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Thoughts on creativity, design, technology, and the occasional rant.
Last Minute WWDC 26 Hopes & Dreams
User Interface Liquid Glass is more opaque Liquid Glass no longer switches between light and dark automatically (just match the environment settings of the current view) Liquid Glass is tappable where you expect it to…
Indigo’s Design Evolution
Talking about iterative design is tricky; show every step along the way would be overwhelming and not terribly interesting, but showing just the start and end points obfuscates the amount of work and exploration that…
Indigo
I’ve long believed that social media is not about condensing the entire human experience into bite-size nuggets, fed to you endlessly.
Obscura’s 10th Anniversary
I don’t think anyone is more shocked than I am that it’s been 10 years since Obscura launched. I went to college to study graphic design, and while our course covered a broad range of design skills and applications, I…
Introducing Obscura Studio
The Studio If you’ve heard me talk about Obscura before, you’ve probably heard me mention that my dad is a professional photographer.
Fuck Left AirPods
Last November I had an issue where my left AirPod (second generation Pro) would occasionally fail to charge in the case and I’d wake up to find it dead.
Contabulation
For a long while, I’ve felt that the design of iOS is too top heavy. While our phones seem to grow larger every year, our hands do not and so interface elements are pulled ever further out of reach.
I Bought an iPad mini
I didn’t want to, but it happened. It’s been a while since I last bought a new iPad (a 2018 12.9" iPad Pro).
Croissant
I’m very pleased to announce Croissant , a brand new app for cross-posting to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. Over the summer, I began helping Aaron Vegh with the design of his blogging platform.