I’m on a plane

I was so proud that I led the redesign of The Atlantic in 2008 and advised them on rethinking what it means to be a magazine to being an online publication. It was a fun project. As with everything, it all falls apart. See also: redesigning the New York Times in 2005. Common thread: James Bennet

Notion is the modern tech company's version of "we'll keep it in a wiki." I will not be taking questions.

We are at another basketball game and I have gotten to see Franklin the Dog Up close and personal and the suit is SO MUCH WORSE than I’d even imagined

"Never again" wasn't supposed to mean "nothing that ever happens can be compared to this"

This dog loves me

Orzo’s third gotcha day, three whole years with my little guy

It's Create Once, Publish Everywhere (COPE). I will tolerate Create Once, Reuse Everywhere (CORE) because my current company decided on that. Create Once, Scale Everywhere (COSE) is not a thing. Publish Once, Distribute Everywhere (PODE) definitely not a thing.

13-year-old blog post popped into my head today. /cc @karenmcgrane.bsky.social

Maybe not everyone's perfect wedding photo, but one of my faves. @tcarmody.bsky.social and I are coming up on five years together in a matter of days, we're SO perfect for each other. I'll be the one to say, whoa it's really weird to find your person late in life but also completely satisfying.

The quesadillas were delicious and it's a very cute sweater

Someone posted something along the lines of “so annoying when a guy saying something Karen McGrane has been talking about FOR YEARS treated like it’s this exciting new discovery.” Coincidentally, this happened to be the day that they proved the existence of the Higgs Boson.

I am at a Sixers/Lakers basketball game courtesy of @tcarmody.bsky.social and in a town with multiple iconic mascots this is just embarrassing, what are we doing here

A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud

"I have an idea for a website; can you make me a website?"

Last week the dog and I failed to put our Eagles sweaters on and we know how that turned out. Not making that mistake again.

For the record I am very good at making potatoes. Mashed, baked, roasted, I make them all real good. I remember as a child my mom and grandma explaining that a potato ricer was the only way to make decent mashed potatoes and as a result it's one of the only single function kitchen devices I own.

A movie that takes place where you're from. “That ain't Lake Minnetonka” hits different when you actually live in Minnetonka. (I code-switch, I went to Hopkins.) My family moved to Chanhassen my senior year of high school and sometimes at night I'd hear what was going on at Paisley Park.

what the fuck

RFK’s erotic poetry separates the people who merely call themselves SICKOS from those who actually own the shirt

Wordpress and Adobe Insects and Whales The main question is what’s the total addressable market (TAM) (I am in a hotel bar with @eaton.fyi, a happy place)

So this turns out to be a hilarious, bewildering, and actually dangerous truncation fail. Supposed to say "fresh water fish."

As someone who got big laughs in a talk about the internet refrigerator, this is cracking me up

This is an outtake but is completely representative of where I grew up www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nHn...

I am truly shocked to not find more thinkpieces on the incredible graphic design and typography of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign but maybe that’s because searching on the internet is garbage now. TL;DR lead designer was Aneesh Bhoopathy of Forge Co-Op Roundup of articles in thread 🧵

For the record, we ordered dinner tonight from an Irish place and the curry was too spicy for me, this is what my husband has to accept (he gets the leftovers) (the curry came with both rice AND mashed potatoes)

Well, well, well

Finally, a beer that is not woke

My pick is Rushmore, but my funny story is that I was visiting my aunt and uncle with my mom for Thanksgiving when Tenenbaums came out, and I made the whole family go see it in the theater, and HOO BOY did they hate it. My mom was big mad

"truncation is not a content strategy" - @karenmcgrane.bsky.social

We have this really cute little LED device called tidbyt.com that you can't buy anymore, and @tcarmody.bsky.social just added NFL scores to it, and now I have very strong opinions about how various NFL logos render in low res

Aw man my fave NPR guy Jack Speer retired. I miss that voice reading me the headlines. I will lose my shit the day Pat Kiernan retires even though I don’t get NY1 anymore so let’s not think about it

Do you know how long it's been since I've gotten an opportunity like this? Sharing in case you want in on it, this kind of deal doesn't come around every day

I would sooner fight the Menswear Guy than Tressie When She’s Got Time

We’re in the ER (probably fine!) and I said “well at least we’re watching Hocus Pocus and not all our sports teams losing on the TV”

During a very dark point in the Covid lockdowns I remember losing my fucking shit laughing at this video. Like it was the funniest thing I had seen in months. RIP Diane, I hope your heavenly kitchen is designed to place commonly used utensils where you need them x.com/caitiedelane...

“Ladies” I can’t believe that worked

BFF’s birthday, doesn’t get better

I feel compelled to say publicly how weird and confusing it is how much I LOVE my job at Contentful. In THIS economy? I worked for myself for 20 years and joked that I was feral. I really did not think I could go back in house. I enjoy my job so much!

I know this isn’t how therapy works but little in life is more validating to me than having my therapist praise my restaurant selection. “Oh, you got a reservation there! You’ll have to let me know how it was.” Basically print me off a certificate saying “You’re a capable adult” same difference

How do people without pets survive without a small creature (who lives in the house) to troll Currently the dog is not getting ice cream sandwiches and it's because he sucks and I have explained it to him

Tim has brought many good things to my life but a largely unexpected benefit is talking to my dad about sports now, my dad hardly knows how to handle his daughter telling him he needs to go watch how the Eagles just won that game

He's also sharing funny Tumblrs with me, it's a good night here

Age verification? I’ve taken Tylenol that wasn’t sealed for my protection

I strongly advise not looking at any food related subs on Reddit unless you want to be subject to the most racist and pedantic food opinions by people who take themselves way too seriously. With the exception of r/iamveryculinary if you want to laugh at those people.

Me: Can I have one of those blue milkshakes that symbolizes Grimace’s blood? McDonalds Cashier: (offended) We believe every beverage symbolizes Grimace’s blood

Truncation always tells the truth.

Each word of this is worse than the previous