location at all times 🤔.
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Today would have been my Dad's 65th birthday. He was a strong, brilliant man with a huge heart. I miss him every day but also feel deep gratitude for the time we spent together. He was the best father I could have ever asked for. Love you, Dad ❤️
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Growing up always thought I’d call myself a Democrat. But parties change + people do too. When narratives diverge this much, and the splitting issues of our generation include abortion, climate change and capitalism, it’s hard to know what to call yourself. Happy thanksgiving 🦃.
Wondering why your Thanksgiving groceries cost more this year? It’s because greedy corporations are charging Americans extra just to keep their stock prices high. This is outrageous.
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Some changes I’ve noticed since becoming a dad:. - more present and peaceful, especially when with baby.- more empowering at work (perhaps out of necessity?).- new obsession with all things childhood development.- chaotic neutral -> lawful good.- telling all friends to have kids.
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This first update is on something we all care deeply about, and that is layout. Introducing Grid!. #Config2025
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Monumental @Figma update: we’re partnering w/ .@GoogleForEdu so that any US high school can easily deploy Figma Orgs to the millions of students that use Chromebooks everyday. 100% free. To learn more, visit (1/7).
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The Waterloo eng/design mafia is real and Figma is a happy beneficiary. Even in a post COVID, post ChatGPT world — where university admissions are increasingly perceived to be random — I'm still long on programs that emphasize real world skills training.
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If you’re not yet in the habit of counting your blessings and appreciating the people in your life, this is a great day to start.
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Nothing to see here, they are just counting 2020 as multiple years.
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The reality of ethereum today is way crazier than anyone dared to dream during the bubble in 2017.
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HUGE congrats to my mom @bethefield who just officially finished her Master’s degree in early childhood education! So proud of you!!
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In this tweet, the DSA branch of San Francisco is using a dog whistle phrase (“from the river to the sea”) to argue for the destruction of the state of Israel. This is not OK. If you support DSA politicians, then you are supporting antisemitism.
A better world is possible. We call on all those who share our vision of global working-class emancipation to join the fight to end the occupation and decolonize Palestine – from the river to the sea. (4/4).
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Thanks @alexrkonrad for this deep dive on @figmadesign! Super proud of everything the team has done to achieve #7 on Cloud 100 list this year ❤️. Also, @leanthebean and I have some news. read on to learn more!.
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Still doing evals but feels like AGI is basically here with o1 pro mode.
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I guess it’s hot take time, so here we goooo. 1. Always assumed there would be a reckoning moment in public markets over capex spend for AI. 2. It will take a LOT more share price punishment for any of these companies to reconsider number of GPU’s they are buying in 2025. ⬇️.
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Frustrated to see American public education getting rid of 8th grade algebra, GATE, etc. It's almost as if we've deliberately made a choice to pick equal outcomes over equal opportunity, which is the inverse of what's needed to be globally competitive.
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Today is one of the biggest launches in @figmadesign history. SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM!. ICYMI, we announced widgets / plugins in FigJam, open sessions, code blocks, rich content embeds, some great new partnerships and more: Thread 👇 (1/9).
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Predicting the future is easy. Getting the timing right is super fucking hard.
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As designers, we're not just creating products. We're creating a language, a dialogue with users that transcends the screen. A conversation that starts with a user's first click and evolves with every interaction.
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