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After over a decade of severe sleep apnea (and bad habits because of that; did you know you can…
After over a decade of severe sleep apnea (and bad habits because of that; did you know you can become habituated to feeling too tired to do something you only need 1% energy to do? I sure never noticed), I can tell you, after a year of wondrous sleep therapy: the worst thing ever are…
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Around every first Saturday of the month, the following happens between me and my computer—some…
Around every first Saturday of the month, the following happens between me and my computer—some step repeat on other days, too, but rarely all: While this is not exactly a pleasurable process, it does provide a certain comfort: all is not lost. And while physical archives are rarely easy to access or a joy to…
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A desire to have other conversations than saying what is bad about a thing saying how a thing…
A desire to have other conversations than I carry around this image of a monkey responding to stimuli, and I am sick of it. Having studied graphic design also meant having studied marketing, and psychology of perception. But it also meant having studied media, and science of communication, too. Starting a new kind of conversation…
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After having watched the very female film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” a few years ago, I will…
After having watched the very female film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” a few years ago, I will now watch the very male film “The Lighthouse”. You can read about these two here https://www.broadstreetreview.com/articles/between-the-lighthouse-and-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-one-film-is-true-to-q and here https://www.slashfilm.com/1615264/the-lighthouse-movie-metaphors-symbolism-explained/ The gifs from these films floating around tumblr are usually exceptional. Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code…
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I quit using social media apps a few days ago, and went back to just using my browser to surf…
I quit using social media apps a few days ago, and went back to just using my browser to surf their nets. I can remember now. Apps are dumb as hell. I donʼt have to install anything, I donʼt have to update anything, I can just surf and browse from the comfort of one single…
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Screenshot of the day Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code & Canvas
Screenshot of the day Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code & Canvas
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Digging into Design by Numbers in between finishing up Creative Code.
Digging into Design by Numbers in between finishing up Creative Code. Feels a bit like finding something which was missing. You can find more about Design by Numbers here, and the software still works (ran it on my Windows 11), see video below: running an example code by Tom White. Source: My after‑hours blog on…
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�If writing is a medium of thought, then software is yet additionally an agent of will. When it…
“If writing is a medium of thought, then software is yet additionally an agent of will. When it executes my will, my software and I form a single, coextensive unit of both thought and purpose. The computer, accordingly, is merely the software’s mortal coil.” An essay by Golan Levin, quoted in Maeda’s Creative Code. Read…
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I need to jot this down someplace, before I take it to substack, or medium (I am kidding, of…
I need to jot this down someplace, before I take it to substack, or medium (I am kidding, of course.. unless I’m going to do it). After being halfway through John Maeda’s Creative Code (I am reading its German translation, if you are interested in that sort of thing), something about tool building struck a chord…
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After privating all of my posts here (I am never deleting anything, not completely, that is), I…
After privating all of my posts here (I am never deleting anything, not completely, that is), I have chanced upon the capital C graphic design Community here on Tumblr, which I have instantly joined to built rapport and connection with other graphic designers and graphic design students here on Tumblr (at least with the ones…