404 page for my website. All the pages need a little 💛 even the ones that don't exist. brandonstephens.me/foo #ui

WIP for some analytics details. #designsky #ui

Get and use a library card. You already paid for it with taxes. I borrow audio books using Libby on iOS with my local library card. In 2024 I spent 114 hours listening at 2.75x, about 30 min a day on average. - 26 audio books - 7 comic books - 1 epub Would have cost ~$670 to buy these titles.

If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.

That one time I built a cli to generate a butt-ton of data, because no one would agree on the rules. brandonstephens.me/work/2021-11... #designsky #ui #prototype

Demo Slides at work got a little snow this year.

Something I did a while ago that is waaaaaay outside my comfort zone. An illustration for a logo. brandonstephens.me/work/2019-10...

A prototype for a feature at work to delay sending based on a customers time-zone. #uidesign #designsky

Some quality of life keyboard shortcuts that I should have made a long time ago. #soulver

This is both very fun and infuriating: shifty.site A game about how much layout shift sucks 😅

I'm on to mk2 of a shelf to mount the microwave. Added nailers and started thinking of how best to attach to the wall. #shaper3d

Some feedback I gave a previous student on a layout for their site. - Add some hierarchy to the text - Make that link more of a button - Add some columns to help the works flow better What other suggestions would you have given? #uidesign #designsky

I've been using Shaper3D a bit this year. Mostly to draft woodworking project ideas. I might find myself switching back to SketchUp in the coming year.

Inventory for wife's thrifting biznass. shopibtc.com #uidesign #designsky

I've been using @observablehq.com to keep tabs on my house for the past year. I like their Plot library a lot.

Some abandoned layouts for my semi-abandoned flashcard app. Maybe sharing will help me get back to it. brandonstephens.me/work/2022-09... #uidesign #designsky

Fun 2010s style button for my website. Added keyboard shortcuts for even more fun. #uidesign #designsky

Slack is slacking on their dark mode icon.

Copilot isn't smart enough to know my **favorite** editor isn't in this list. nova.app

Social nav for my website. Give it a hover brandonstephens.me #uidesign #designsky

I added dark mode to my website, after not touching it for 2 years 😬.

In the 2010s there was a photo service called Ember. I believe it shut down due to AWS costs. It would let you log in to Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and it would upload your photos. It would also make a gallery of your best shots. Does anyone have screenshots or know the old url of this service?

iPad mini setup ~circa Dec 2013 I'm grateful to still have Things, 1Password, Reeder, Prompt, Procreate (but I use Linea mostly). I'm sad about Status Board, Comixology, Coda. Nice to have Apple pencil upgrade. I've also upgraded to the 12.9", but miss putting the mini in my jacket pocket.

Based on the ads I'm getting, the YouTube algo is very sure that someone in our house needs diapers. It’s just not sure if we need them for kid, toddler, or adults.

Prototype I made a while back. Trying to give user feedback when the server process length is unknown. - check to see if the process is complete every X sec - max timeout to ask user to check back later #uidesign #prototyp #designsky

Go buy Retrobatch by @flyingmeatinc.bsky.social flyingmeat.com/retrobatch/ This took ~4 min to figure out how to do: 1. took all 2024 pdf meeting slides 2. split pages 3. scaled them down 4. grid of all slides Just to have a cool background for our company slides.

I've been using lots of arrows lately in Figma. I really wish there was more control and less bugs with the connector line from FigJams. #figma #uidesign

Farming geoids in Hollow Knight to burn off this extra caffeine 😂.

Found a nice Figma plugin to select random number of layers. www.figma.com/community/pl... #figma

Web store image for coming updates to a browser extension. #uidesign #designsky

WIP design of table rows showing allocation level of promo codes. #designsky #uidesign

New LB Action: ptujec.github.io/Writing-Tools/ #iAWriter #LaunchBar #writing

I could smell my old Sony CD player from when I was a kid while watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7TV...

I got a 9.2/10 in Color, a color matching game. I need to practice more 😬 color.method.ac

Is this normal #macOS. My machine feels slow and lags on random app opens or keyboard shortcuts. Restarts don't seem to help.

These tools are great! method.ac #design

This weekends adventure: performed fan-replacement surgery on our original Nintendo Switch. 1. take apart 2. remove 7-8 years worth of dust and dog hair 3. fresh thermal paste 4. repeat several times because I put it together wrong 😑 5. tell the kids they can play again

Yes there is Sunflower Yellow PLA Filament in one of the AMS spools. #3dprinting

Some work on breakpoints for a toggle component #ui

TIL there are text underline settings (width, offset, color) in Figma. Click the `›` next to `Decorations` under Type Settings. Thanks @patrickhill.bsky.social #figma

Some updates to statistic card component. #ui

I want @teenageengineering.bsky.social to make camera in the style of their Field System series. I assume it would support LUTs and be stupid beautiful to look at. Built in storage and battery all over usb like their TP-7. Bonus points if I can use it as a webcam. I'll start saving my money now.

Another Things + Shortcuts workflow. I have a Shortcut that opens all selected tasks in things and opens the url in the body of the task in Safari. This lets me Q up cool stuff through the week and then open them all on Friday. #things #shortcuts

I've been using Kagi for a while now. They sent me a link that can get you 3 months free. kagi.com/p/THANKS22965666

I take lots of notes using the Quick Entry feature of Things. I made a Shortcut to archive these in iA Writer based on tags in Things. #things #iawriter #shortcuts

Todo apps are not for everyone but I'm grateful this todo app is still around. culturedcode.com/things/sale/

Working on some dark mode this week.

@figma.com is it possible to have hotkeys for these auto layout options?

Working on some new file inputs.