So difficult

My Activity notification badge is not going away in Slack. My brain doesn't like when notifications are still there. "Ta da" is said when a magic trick works. This is like putting a rabbit in a hat and pulling out a stuffed animal.

Andrea Bocelli singing at the Olympics giving me all the feels

Approaching double digits. 9.75”. 1” in last hour near Pittsburgh.

We’ve been reduced to nothing but avatars on a screen who scream into the void/at other avatars. When will we see other people as humans again?

Anyone else think the new iOS 26.2 animations feel a bit long and broken at times? Unlocking my phone, it feels like it takes a while for the tiles to fall into place

HOLY SHIT WE ARE COOKING ON OUR AI & DESIGN SYSTEMS COURSE! @ian-frost.bsky.social @tpitre.bsky.social and I had a fantastic live session with our preorder community yesterday, and we just got off an epic (and meta!) working session.

Thanks Stranger Things for being a great show over the years. Takes a lot for me to watch an entire series, but it was well worth the watch.

Grateful to be a part of this performance in Berlin with @bradfrost.com. While this was a representation of Brad’s life, it brought back a lot of memories for me playing pieces of the songs that we grew up with. We woke up to Spacehog’s “In The Meantime” as our alarm everyday for a long time.

The most Mike Tomlin Steelers way of making the playoffs right there. My heart

Ending 2025 and starting off 2026 with a new website redesign/re-platform! And wrote my Year in Review! Wanted to get this in place so I can create a better space for writing and other shenanigans next year. Happy New Year Everyone! ianfrostweather.com/posts/year-i...

Just finished the “John Candy: I Like Me” documentary. Hard not to tear up during it. Always loved his movies and hearing about him as a person from legendary actors and his family makes me love him even more. Good lessons to work hard, be present, and be kind to those you interact with.

The best

If I am lucky enough to make it to 84, let me be as amazing as Darlene Love is performing here. This brings me so much joy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=9u6a...

Thanks @beyondtellerrand.com for the new avatar!

This is how I look diving back into slide creation for our courses... i.giphy.com/jojInncZ7Y14...

Reminder that today is the last day of our Black Friday sale to get the MEGA BUNDLE and SUBATOMIC + ATOMIC BUNDLE for a significant discount. Only a few hours left to capitalize! Thank you to everyone who has supported us! We appreciate you being here aianddesign.systems/black-friday/

Despite trying to correct my son, I’ll certainly accept him saying “Poop Bear” when talking about Winnie the Pooh.

Anyone else dislike grass showing when there’s a good bit of snow, so you shovel other snow on top of to “fix” it?

Planes, Trains and Automobiles has been a Thanksgiving tradition for a long time now. So good.

@bell.bz and the crew at Piccalilli did a great job rounding up some great Black Friday discounts from independent courses. Support these folks since they are doing the good work of sharing important knowledge. Grateful to be an item on this list! piccalil.li/links/black-...

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Just met Andy for the first time in Berlin. He’s a good one! You should support him and his crew’s willingness to help people out.

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...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Be grateful that you live to take on another day and for the people in your life that you are lucky to share your experiences with.

Thanksgiving food is all about the sides. Don’t try to convince me otherwise

In case you missed it, we launched preorders for our AI & Design Systems course last week!

We had a FREAKING BLAST hosting a jam session at the after party at @beyondtellerrand.com in Berlin! Here's @ian-frost.bsky.social doing a killer Dave Grohl impression.

Had so much fun in Berlin! Leave it to Nirvana to bring the world closer together. Thanks @beyondtellerrand.com for making this beautiful jam session happen!

There’s no better feeling than laying next to your kid and they put their hand on your back.

Thrilled to be teaming up with @bradfrost.com and @ian-frost.bsky.social to help people put AI to work with their design systems instead of working against them. The future of product development is smarter, faster, and still beautifully consistent! 👇

💥💥💥 We’re thrilled to announce our new online course: AI & Design Systems! You can check it out and preorder here: aianddesign.systems

Incredibly excited to team up with @bradfrost.com and @tpitre.bsky.social on our new AI & Design Systems course! We're here to be real with people about the efficiencies AI can provide you and your design systems. No snake oil. Just good, practical stuff. Looking forward to seeing you in there!

Muse is a great band to listen to for launch day

What’s everyone looking forward to this weekend?

Beautiful photos from a beautiful conference. Thanks for taking these and sharing these @florianziegler.com. These capture the pure goodness and humanity of all of these wonderful folks. Appreciate you.

Had a blast playing music with wonderful people tonight in Berlin @beyondtellerrand.com. Makes my heart happy to see so many people all together and happy

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But seriously, what songs should me, @ian-frost.bsky.social , and the @beyondtellerrand.com attendees cover? We're taking requests!

You just need a chance in life. That chance tends to be getting harder and harder to get to though.

What did we ever do to you b877e3?

See you in November Berlin! Excited to give the workshop, play some music, and meet new people!

Life with a toddler = poop + spilled coffee

Your reminder to: 1. Take a deep breath 2. Be grateful you’ve lived to take on another day. 3. Be positive and hopeful. 4. Reach out to someone. 5. Find at least 1 thing to enjoy in your life today. 6. Take another deep breath. That is all.

I’m really passionate about helping people. It’s one of the things that cuts across the disciplines I’ve worked in. If I can make a living doing that, it is something that can fill my sense-of-purpose cup while providing for my family.

Proud of the work we put into this course and more importantly the value folks have gotten from it. If you’d like to dive deep into the token landscape, we’d be happy to help!

📙 📗 📘 📕 The History of Themeable User Interfaces: bradfrost.com/blog/post/th... It was an incredible experience to write this piece. It blurs together the history of computers, video games, the web, design systems, and my own existence on this planet.

Was just showing my son his videos. He wants to go “in there.” I want to go there, too, buddy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_I...