11 seconds · Clipped by Ben & Bessy Tsai · Original video "The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2023" by Daring Fireball

✂️ "Connect"

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxtDRp9i0PE9kqmmK545na6iWCVSIFIxFZ

https://bentsai.pika.page/posts/words-can-t-espresso

https://blog.kinopio.club/posts/bigger-better-code-blocks/

https://bentsai.weblog.lol/2023/03/the-power-of-prototypes

https://honestcoffeeguide.com/coffee-grind-size-chart/

Using Kinopio iOS running on my scratched up iPhone 12 mini

The Hybrid Architecture of Kinopio for iOS

Listen to this episode from Hatch: Design Talks on Spotify. Our 2023 season starts with no other than Brad Frost, author of Atomic Design and probably the person we owe a lot of our mental models for how we deal nowadays with Design Systems. Besides talking about the current state of Design and his masterclass at Hatch Conference, we dive into AI, holding onto things you love that don't necessarily pay the bills, and he reveals the story on how that famous astronaut helmet came to be. ----- Remember you can get a 15% discount on your online ticket using the code HATCHDESIGNTALKS at checkout on https://www.hatchconference.com

Is Atomic Design Dead? with Brad Frost

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kinopio/id6448743101

https://kinopio.club/friends-of-kinopio-ambassadors-YNmS6C3fofN3R9mYgO1Bu

Two people playing smashball at the beach. Sun is setting in background.

https://pketh.org/open-sourcing-kinopio.html

still grossed out by the marketing of the vision pro

Rockwell talks about their "principle" for the vision con to connect you with people in the room (https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxtDRp9i0PE9kqmmK545na6iWCVSIFIxFZ)

you know what would connect you? taking it **off your face**

Anybody with a passion for both marketing and graphic design interested in helping me get the word out about kinopio.club (paid gig, 1-2 days/wk)?

I blogged about going down the espresso rabbit hole

https://bentsai.pika.page/posts/words-can-t-espresso

I dig a social network that is focused on creators and vibes

Attending a design systems talk by Brad Frost today, AMA

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou

Two weeks ago we had a team meetup with the Sketch family. Some of us decided to have a coffee swap activity and it was an incredible experience. Flew back to Argentina with new bags I had never tried before. 

💯 recommend!

Just released another beta version for ListsApp for MacOS, now with gpt integration and the ability to write complex brain dumps, with infinite nesting…
Try it out on testflight - https://t.co/1rbT6Jq6aV

That feeling of not fully committing to being done with work by constantly opening slack at 5pm on a Friday 😮‍💨

Heading to Cleveland for dim sum. This restaurant has the perfect yelp rating for non-American food: 3.5 stars

WIP experimental feature: editing cards as linear text. Would you use this?

i used a pair of sony earbuds from literally 22 years ago, plugged it into my 2023 macbook pro, and they worked great

shout out to the 3.5mm jack and basic technology that lasts for decades!

A writeup of the new Kinopio code-block features, and the backstory behind them is now up at https://blog.kinopio.club/posts/bigger-better-code-blocks/

I blogged about the power of prototypes https://bentsai.weblog.lol/2023/03/the-power-of-prototypes

Inter really is the Helvetica of the digital product age.

[New Blog Post] Kinopio's Design Principles

Embracing smallness, fidget-ability, and pruning your babies

http://pketh.org/design-principles.html

Some I background on me!

📱📸 I love taking photos with my phone, any photo you see my post is likely just my phone camera and edited in VSCO. I’m usually shooting weekend trips, travel, or just everyday shots of my dog Yomi 🐶.

I like the idea of offering a limited time/limited number of lifetime software memberships, from https://woolgather.sh/patron

I'll write more about this in the future, but immersion isn't the holy grail of computing – being in the zone is. And being in the zone is more about what you feel than what you see.

conference websites are a special genre of web design, and https://naiveyearly.com is one of my new favourites

useful tool for coffee junkies https://honestcoffeeguide.com/coffee-grind-size-chart/

When your designer instinct tells you to sort the parts before building the set… obsessively 🙂

Experimenting with my handwriting as a component✍️

fixed gear bikes have a similar vibe as fixed lens cameras. less is more, constraints promoting creativity, the joy of the process vs gear acquisition

there's a saying for such cameras: zoom with your feet

and apparently for fixed gear bikes: my legs are my gears

as good a week to say, it makes me uncomfortable how dominant figma has become in our industry :)

I've been recently giving career advice to the 2023 graduates of CMU's MHCI. Here are 10 points that come to mind from my experience: (1/11)

[New Blog Post]
The Hybrid Architecture of Kinopio for iOS 

A behind the scenes tale of how the new Kinopio iOS app came about, and how it was made

https://pketh.org/kinopio-ios.html

I've been making some random code explorations. I'll use this algorithm later to create a reveal effect of some sort.

I'm disappointed and disgusted by how apple marketed the vision pro.

no matter how clever and invisible the tech, it still takes the user's attention away from their present reality.

it's gross apple showed users spending time with loved ones with the face computer on

Chatted with Brad Frost about AI & Design System automation coming for us, and a few more topics.
Should have asked him why he isn’t on Posts 😜

went for a bike ride and took a break under a bridge

i engaged in some art last night

https://bentsai.blog/2023/07/le-jazz

Why are UI/UX/product designers allergic to complexity? Why is everyone asking about the “creeping complexity” of our tools? The job is inherently complex. The tools should match. Ever seen 3D, CAD software? Animation? Music? Our tools have been laughably basic.

[New] iOS App

Whether you're hanging off the side of Mount Everest, or on the toilet, Kinopio for iOS is here to capture your ideas and turn them into notes, plans, and mood-boards.

Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kinopio/id6448743101

Found the end of the Design Engineer IC track:

Join the Friends of Kinopio Ambassador Program,

Share how you use Kinopio with the world, earn exclusive rewards like user badges and future stickers

https://kinopio.club/friends-of-kinopio-ambassadors-YNmS6C3fofN3R9mYgO1Bu

[new blog post] Open Sourcing Kinopio

https://pketh.org/open-sourcing-kinopio.html

Planning out the day on a 5 year old iPad literally held together by tape