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Elio Qoshi

@elio.bsky.social

Design Director and Founder https://ura.design previously: Canonical Ubuntu, Tor Project and Mozilla | He/Him | speaks πŸ‡¦πŸ‡±πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

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Latest posts by elio.bsky.social on Bluesky

On the back of NIN's "Year Zero" album we put a warning label (quoted below) about subversive material from the US Bureau of Morality, and if you called the phone number it played this message: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SB8... - gotta say I don't love how how plausible this now sounds!

19.09.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Stage photo of Nine Inch nails band members Trent, Atticus and Alessandro

Stage photo of Nine Inch nails band members Trent, Atticus and Alessandro

Saw Nine Inch Nails live in Cologne, I was so close to the stage!

22.06.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When did the fried voice for men become a thing among american men? Why did I forget my headphones today?!

Help me, I am becoming German.

10.05.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn, didnβ€˜t know you are a Nightwish fan too!

10.05.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
https://ura.design/en/

OSM can gladly reach out to me at ura.design if they would like some pro bono support, but Iβ€˜d rather use my efforts with projects which welcome brand and UX improvements, rather than those resistant to it.

01.05.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

However I have no interest in engaging in discussions mostly led by technical core contributors who have been gatekeeping OSS projects for years and fail to see that they =/ users.

01.05.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for thinking of that. I am not a fan of a design by committee and allowing the wide public to vote on what they think should be and what so not. I totally agree with your point and Iβ€˜d love to redesign the logo (with a better approach than 9 years ago)

01.05.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Highly recommend this newsletter for times when you need to check out of the constant onslaught of news and takes, but want to stay informed. One digest in your inbox each day with a simple breakdown of the important news and relevant links.

20.01.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

If you're looking to get started with Signal, read our guide: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

17.11.2024 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Switched our team at Ura Design to a 4 day work week 2 months ago and love it. It feels like productivity is still at least the same and we get to enjoy fridays with our loved ones and take care of our own lives while work can wait one more business day.

17.11.2024 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

OpenAI has just booted Sam Altman as CEO and removed him from the Board of Directors and they are not being shy about their reasons.

openai.com/blog/openai-...

17.11.2023 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

I am not rooting for OpenAI as I used to, but excited that its new interim CEO is Albanian: Mira Murati.

18.11.2023 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I dropped off the radar here for a bit. What happened here?

21.06.2023 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Long Covid brings in quite a lot of digestive issues so I would say it's on the rise.

24.05.2023 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yahoo News describes Bluesky as a decentralized platform powered by blockchain.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jimmy-fallon-roasted-touting-nintendo-230033898.html

19.05.2023 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My favourite Twitter moment was when I got connected to an actor from Better Call Saul (the prequel to Breaking Bad). He played Kai, one of the construction workers who built Fring's underground lab. We still follow each other.

08.05.2023 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believed i was Italian and had a different name and birthday until I was 10 years old.

08.05.2023 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where are all the butts you keep speaking of? Asking for a friend.

06.05.2023 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The way to build a resilient forum for public conversation that lasts for the long-term is to build it on an open protocol, like the web itself. Services like websites can be built on top, but each can be run differently, and if users can easily move it keeps services accountable to users.

05.05.2023 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 252    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

I must say that I love how alt images descriptions are much more used here on Bluesky than on Twitter.

On Twitter, I saw more alt tags being used for AI image prompts than actual accessible image descriptions.

05.05.2023 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

@ washingtonpost dot com you read that right

03.05.2023 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 629    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 34

Hear me out… call the QTs skee-balls

02.05.2023 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 374    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 25

chatGPT is excellent at polishing and proofreading, but if you give it too much freedom it will flatten your prose into a banal beige pancake of platitudes

01.05.2023 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do too, I just eat the wrong things lol. You probably remember how little veggies I was used eating.

01.05.2023 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IKR!? How do people eat well and have a work-life balance? And I love cooking, but it's too much.

01.05.2023 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Most reasonable advice i.e physical activity I got!

01.05.2023 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People over 30: How do you handle the transition from your 20s to 30? Never cared about eating well and sports and I think I am learning my lesson.

01.05.2023 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes.

01.05.2023 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You do know the answer to this, right?

01.05.2023 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone familiar with Bluesky I think so. However someone who is not might question its authenticity due to its inconsistencies in presenation I fear. @jay.bsky.team do you welcome help in terms of design contributions?

01.05.2023 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@elio is following 20 prominent accounts