Every design brief I've written recently has tried to say, as subtly and politely as possible, 'we will not design a butthole'

Planned the case study from day one on a recent project. Notes, narrative, structure, the lot. Thought it would come easy, save some time and pain. Finally writing it. Turns out case studies are just… hard.

I hate opening Discord. It really enjoys its own opening process. Just open, stop telling me your life story

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020. It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛 bell.bz/its-been-a-v...

When I saw this appear on my Apple Music I thought there's no way that's what I think it is... but it is

No-one talks about the real dangers of working from home* *you eat the leftovers of last night's beef stew and knock yourself into a food coma at 11:45am

"some higher-rate taxpayers were exploiting the perk" Seems fair enough to take it away from everyone then yeah? Forget the benefits the scheme brings, forget all the other ways the top earners can exploit the system, punish everyone. 'sake

Good pens made by a good man. What more do you need? (also *incredible* secret Santa gift for that arty person in your office)

That was good TV

A year ago I left full-time employment to become a freelance designer Twelve months later, here's what I learned www.mynameismartin.co.uk/blog/year-one

Wow, that's one year of freelance in the bag. I should write a blog post... right?

Policy idea: a private drone flying in a public space should become public property

The new(ish) Deftones album is my album of the year. Can't stop listening to it

The best time to publish a blog post is Tuesdays at 9am. The second best time is right after you've posted it, but before you've given it a thorough proof read www.mynameismartin.co.uk/blog/mapping...

i would kindly request that the people trying to kill the web stop making browsers

"That’s actually a pretty clever", "really smart idea", "Yours are already really strong" Would it be paranoid to think they make LLMs talk like this as a way to hook you in?

UK based MySociety is looking for a business development manager to help them keep their work supporting democracy and digital transparency sustainable - UK remote - £40-50k - They seem hella nice apply.workable.com/mysociety/j/...

The battery in my beloved Sony headphones has given up the ghost. Dare I try a DIY replacement? www.ifixit.com/Guide/Sony+W...

Not been here much recently, social media sucks my energy like nothing else. I am good though. Working hard on interesting stuff, spending lots of time outside. Hope everyone else is doing well

give greta thunberg a gundam

Yay! Imagination Christmas! Every time something happens that could put my financial situation into anything less than ideal

Squarespace retiring my website font is not something I'd planned for...

Just had to do age verification for blue sky to unlock all my historical chat messages. Not cool.

Come and work with our brilliant team! We're looking for a Business Development Manager for SocietyWorks.

I love Apple Watch getting all passive aggressive about how little I've moved this morning. It's been on charge since I woke up and I *just* put it on. Seems like it's something it could know about...

This is the most 17th iPhone ever

Saving our camping trip for this weekend was a big mistake. Instead I'm going to stay home and read books indoors

Due to summer holidays i put all my routine stuff on hold - gym, running, cycling is all too hard to prioritise so I just pause it all. But getting back into the routine is harder than restarting after Christmas, it sucks

“On Tuesday, tech stocks suffered a shock sell-off after a report from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers warned that the vast majority of AI investments were yielding “zero return” for businesses“ Well yes, of course. You know what it’d be cool to see though? Accountability.

It's too hot today, I'm struggling, the Mrs is struggling, the dog is struggling. All because you lot insisted on keeping copies of your emails.

Today’s connections was an abomination

Had this exact situation today, trying to get some help with CSS inheritance, it walked me round in a big circle and suggested the exact code I had started with which still didn't work. I'm not anti-AI, I'd appreciate the help, if it actually worked

Beautiful write up. This house is in my village, and hardly anyone knew it was there until developers bought it and cleared the trees that were hiding it.

I heard the word ‘Slopper’ for someone who uses ai for everything and it’s perfect

What an article

Every UK petition is like this

Bronze played the whole tournament with a broken leg

There’s less stressful ways to win a trophy but based on today’s performance England couldn’t deserve it more. Spain with arguably better individual players couldn’t defeat a determined team

People need to stop describing Wicked as 'the untold story of the witches of Oz'. It's been told now. told so much

The hardest lesson I’ve had to learn when taking running more seriously is that even easy runs can still feel really really hard sometimes. I always assumed people who could run a 10k would find a 5k easy but that’s completely wrong.

And *this* is why ppl being all centrist dad about age-verification really pisses me off. It's not that kids shouldn't be "protected" from harmful content, it's that the whole concept is problematic af & causes a shitload of secondary harm without solving things—teens will very much still find porn

I don't usually like to comment on branding projects or redesigns because there are real people in the room trying to meet needs and deliver good work under constraints and politics you can't see from the outside. But in this case... lol

Italy’s ability to bring a game of football to a grinding halt is unmatched

30 mins now of watching Italian players roll around on the floor. And people say it’s nothing like the men’s game

Another half time on the back foot, not good for stress levels is it

Missed the news about Ozzy, I always wanted a black sabbath T-shirt until Tony stark wore one in the avengers. Truly one of the greats, and from proudly round ‘ere

This mini-doc on New Zealand's bomb squads is the best thing I've seen on the internet in a little while www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWeg...

Just spend an embarrassingly long time looking for my headphones while wearing them

There’s nothing like a day at the bike park, throwing myself repeatedly down a rocky hill on a bike, to make me consider if I couldn’t have chosen a more gentle hobby