Words & Letters
Progress is all we can ask for. I’ve been making very small steps in my automation mission. This past week, I created automated workflows using Airtable to push my saved links into other Airtables (is the plural of an airtable, airtables?). This seems like a small thing–and yes, it’s small. But, in the process, I’m […]
When I take a week off, like anything, it’s a bit of a relief. I still consume content. I’m still saving links. The other thing that I’ve been spending time on is process. I need to make these posts easier to create. It’s not the post itself; it’s the multiple versions. WordPress is easy enough, […]
Maybe by now you’ve noticed I’m a bit obsessive about collecting these links. Week after week, thousands of them, no end in sight. It started with a purpose: creative fuel for a team I was managing. That morphed into what you see here. It’s not a straight line, and honestly, it’s hard to keep going […]
My index finger on my dominant hand is out of commission. The machine doesn’t stop for a finger. Photography In Focus: Women Shaping Visual Storytelling Photographers framing life, culture, and the in-between Architecture Ten items from the Zaha Hadid archives that capture her talent and idiosyncrasies Today marks 10 years since the death of one […]
For the first time in a long time, I wrote a short thing about my own work–Teaching Computers to Draw. It’s not that I’m not making things, but I often ignore the crucial step of documentation and telling the story. This is very common for designers. We’re always focused on the problem, making, and once […]
I’m not an AI expert. I’m an enthusiast, and playing around with these things is how I learn. I’ve been working with Cursor and Claude Code, and my most successful experiment to date has been rebuilding the iOS game, Strategery. This game recently stopped working on my phone. It doesn’t have fancy features. It doesn’t […]
I don’t plan to take a week off. It usually happens when I see the deadline approaching and realize there’s just no way. Work has been busy, life has been busy, and it was time. I don’t see either of these calming down in the near future, but I’ll work through it. This week’s links […]
Here we are. The new year is almost upon us. There’s no rest ahead. There’s a lot to do and not enough hours in the day. Nothing new there. Happy New Year, gang! See you all on the other side. Graphic Design/Branding X Games rebrandX Games operates as both a showcase and a proving ground. […]
The week before going to a conference is hectic. You’re trying to wrap things up so you can focus on the event. There are always fifteen other things happening—such is life. I was able to attend Adobe MAX last week, and the new stuff is cool (see the Sneaks link below). But the best part […]
It’s often said that all art is political. Design work often gets a pass, but it shouldn’t. I don’t equate design with art—there are skill overlaps, but the aims are fundamentally different. Still, that doesn’t mean design work is apolitical. As creators, we have some responsibility for how our labor is used. I don’t often […]