Erika Beras
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1,065 appearances
7 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 9 Sep
Erika Beras’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Which brings us to the third and final big lesson General Magic's failure teaches us.
It's hard to make magic when you have no bosses and no deadlines.
David says what they had were leaders.
What was the difference between a leader and a manager to them?
Games, emojis, sound effects.
And on a device that maybe doesn't yet exist.
Meanwhile, the Magic Link, what was supposed to be the first smartphone, never delivered on its most basic promise.
And we can look at the magicians and go, wow, what a disaster.
What a wreck.
Too bad.
And move on.
Or we can look at general magic the way Tony Fadell did.
as a blueprint for what not to do.
After he left the company, Tony applied what he learned to future projects, like big projects, including the real iPhone.
And in the most iconic features of those products he helped create, you can actually see and touch the lessons Tony learned.
That's after the break.
This is Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air.
Don't miss my interview with comic and storyteller Ali Sadiq.
We talk about fatherhood, healing, and how prison changed him.
Listen to Fresh Air on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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