Jon Bobrow

"Advice is a gift... Accept it. You can choose what to do with it on your own time."

I don't know who to attribute this quote to, but it changed how I receive advice and how I receive gifts. If you think you know the origin of this quote, I'd love to know.

YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested This Monsters Inc Story Gives Adam Savage Goosebumps

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social I don’t know if you’d caught this brief passing mention of you (about 0:45 here) but I thought it was quite nice, and a bit of a unexpected crossing of the streams of my various interests :) youtu.be/SmQTMfDCHf8

1-bit television!! @blippo.plus

This is the biggest news in Playdate since… since Playdate? Do check it out!

YouTube video by Knight Owl LEFTOVER PASTA – CalArts Film 2025

So good! Thanks @studioneat.bsky.social for sharing www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oYW...

Just fucking pay for people’s newsletters and newspapers you dumb assholes

👋 Looking for a full-time backend engineer to jam with.

- a plus if they’re into AI
- a bigger plus if they’re into automating personal finance
- US-based (a huge plus if NYC/east coast)

Would love some help asking around. 🙏

Some close up images through an Automated Optical Inspection Tool (really fancy microscope).

Nanoscale Catan! 🐑🌾🪨🧱🔬

nanotronics.ai/resources/wo...

Chinese maths star Wang Hong solves ‘infamous’ geometry problem It’s seen as significant progress in geometric measure theory, and she could be in the running for a Fields Medal.

www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

Brooklyn eggs are next level. Zoom in for 🤯

The auto-generated link image is tough on the eyes 🥺

Instagram Only Squares - Chrome Web Store Changes Instagram profile posts to display in a square grid

First time for making an extension and seeing it in the Chrome Webstore. It's a utility to view Instagram grids the way grid intended. It's FREE and is most fun when pinned to the toolbar. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/insta...

GitHub - jbobrow/Only-Squares: Bringing Instagram back to its square roots 😉 Bringing Instagram back to its square roots 😉. Contribute to jbobrow/Only-Squares development by creating an account on GitHub.

I made another thing. github.com/jbobrow/Only.... Happy Valentines Day 😘 ◼️◼️◼️

Recently, @jennywen.ca joined @anthropic.com from @figma.com, I can only imagine doing interesting work there :)

How Knowledge Institutions Can Build a Promethean Moment Why we’re launching the Institutional Data Initiative to work with libraries, government agencies, and other knowledge institutions to develop data collections and best practices for artificial intell...

Former NYCer @leppert.me is leading an important AI initiative institutionaldatainitiative.org/hello-world....

While it is likely a different side of AI than you are asking about, Nanotronics in the Brooklyn Navy Yard designs and develops AI to assist workers in the manufacturing process. I joined them a couple of years ago to lead UX/UI and it's been fascinating on many fronts.

The third is that holding "option" while hovering the quote board changes the twitter icon into a bluesky icon, and clicking on the board now creates a bluesky post.

The second is that hovering the quote board reveals a twitter icon, which indicates that you can click on the board to tweet the quote.

The first is that the line above my personal message serves as an indicator of when the next quote will load. Each quote displays for 30 seconds and this simple CSS animation gives a little hint of when the quote will refresh.

I like to get lost in the details, I am curious which ones you might notice. I'll post some below (spoiler alert)

Nanotronics | Daily Inspiration Inspirational quotes from Nanotronics HQ in Brooklyn

I made a memento for a former colleague in the form of a website: paulsquotes.com

Very often, the stuff they need most is reliable, consistent help from adults who have schedules they can predict & resources they can count on. You’ll also be able to lend knowledge around stuff like tech that you take for granted but that’s super valuable, especially if you’re patient one on one.

Oh, hardware :) (mostly just including some wishful thinking for more considered variety in mobile device hardware)

Something about UIs reminiscent of the Palm Pre still get me, wish HW would go this way too 🤞

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions? 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 4. Did anyone close to you die? 5. What cities/states/countries did you visit? 6. What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year? 7. What date(s) from this year will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? 9. What was your biggest failure? 10. What other hardships did you face? 11. Did you suffer illness or injury? 12. What was the best thing you bought? 13. Whose behavior merited celebration? 14. Whose behavior made you appalled? 15. Where did most of your money go? 16. What did you get really, really, really excited about? 17. What song will always remind you of this year? 18. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? Thinner or fatter? Richer or poorer? 19. What do you wish you’d done more of? 20. What do you wish you’d done less of?

21. How are you spending the holidays? 22. Did you fall in love this year? 23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? 24. What was your favorite show? 25. What was the best book you read? 26. What was your greatest musical discovery of the year? 27. What was your favorite film? 28. What was your favorite meal? 29. What did you want and get? 30. What did you want and not get? 31. What did you do on your birthday? 32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? 33. How would you describe your personal fashion this year? 34. What kept you sane? 35. Which celebrity/public figure did you admire the most? 36. What political issue stirred you the most? 37. Who did you miss? 38. Who was the best new person you met? 39. What valuable life lesson did you learn this year? 40. What is a quote that sums up your year?

Each year I ask myself these 40 questions.

This will be my eleventh year. It's still one of my favorite rituals. It helps me see how phases of my life wax and wane.

Each year new translations come in. We're up to 30 languages! Thank you to all the contributors 🥰

stephango.com/40-questions

Searching for stars It's easy to imagine that talent is a magical gift, and that we'll know it when see it (and that you have it or you don't). And yet, over the years, Star Search has rejected each of these musicians, picking someone else to win the competition: Aaliyah Britney Spears Christina Aguilera Justin Timberlake Usher Alanis Morissette Beyonce One could argue that they're simply incompetent at judging talent.

Searching for stars

It's easy to imagine that talent is a magical gift, and that we'll know it when see it (and that you have it or you don't). And yet, over the years, Star Search has rejected each of these musicians, picking someone else to win the competition: Aaliyah Britney Spears Christina…

You guys, there's a whole database that documents the taxonomy of bread tags.

And it is fascinating.
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Great to see you can play a free version of @oskarstalberg.bsky.social Townscaper in a browser - show us your best creations - full version on Steam oskarstalberg.com/Townscaper