I started a Git repo eight or nine years ago to store all of the recipes I use regularly. Some of them are my own and some tweaked versions of recipes I've found elsewhere. The very first version of the repo was just a folder full of markdown files. …
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Is there a way to bequeath your ownership of a collection of digital stuff? I'm defintely not talking about stupid shit like NFTs. I mean useful digital things like fonts and assets that you paid for. I started to look around and the short answer …
Continue reading →We are in the process of redrawing all of the source artwork for our design system's icon set at work, and he other day we came up against some issues with Figma's default SVG exports. I started googling for articles about how to get cleaner exports …
Continue reading →I read this article by Dan Mall last week that really nails why it's important to not dwell in the creation phase of a project because it's easier to revise and improve once you get the initial ideas on paper. There are designers that are …
Continue reading →I saw James Victore (I'm pretty sure it was him) speak at a conference a long time ago where he talked about sharpening the saw. The idea being that you need to take the time to rest, to read books, and practice your craft. I think about this a lot …
Continue reading →I made this shitty stool in design school. It was supposed be able to hold the weight of a person. It did not. I don't know why, or how I ended up hanging on to it for all these years. I was a bad designer and I’m not quite sure how I graduated. …
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