I have invented a new rule for swimming at the beach:
When swimming at the beach, you can never be the furthest from the shore.
Frequently asked questions (probably):
I must have made some good choices in my life, because I have a duck reserved for the harbour run rubber duck race more than a week ahead of Naufrage Harbour Day.
You want ghosts? Because that’s how you get ghosts.
The most difficult position in soccer must be the goalkeeper’s parent.
My friend and colleague at silverorange, Jacky, is a great designer and a great writer. For years, we’ve used “Uber for Dogs” as a shorthand for a hypothetical example of a solution coming before the problem.
I love Jacky’s writing style, and found this article to be a lovely serving of human thought without AI blurring the edges. Read Jacky’s article: Uber for Dogs: How to Stop & Think for Design.
Saying “I always review what the AI gives me and I don’t let it write for me” is the new “yes, dentist, I do floss every day.”
When playing the New York Times Connections game, it occurred to me that it would be a good band name generator.
This day in particular had some great band names:
I’d go see Hobo Mosey opening for Octopus Breeze.
I endorse this Countdown Standard proposed by XKCD:
I was talking about sound design for user-interfaces with some colleagues today and remembered this gem. Back in 2004, I asked Brad Sucks to help with some sound design for the open-source instant messaging app, Gaim.
The sounds he came up with hold up well even 22 years later. I remember an interesting debate around whether the send or receive sound should have an “upward” tone (like asking a question), or “downward” tone. It depends whether you consider it a notification if your receipt, or the other persons sending (also see moving meetings “ahead” or “back”).
Hat tip to Brad for keeping his post about the sounds alive to this day. Cool URIs don’t change!
(and yes, I’ve reached the “blogging about my own old blog posts” stage)
I’ve been working with the web platform for years – and I was pretty blown-away to be able play my guitar through a website, and have it processed like a vintage amp.
I wrote about it over at the silverorange blog.