Make It Work vs. Make It Good 🔗
There are two wolves inside of me, lol. Some days I want to be a “designer”. Other days I want to be a “developer”. On the days I find myself wanting [...]
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Podcast Notes: Iain McGilchrist on “The Great Simplification” 🔗
I wish I could remember how this podcast came across my radar so I could give credit where it’s due. But alas, I cannot. It’s episode 217 with Dr. Iai [...]
What’s an Icon in 2026? 🔗
As icons continue to change across Apple’s platforms, I have thoughts. They mainly revolve around two perspectives: What I think of icons as a long-ti [...]
Family Feud: Mac-assed Mac App Edition 🔗
“We asked 100 people: What are the top three companies on earth best positioned to make a world-class Mac-assed Mac app?” Buzz! “Apple!” Survey says: [...]
Making a Shuffle Button 🔗
I made some updates to my notes blog, including a change to how my “Shuffle” feature worked. Figured I’d blog about it. Shuffle? On a Blog? At the tim [...]
This Page Left Intentionally Blank 🔗
I was popping off about negation being an act of creativity, when Blake Watson introduce me to the idea of the “This Page Intentionally Left Blank”-Pr [...]
Notes from Bryan Cantrill’s “Intelligence is not Enough” 🔗
I quite enjoyed this talk from Bryan Cantrill where he discusses the difficult engineering problems they overcame while working on their company Oxide [...]
My Om Malik Story 🔗
If you have’t heard, Om Malik passed away. People are sharing stories of their graceful encounters with him. This one is mine. Back at the beginning o [...]
Blogging Can Just Be Stating The Obvious 🔗
John Gruber writes about those annoying popups every website seems to have now and while he does a great job tearing into these ubiquitous, user-hosti [...]
Consistency, But in Excellence Not Appearance 🔗
Consistency serves a purpose in visual design, but it seems to have become the purpose of a lot of visual design. Look no further than these evolution [...]