Jonathan Patterson

Climbing the Wealth Ladder Barron's Streetwise · Episode

Stop for a moment and think about how to make your money work harder for you AFTER you've earned it. This podcast episode sheds a bit of insight, but definitely don't let this be all you do: open.spotify.com/episode/2c5x... #freelance #income

100k, wow! I walked away from ~1,100 Twitter followers for a fresh start on Bluesky. Now I’m hovering around 80. Is it just me, or am I mid? 🤔

A tweaked version of the Bluesky logo with a star shape in the center.

The butterfly portion of a refreshed Bluesky logo cropped closely showing the central star shape.

Closeup of iPhone app bar with the Bluesky logo refresh displayed.

A few more examples of how this logo refresh might look when paired with text, cropped, and in an app bar. #bluesky #logo

As a fan of Bluesky, I couldn’t resist making this tweak to the logo. The star shape in the central negative space adds a bit more “sky” and helps balance the mark, at least IMO. Completely unsolicited, but designer’s gonna design! #bluesky #logo

Nice one @conniechiiiwa.bsky.social I like searching product reviews on YouTube because they usually have affiliate links with discounts. 🤑

Somebody had to say it!

Tell me a fun #lifehack you swear by. I'll go first: birthday freebies.

Take a few minutes and watch this. It'll break the dopamine hit you get from doom scrolling, but it's worth it.

Interview With Mark Zuckerberg Crashes and Burns as They Can't Get His Audio Working — Futurism Tech-focused business publication The Information drummed up plenty of excitement surrounding a major guest gracing its daily (and unfortunately named) TITV live stream on YouTube. During today's inst...

Even the metaverse couldn’t save Zuck. #CanYouHearMeNow #SorryIWasOnMute #MicDropButNotOnPurpose apple.news/AS2O35tUlRwu...

AI doesn’t originate ideas so much as it clarifies and shapes the ones you’re already thinking about. #ai

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Approved

Depends on the type. How new client emails find me...

Whoever designed this news site really know's what they're doing. The grid is unusual, but not in a bad way. Props to unique design that works! undark.org #uxdesign #uidesign #webdesign

Big fan of spending my entire TV time just auditioning shows I’ll never watch. #NetflixandNothing #DecisionFatigue

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The host sitting there like...

Accurate.

Looks like there's a new effect coming to spacetypegenerator.com. Here's a preview I saw over on LinkedIn #ui #interaction #ixd #design

3D Face Lighting Reference Streamline your artistic process with this free 360° lighting reference! I built it for illustrators, comic book artists, and anyone who wants to nail how light interacts on the human head—minus the h...

It helps if you have the URL doesn't it? 🙃https://jonathanpatterson.com/playground/face-lighting-reference.html

It’s alive! I built a 360° lighting reference for artists. Rotate the head, reposition the lights, and watch the eyes light up white on hover. If it helps (and I hope it does), spread the word.
#buildinpublic #illustration #ux #ui #vibecoding

After exploring a mobile version I decided to limit the experience to large viewports... here's how it'll play out, plus the social OG image for desktop. #buildinpublic #ux #ui #illustration

Basics done. I might make the camera zoom in a bit once the explanatory elements fade out. Then, moving on to responsive. Hopefully I can ship this tomorrow or Monday! #buildinpublic #vibecoding #ux #ui #illustration

I'm working on building a simple lighting reference for artists. You'll be able to orbit the model to any angle, and adjust the lights to craft the perfect reference. What do you think? 😃 #buildinpublic #vibecoding #ux #ui #illustration

Precisely. Companies should promote the problem they solve or the thing people want, not AI. Add to that, many people equate AI with diminished data privacy.

💭 "Words — so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them." Nathaniel Hawthorne

Here's an interesting read on vibe coding you might want to check out.

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And just like that, a freelancer is born.

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I just figured out how to capture a long website screenshot without using a extension in Chrome...
1. Open developer tools (View > Developer)
2. In the ellipses menu (three dots) click "Run Command"
3. Type "Screenshot" then select "Capture full size screenshot"

#Kleptocat 💵 🐾

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A shiny new desktop computer. #illustration #ui #design #icon

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I really played with the negative space and implied line with this manila folder. Check it. #illustration #icon #ui