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Chris Messina
@chrismessina.me
😬 Man of the internet; generalist.
🆕 App updates and snark.
🫡 Twitter sober since April '23.
#️⃣ Invented the hashtag.
Wow, the new Coca-Cola holiday ad goes hard! 😆
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Flickr’s approach to data portability is downright hostile.
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
First time I’ve seen a full-screen notification takeover on Spotify desktop.

Isn’t this what their Updates feed is for? 🔔

(Weval’s great and all, this just seems a bit obnoxious)

#NewSpotify
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’ll be judging next week’s The AI Collective’s SF Pitch Night (11/7) at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Builder Loft!

Joined by:
- @adwane.bsky.social, GP, Village Global
- @jowyang.bsky.social, Partner @ Blitzscaling Ventures
- Grace Gong, Host, Smart Venture Podcast

RSVP: luma.com/sf-pitch?tk=EV…
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Coffee and Claude” is the new “Netflix and Chill”? 🧐
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The “Unknown Sender” label is one of the best features of macOS Tahoe’s Messages app.
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🆓 Free access to Washington Post for Perplexity Comet users through Nov 13.

Grab Perplexity Pro for a month for free: pplx.ai/chrismessina
October 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
(Posted from Aeronaut!)
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Picked up some light reading for the weekend
October 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Dispelling a persistent myth.
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Every social app PM imagining me when #IDemandHashtags 🤣🤣🤣
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Threads now hides hashtags at the end of posts, like Mastodon does.

Not sure how many it takes to trigger this treatment.

#NewThreads #IDemandHashtags
September 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Reddit is adding a new, more prominent search experience to the home feed.

They’ve also added a Related Answers block below posts, which leads to AI-generated answers.

#NewReddit
September 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Here's NotebookLM's mind map for @pfrazee.com two recent leaflets on supporting private data in ATProto which might support your reading comprehension, as it did mine. 😌
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
macOS personality: shattered

#LiquidGlass #masOSTahoe #NewAppIcon
September 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Once every 20 years, @techmeme.com is on top of @techmeme.com, so I'm clapping, as requested!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

🎂 @gaberivera.bsky.social et al

news.techmeme.com/250912/20-ye...
September 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Clean Air Vehicle Decal program is ending as of Sep 30.

"...vehicles with a CAV decal will no longer be eligible to pay reduced tolls or travel in carpool High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes with a single occupant. You may receive a citation if you violate HOV-lane laws or do not pay tolls."
September 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Apps #5, 6, and 7 of the top Developer Tools in the App Store are vibe coding apps
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Superhuman (now owned by Grammarly) has added a calendar mode switcher to its sidebar.

Clearly we'll see Docs, Spreadsheets, and Presentations icons there soon too. 👀

#NewSuperhuman
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Not where I expected to see a Trump tarriff take effect
September 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
ICYMI, Spotify for Mac has losslessly updated its app icon.

#NewAppIcon
August 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
August 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I don't mind longstanding grievances against the hashtag.

It's the Johnny-come-latelies that annoy me.
August 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"...since Twitter launched users had been asking for a way to follow someone for only specific topics they were interested in."

Yep, that was me! 😊

factoryjoe.com/2007/08/25/g...
August 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Children of the iPhone will never know what this was
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM