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We're putting the finishing touches on our first DeveloperUX course: "Typography for Developers" and we should be launching it...

We're putting the finishing touches on our first DeveloperUX course: "Typography for Developers" and we should be launching it by the end of the month! Over 3 hours of delicious content to help make your apps look better with simple typographical changes.

“So it begins…” we do a lot of reading out loud as a family. We finished the hobbit earlier this year and the kids have asked to dude...

“So it begins…” we do a lot of reading out loud as a family. We finished the hobbit earlier this year and the kids have asked to dude into Lord of the Rings as some of their friends’ families are doing the same. As the reader it’s a definite jump but I’m hoping it will help my speaking cadence and vocabulary improvement as well. I read this fully last 15 years ago and have been chasing around the Simarillion and some of the other side books. Glad to get back to the core for a while.

Storyboarding is one of those project pieces that is a lot of fun but when you can’t shoot what you see in your head, you have to work...

Storyboarding is one of those project pieces that is a lot of fun but when you can’t shoot what you see in your head, you have to work with stock you can find. It’s like rolling into the kitchen saying “time for three star Michelin!” and realizing you are missing half the ingredients.

It’s freakin cold here in Virginia, and that means daily trips to thaw out the waterers for the cow, goats, and chickens. We rarely have...

It’s freakin cold here in Virginia, and that means daily trips to thaw out the waterers for the cow, goats, and chickens. We rarely have runs like this where we are single digit lows and not breaking 30 during the day, so some complex system doesn’t make sense.

It’s freakin cold here in Virginia, and that means daily trips to thaw out the waterers for the cow, goats, and chickens. We rarely have...

It’s freakin cold here in Virginia, and that means daily trips to thaw out the waterers for the cow, goats, and chickens. We rarely have runs like this where we are single digit lows and not breaking 30 during the day, so some complex system doesn’t make sense.

Going live with my friend Nicole on her Living Free in Tennessee podcast here shortly to discuss AI & Freedom and all sorts of other fun...

Going live with my friend Nicole on her Living Free in Tennessee podcast here shortly to discuss AI & Freedom and all sorts of other fun stuff.

https://buff.ly/3ChbIm2

That's a little mean there, macOS. Curious about what this new update in Docker has hanging out inside the 2GB of package size that...

That's a little mean there, macOS. Curious about what this new update in Docker has hanging out inside the 2GB of package size that triggered this warning.

Is anyone seeing similar reactions?

What passive-aggressive marketing crap is this, Grammarly? I pay for the service. I don't need to be chastised for not using it at a...

What passive-aggressive marketing crap is this, Grammarly? I pay for the service. I don't need to be chastised for not using it at a level you believe to be correct.

Getty and Shutterstock merging... On one hand, it's one less login and credit pool I need to maintain, but I question if this will be...

Getty and Shutterstock merging... On one hand, it's one less login and credit pool I need to maintain, but I question if this will be good for end users. No/low competition means no/low innovation. I personally prefer the iStock interface (already under the Getty umbrella). We're seeing a similar consolidation in fonts with Monotype eating the world.

What's your take on how this will work out?

https://buff.ly/424yZCf

Here's a dark pattern I'd like to see go away in 2025.You click a link to an article, and it's paywalled (or requires login). No...

Here's a dark pattern I'd like to see go away in 2025.

You click a link to an article, and it's paywalled (or requires login). No problem, I've actually paid for an account here / have a login / etc. So you login, and you expect to then read the article you were on.

Oh no, dear user, we're going to take you back to an index that doesn't even have that article on it, and if you didn't save that URL, clicking back is broken as well. Good luck finding that article again!

Medium, do better.

Gluten free Christmas stollen! One of my annual bakes. Paul Hollywood might call it passable. lol

Gluten free Christmas stollen! One of my annual bakes. Paul Hollywood might call it passable. lol

This is a fun bug. Only shows up in the widget on the phone. Click through and it’s correct. I can o yo guess that it’s somehow counting...

This is a fun bug. Only shows up in the widget on the phone. Click through and it’s correct. I can o yo guess that it’s somehow counting the cores on my Mac Studio to get these ludicrous numbers of hours per hour. Anyone seen this kind of thing?

Jalapeño jelly made with the gleaned jalapeños from the garden (had all gone red, hence the color). Tastes awesome on ham as well as with...

Jalapeño jelly made with the gleaned jalapeños from the garden (had all gone red, hence the color). Tastes awesome on ham as well as with various cheeses.

The Rails side is relatively easy compared to high-res scanning and processing the volume of memorabilia in the last 100 + years of...

The Rails side is relatively easy compared to high-res scanning and processing the volume of memorabilia in the last 100 + years of Scouting. Thanks to my partners in running this, Todd Rogers & Glenn Chase, and the scores of editors cataloging, scanning, and publishing the history. Design is starting to show its age, and PDF generation has driven me slightly mad, but it's all well worth it.

70,000 images! I started Patchvault (.org) in 2013, but I didn't get it launched as my eldest was born shortly after. I used it as a...

70,000 images! I started Patchvault (.org) in 2013, but I didn't get it launched as my eldest was born shortly after. I used it as a way to keep up with the changes in Ruby on Rails and manage my own collection in something better than Excel files. Demo'd in 2017 and launched shortly thereafter.

Monopoly! So how long until Adobe buys Monotype? Asking for a friend...https://buff.ly/3Z9UHTx

Monopoly!

So how long until Adobe buys Monotype? Asking for a friend...

https://buff.ly/3Z9UHTx

Doing the LEGO robotics competition today with the boys (oldest daughter will be old enough next year) it was fun to work with them on one...

Doing the LEGO robotics competition today with the boys (oldest daughter will be old enough next year) it was fun to work with them on one of the programming challenges and explain that, yes, most software programs fail the first time you write them.

Dealing with Intuit support as they are randomly trying to ACH debit our income account, which is empty as it distributes to other accounts...

Dealing with Intuit support as they are randomly trying to ACH debit our income account, which is empty as it distributes to other accounts on receipt (Profit First style). Our payment is set to a CC. 30 minutes into the "chat" the person finally understands what I'm engaging about and says "oh that's a different department."

NO ONE CARES HOW YOU ARE ORGANIZED. Don't force your customer to deal with your crappy corporate organization.

All day smoke on this Boston butt from our friends at Lions Rest Farm up in Marshall VA. Using Chris’ (the farmer who raised this) pork...

All day smoke on this Boston butt from our friends at Lions Rest Farm up in Marshall VA. Using Chris’ (the farmer who raised this) pork rub on a mustard base.

We lost one of the musical greats today. Godspeed, Mr. Jones.https://buff.ly/3C9UwOZ?

We lost one of the musical greats today. Godspeed, Mr. Jones.

https://buff.ly/3C9UwOZ?