https://posts.cv/magicalobject/8trgTWEIWD3AmMFgob3O

Gowalla makes it fun and effortless to keep up with friends IRL. ADD YOUR FAVORITE PLACES to the map CHECK IN when you go out FIND YOUR CREW in the real world A social map and messenger that reminds you an app can connect you with your real friends again.

 Gowalla - Keep up with your friends in the real world | Product Hunt

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/gowalla

Another icon animation experiment: random character swap stroke fill. Using react / css. Very matrix-y

Im big into card collecting (anyone else?). Here’s a recent pack of cards I picked up from NASA.

WIP: Building a fun little visualizer in react. I wonder what it’s for? 😛

Last week, I helped add a fresh coat of paint to the Cerebras voice agent to celebrate Llamapalooza and the new inference speed launch! 

Animated the logo into the voice visualizer using SVG animations w/ framer motion. Give it a try: cerebras.vercel.app

Figma variable magic … but how is it done!?!?

Working on the new Voice AI page for LiveKit with @magicalobject, featuring an interactive diagram that explains how it all works. Stay tuned cause it will be prettyyy cool

Likely the last thing I’ll make with Fable (RIP). What‘s everyone using for this type of motion? I looked into Jitter but doesn’t seem as powerful as Fable, and don’t want to go back to AE unless I need to 😅

Was recently helping a friend on a short film and they asked if I could text the actress during the scene to simulate a realistic customer support conversation. Sounded like a lot of manual work, so I Instead built a little chatbot that responded based on the script. 🎥

Missed the pet posts last week … Quincy wants to know how we feel about his yellow rain jacket 🧥

Some great UI animation tool rex on my last post (Lottie/Rive), but really looking for an easy way to animate videos with perspective/blur/etc that’s lighter weight than AE. Playing around with Rotato, and it checks those boxes! https://posts.cv/magicalobject/8trgTWEIWD3AmMFgob3O

Been working on my personal site and using it as an opportunity to try out some vastly different interaction patterns. For instance, you move around the space as an astronaut walking through doors to get to different pages. Here’s a glimpse of the photo gallery:

Built this hover state by applying an angular 🌈  gradient, and blur. On hover the gradient fades in and scales out quickly

For whatever reason, was never able to get the iPad to stick as an auxiliary design tool. However I’ve really been enjoying my Scribe as a quiet e-ink computer for jotting down ideas, wireframing, etc. Anyone else using a Scribe, reMarkable, or … Daylight?

Not sure who needs to hear this, but you can put a beanie on your Figma frame and your teammates may both laugh and make fun of you.

Likely not the best tool for the job but using Figma prototypes with skewdat plugin, video fills, auto animating components w/ after delay, and smart animations can help create some compelling visuals. Designs are for a fake streaming app.

Been quiet on the work front for a while, so I’m thrilled to announce Gowalla 2.0 is now live! Love this team, and the product we built together. It’s not perfect, but it has soul. https://www.producthunt.com/posts/gowalla

Working on adding doors as navigation and multiplayer to my site 👨‍🚀 there’s probably a reason we moved to links over doors on the internet but won’t let that stop me

Working on a dedicated homepage for our design team. The plan is to include brand assets, guidelines, experiments, and more. What would you want to showcase for your design team?

Let’s see your desk in night mode. Here’s mine

Built a voice AI visualizer inspired by Mac’s spinning wheel of death. Cranked the blur to 120px, boosted saturation, and used SVGs with (framer) motion for animations—all hooked up to LiveKit.

Playing around with SVG animations and (framer) motion

Any recommendations on where to find great longer form writing/thinking on design? Either from individuals or teams. i.e. blogs, newsletters, substacks, etc

Adding some sparkle to our announcement banner ✨

Adding doors to my website — also video test. Creating this interaction and animation was super fun.

Reminder to go outside, finally made it to the first day of Spring 🌺

Just launched ... how about talking to your website?

Been experimenting with different ways to bring iconography to life. Here’s a rendering in 3D with mostly CSS (and a little js). Don’t have a use for this … yet

WIP: Prototyping a tachometer-like react component for showing real-time data

My favorite shot from the weekend 🌳🌾 🏙️

Using an astronaut character as primary site navigation allows me to explore interesting interaction paradigms, like scrolling content as you walk. Here’s a glimpse of my photo gallery. 👩‍🚀

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