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India Street Lettering: A Book A journey through typographic craft and culture

I just backed @matratype.bsky.social's India Street Lettering: A Book on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

No Severance today :(

Can people in APAC apply or is the role strictly for America, EMEA? Asking for a friend 👀

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Yes, I still miss Daft Punk regularly

The coffee theme is on point!

Lovely!

Funny how for several decades we haven't seen phones like this and yet the icons continue to be the same.

Lovely! Claude has been an absolute game changer for me too. I’ve been using it through Raycast though instead of Cursor.

I really like Slack’s catch up feature on mobile. It’s how I start my workdays now.

Platforms State of the Union (2024) Looking back at the year 2024 to see what went well, what needs work, and what needs stopping.

A few days late, but we got there. 2024, recapped —

www.ratik.in/writing/refl...

From today morning: Poured on a (hot) matcha latte for the first time. Not the cleanest pour but fun nonetheless. Mom thinks it looks like a leaf. I’ll take it!

TIL

Love this, Saket! I share a lot of your opinions on this topic. While switching between front end web code and front end mobile code, you can REALLY feel the stark difference in feedback loops. Thanks for sharing the talk, gonna watch it over the weekend.

The pursuit of fast feedback loops in Android development There's something magical about having a direct connection to what we're building

I wrote a blog post that's really just an excuse to trick you into watching @worrydream.com's Inventing on Principle talk

#adventofcode starts in 3 days. How far will I get this year?

Ooooo!

I’m trying to read more about matchbox designs from around the world, with a focus on Asia. Lovely people of Bluesky, do you have any book recommendations?

(I’ve already read The Match Book 🇮🇳 / Light of India 🇮🇳 / Striking! 🇸🇬 / Matches 🇮🇷 / and have Matchbloc next on my list)

Please RT for reach!

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Exactly! I have to admit though: bsky does seem to be capturing the old school Twitter vibe (that I really miss) from back in the day. The similar visual design definitely helps.

++ bsky is company-owned whereas Mastodon feels more open and sustainable (but maybe that’s just my baseless feelings, haha)

Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Perhaps there is a way for bsky and Mastodon to co-exist.

I would honestly stick to bsky if I could but the community on Mastodon is really nice. So many good folks on there. That’s what makes me want to stick to both.

Starter packs is a very fun idea! I made one:

go.bsky.app/AKfZ3Qr

Agreed. Threads, being a Meta product feels like the worst choice. Are you planning on “cross-posting” to bsky and Mastodon then?

How are you folks choosing between bsky, Threads, and Mastodon?

I really want to commit to one platform but the choice paralysis is real.

Oh, how I’ve missed chronological feeds 😭

You can scroll till you reach your last viewed mental save point and then just quit the app. 😭

Hello bsky! 👋

OMG YES