Steve Crosby

i love these so much. amazing work

My clear game boy colour is complete!

thanks! once the app is in a good spot web would be very cool.

‎Garden - Creative Community ‎Hello, here’s how Garden works:
 1. You can bookmark people by tapping on their name and viewing their profile card. 2. Every post is automatically deleted after 1 week. We don’t store anything aft...

Garden is live! 🌱

We hope this will be a nice, quieter space for any creative folks. In memory of Posts, and everything we learned from making Moments.

If you happen to stop by, do share something you've been working on. Or your favorite plant.

apps.apple.com/us/app/garde...

Another Ghibli clouds gouache painting ☁️

gross. just finished reading your rebrand story. really inspired, hope the right people can appreciate all the care and detail you put into your work.

a small, sleepy grey cat named jeff

app icons for note

meet note

a single page, offline note taking app with just a few useful features. select all, system dark mode, and native share support. available today on ios

apps.apple.com/us/app/note-...

thinking about bookmarks, sharing, and flowers

meaningful interactions without visible metrics. if you truly like something you can keep it for yourself or share it with others

shot on iphone in the backyard i grew up in. drawn in figma with the pen tool

reimagined the message app

a goldfinch sitting on a wire next to a lightbulb

Very different. It's like a sports bar with tv's in every corner vs a coffee shop. Both can be fun, I just tend to enjoy quieter, slower spaces more often.

The old community did a great job of self-moderating, giving feedback, and making cool things together

They put so much work into curating and it showed. Something bluesky feeds and algorithms can't capture.

I like the reddit approach of community led curation. But that introduces a like/dislike experience which doesn't feel right either

Exactly. Re-building a private network of friends isn't the move. Even within my own circle I didn't want to spam invites, let alone try to monetize a minimal experience. Would feel like paying for an iMessage group chat.

It's a lot to consider, and more to build. We met so many talented people through read.cv and liked the idea of keeping that alive.

If you're working on something similar or had thoughts feel free to reach out. 🌱

Our main concern is avoiding the same fate of Posts. Could this be a self sustaining community? (i.e. paid membership or ads.)

Do people want another social app or is Bluesky enough?

Would Garden capture the same community and quality that Andy and team worked so hard to build?

Garden could take the existing framework of Moments and layer on a few (potential) features.

Public profiles: Chronological feed of your work.

Bookmarks: For profiles only. Treating it as a directory of people you are inspired by.

Slowmode: Similar to Discord. 24hr cooldown for new posts.

Garden — a place for people who make things

A few months ago @othniel.bsky.social and I met on posts.cv and launched Moments, a quiet social app for close friends. But we still miss that creative community. (1/3)

Hypna Clytemnestra butterfly on the underside of a leaf

Heliconius Hecale buttefly on a leaf

Red Postman butterfly on a leaf

Mechanitis Polymnia butterfly on a leaf

It's a good day to be a butterfly on a leaf 🦋🍃

haven't deleted posts yet and i keep checking it out of habit

1-bit art of an macintosh, keyboard, mouse, and cat

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light mode designer in a dark mode world

Profiles are still up for debate currently. I believe Retro let's friends see your last 3 weeks of posts. A matter of following in Instagrams patterns or not.

I personally love the idea of full Archive control like "Delete All." Seeing as all my photos are already on my device/iCloud.

Delete post = deletes post data from server forever. *poof*

Archive = stored on the database, but only visible to you.

Orignally Archive was meant to function as a user profile, just like Posts kept all your old posts. lol

Of course :) Built in Flutter, just had a hiccup with the google dev account and had to get all the business info updated this week.

But having a place to share photos of my kids is something I've never felt comfortable doing elsewhere.

There could be a world in which public creator profiles become a thing. Really miss the old dribbble.

But for now, enjoying having a safe quieter space online.