Why do we still have rectangular circuit traces on circuit boards? Seems like AI/ML + 3D printing could do some really interesting things with circuit board miniaturization and adaptation to non-conventional form factors.

Social media is a slot machine for loneliness

Don’t install the latest iOS update, folks. I thought people were being hyperbolic about the bugs, but no, they really are that bad.

📣 Come work with me at The Type Founders. We’ve got a new job opening for a Foundry Relations Manager: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4299421227/

Pharmacy wouldn’t give me a COVID shot because I don’t qualify for the new CDC guidelines… this is bad folks.

I love my apartment. I’m so proud of what we’ve turned it into. I just completed phase 2 of the outdoor cat proofing and can now open all the doors and windows. Still so much more to do, but with every update, the place feels more open and delightful ✨ I can’t believe the sad drab box it was a […]

Today, we’re ready to show you the upcoming quote posts feature in more detail. We’ve put together a blog post with examples of how quote posts will work on Mastodon, ahead of early access on our own servers next week 💬 Full launch to come, in Mastodon v4.5 […]

Genus of Love by Tom Tom Club is sampled everywhere. I love listening to music and finding it in new places. I just ran across it in Shoomp by De La Soul.

Everyone: Make a new iPhone Mini, please Apple: OK, here’s the iPhone Air. Everyone: Ugh, no, not like that.

Everyone: Make a new iPhone Mini, please Apple: OK, here’s the iPhone Air. Everyone: Ugh, no, not like that.

"A Student’s Right to Refuse Generative AI" by Elizabeth Palumbo #readthewholething https://refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a-students-right-to-refuse-generative-ai/

Recently there has been a lot of discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol which has been quite dividing and heated. Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting (the group that maintains the ActivityPub and related specifications), I proposed releasing a statement that counters the narrative that […]

What’s the best way to author an epub today? I’d like to edit the xhtml directly, but am struggling with the conversion and packaging. I’m unhappy with the output from InDesign and Calibre. #lazyweb

A little sneak preview of some exciting new Darden Studio merch I’ve been working on. Extremely thrilled with how these turned out!

I’m thrilled to announce I’m joining The Type Founders as the director of design next week. I’ve been contracting with them for the past few months, and there is so much exciting work for me to dig into. It’s the perfect blend of design systems, type, web design, and front-end development with a […]

Super smart visual tension and analogy.

We’re 7 months in, and “Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago” is a headline in the Washington Post. And because it’s city number three, we’re already numbing to it. If you read this about any other democracy in the world, you’d conclude that it was well on the road to a dictatorship.

Sometimes I wish all the old Verge articles I designed weren’t eroded by the sands of time and redesigns.

The cheap and easy way to get a full-bleed background on an element: background-color: var(--background); box-shadow: 33vw 0 0 0 var(--background), -33vw 0 0 0 var(--background);

NEW WORK! I am proud to present the branding guidelines I developed for @anewsocial, along with some of the thoughts and considerations that went into the design. I love working with amazing people who are doing big things here in the fediverse. 🚀🌌 https://scottkellum.com/portfolio/a-new-social/

If you’ve ever wondered what you would do in 1933 Germany, you’re doing it right now.