When you think about storytelling in design... Alex Cornell is often the person that comes to mind. And that's a big reason why he's one of the most requested guests on the show. So this episode is a deep dive into the finer details of communication. We talk about:
- The story behind his startup Cocoon
- How Alex leverages his background in video
- Alex’s precision and obsession with language
- Why Alex left linear to work on generative AI at Meta
- Why getting buy-in for your ideas is kind of like a math proof
- Behind-the-scenes of the wild videos Alex made at Facebook
- Lessons learned designing the Substack and Linear mobile apps
- The mental models Alex uses to construct compelling narratives
- a lot more
