Head of Product Design at Airwallex. Previously: Co-founder of @Automatic. Alum of @AdaptivePath.
Melbourne, Australia
Joined April 2008
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This 🧵is the quintessential immigrant founder story, one I resonate with personally and am deeply proud to be a part of. Congrats @awxjack and the entire Airwallex team!
Life update: Last year, I moved from Silicon Valley to Melbourne and joined the most outrageously ambitious startup I've ever known, but that you probably haven't heard of (yet).
Today we’re announcing @airwallex's 300M Series F at 6.2B valuation. This is a big step forward, and it will help us move faster in building the future of global banking.
Hey friends. Now that we've wound down Hometown, I’m excited to get back to collaborating with teams on product strategy, management, and design. So get in touch and let's ship great stuff together! linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
Is it a coup attempt now?
Ljuba retweeted
What we're seeing from Trump and his allies today is an autocratic attempt. It's not a competent one, and it probably won't be an effective one. But that's what it is. And far worse would follow if it succeeded. nitter.gq/realDonaldTrump/status…
I don't often get to talk about Canadian drag queens in work interviews, but here we are! medialyte.substack.com/p/vib…
Ljuba retweeted
It's rare I see new tech that feels like it solves for multiple problems newsrooms face, but I've been SO impressed with what @ljuba and his team at Hometown have created. Already a success in Oakland, & looking for folks who want to replicate!
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Quick reality check:
➤ Compared to Germany, we’re doing 2.2x as many COVID tests every day (per capita)
➤ But yesterday the US had *35x* the number of confirmed cases (per capita)
➤ And the gap has been widening every day for nearly a month.
Source: ourworldindata.org/coronavir…
Just launched: Each Hometown News Guide now has a “Community Questions” section where you can ask us any question you have about that issue. Then, once it gets enough upvotes, we investigate and answer it. Give it a try!
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Great example: A report just landed revealing that Oakland has disastrously slow 911 response times.
Scott from Montclair asked: "How does this critical issue fit into the "defund the police" narrative and Oakland city budget process?"
Our response: oakland.hometown.is/guide/6f…
It's a rough time for journalists (also everyone), but we have a bit of good news: we've raised social impact capital for Hometown and are hiring a founding writer/reporter/editor (with health benefits and equity) to help us build the future of local news!
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These nifty public toilets are designed by the city of Portland and Oakland is getting two of them, to start.
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Oakland is developing new rules for homeless encampments. Hometown's independent reporting on the issues with the current rules, perspectives from housed and unhoused residents, and possible solutions from other cities. app.hometown.is/storyline/c9…
Hey, Oaklanders!
There's a lot of attention on the presidential primary. But when you go to the polls on Tuesday, you'll also be deciding whether our city gets better parks, cheaper childcare, and more.
Hometown pulled together what you need to know. 🤓
app.hometown.is/storyline/fe…
Ljuba retweeted
1/ Wow, this #LoveMyNewspaper Day comes earlier every year. 🙃 Out of real love, I'll say this:
Newspapers, stop waiting for #BigTech platforms to help you out as de facto outsourced R&D, or pay you for content, or whatever...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Badass.
"Today we have made a choice that will leave a legacy... I hope means that future generations will see that we, in New Zealand, were on the right side of history." Prime Minister @jacindaardern gave her speech at the third and final reading of the Zero Carbon Bill today. 🌏👀⬇️