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The above image represents the sum total of the progress I made yesterday. It sure doesn’t look like much. It is a grid system for an upcoming widget feature I am working on for Widgetsmith. I’m almost embarrassed to post it as the collective effort for an entire day’s professional work, but that is ultimately the point of this post. I always find coming back from the Christmas break (or …

How are you doing this weekend? We’re thinking so much of our L.A. friends and readers; here are some ways to help, if you’re able.… Read more The post Have a Loving Weekend. appeared first on Cup of Jo.

I've been vaguely aware of the Atelier series since the PS2 era, though they've been around a while longer than that, but this is the first one of them I've actually played (well, I did play the spin-off Mana Khemia on PSP many years ago, but they're different enough that I can call this the first). With that in mind, I don't know all of the dfetails, but I think …

Did you know that, by default, your Mac search queries entered into Spotlight, Safari, Siri, Lookup, and #images, are sent to Apple? While this information is anonymized so as not to be identifying, and Apple says it’s used to improve search results, many Mac users may not want this search information being shared with Apple ... Read More

A portfolio is one of the most important tools for marketing your design and creativity abilities to future employers or clients. And at its heart are the case studies you include. These case studies reveal how you understand problems, your creative process, how you make a decision, how you design the UI, and, ultimately, the impact of your work on users and company results. A strong UX portfolio can open …

I grew up with parents that owned their own struggling small business. Throughout my childhood, we had pretty much zero healthcare until I got to college. I went to the same doctor from birth to high school but only saw him once every 2-3 years when I was super sick and I remember my dad always paid the guy in cash. My relationship with dentists is even stranger. My first …

1. Why I’m not on Threads these daysMark Zuckerberg does not give a rats ass about the effects that his platforms have on people, and he never has.By now, you will have probably heard quite a lot about Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot to Trumpist supporter and enabler, so I’m not going to spend too much time on that. But it’s worth remembering that Facebook has never been a company which was …

Last updated 1 day, 5 hours ago i was about to say last week feels like 50 years ago, writing this wise at least, but i forgot that i did 25 hopes for 2025 last week! so never mind, time is moving at the usual pace. i posted my first short video! i want to record video replies to some of the comments, short video is hard, but in such …

Not something I expected to be saying today, but The Verge have made a 15min deep dive video into my blog post from the summer about modern walkmans being bulky. They’ve gone out and interviewed modern manufacturers to find out what’s going on, and it’s pretty interesting! Link here, and my original post here.

The first post of every year consists of reflection about last year. This time is about the 2024 year.

The U.S. economy has entered Rasputin territory — it just refuses to die. Every time there is something for people to worry about — war, inflation, commercial real estate, the Fed raising rates, softening labor markets, etc. — the economy takes it on the chin and keeps moving forward. Today we got another solid jobs report. The unemployment rate actually ticked down again to 4.1% and has been remarkably ...

Keepin' on keepin' on! The post Let’s go ALL IN with DC … Weeks 13 and 14! appeared first on Atomic Junk Shop.

The cover of Cy Twombly: Homes & Studios, 2019/2020, available for retail at Gagosian and Karma While the arrival of Carlos Peris’s lovely book did not give me much to add on the subject of Cy Twombly’s photography, the arrival of Cy Twombly Homes & Studios has filled the content pipeline to overflowing. First, don’t sleep on such a book when it first comes out; I missed the hardcover edition …

Long-term readers of this blog will know that it pretty much owes its existence to a certain show called Sunny Afternoon – new(er) readers can have a peruse to see just how accurate a statement this is. With that in mind, you’ll understand that when I heard about a book which gives a voice to fans of The Kinks across the decades, I was definitely intrigued. Thank You For The …

There’s a stream that runs by the office where I work. The Winterbourne, its name a clue. It runs high and fast when the South Downs saturate and the chalk aquifers deep inside overflow. It’s an indicator of conditions on the Downs and it helps me decide my cycle commute. The office is in Lewes, East Sussex, and I live in Brighton. As the crow flies, or the busy roads …