@jackcheng.bsky.social
Children's author, pattern linguist, slow technologist, expert dabbler. And new dad. Building lively worlds, both real and imagined.
Yup, seven years now! He turned eight in July
29.12.2024 18:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Just kicked off a pre-order campaign for my forthcoming Random House edition of "Things Become Other Things." Pre-order and get a big discount to use in my SPECIAL PROJECTS shop and more; more info here:
craigmod.com/roden/098/#c...
Something I’ve tried to ask myself lately, when choosing between different actions, is: “Which is more generous?”
26.11.2024 16:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I’ve started a Bluesky list featuring some of the brilliant writers, designers, coders, editors, and others who’ve contributed to A List Apart “for people who make websites.” Are you on the list?
zeldman.com/2024/11/24/a...
Ooo would love to be added!
24.11.2024 22:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Sequoia I meant!
15.11.2024 03:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0knocked out a quick and dirty christopher alexander starter pack; dunno who's all on here though: go.bsky.app/Toiz4qB
14.11.2024 18:16 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Screenshot of iCloud folder with "Keep Downloaded" selected in the context menu
This used to drive me crazy but was finally fixed in MacOS Sonoma: If you have Optimize Storage turned on, you can prevent specific folders from getting offloaded to iCloud by right-clicking on the folder and selecting “Keep Downloaded”
14.11.2024 16:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Pika.page is great for websites, though they don’t have email newsletters yet. I know some folks who moved from substack to beehiiv.com. Also micro.blog, which has fediverse support baked in
09.11.2024 17:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0TFW someone writes an online security/privacy substack and adds you to their mailing list without your permission 🙃
12.04.2024 14:36 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0+1 for pourover if they want to brew manually
31.03.2024 12:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Been listening to lofi video game tunes while writing lately so I guess I’ve come full circle
30.03.2024 01:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Aerial shot of dozens of buses flowing out of a terminal
Underneath shot of massive concrete columned bridge
Three-quarters shot of multiple trains speeding in unison along tracks
Dolly aerial shot of high speed rail bays, two main characters squeezed toward right of frame
I get that Shin Godzilla is supposed to be bureaucratic satire, but to someone living in an American city without great public transit, it also reads as an ode to infrastructure
27.03.2024 14:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Susan Kare’s demo of the original Mac interface has strong Bob Ross vibes
25.03.2024 21:58 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
