Ever seen those cool tiny teacups from China? No handle? Don't worry, it's genius! Too hot to hold = too hot to drink. Simple, elegant, makes you wait and appreciate the good stuff.

Design Lessons from Chinese Tea Cups

https://www.sanju.sh/thoughts/design-lessons-chinese-tea-cups

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A disturbing AI-generated cartoon image of a superhero mom

Looking through the windscreen with the road ahead and the moon in the sky.

Sites by Read.cv

Daylight Computer (DC1) is a new kind of calm computer, designed for deep work and health.

Daylight | A More Caring Computer

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Letters to Shenita

Why don't Chinese tea cups have handles?
https://www.sanju.sh/thoughts/design-lessons-chinese-tea-cups

I always say this, posts it’s a great place to share, connect with amazing people, without any rush.

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Hi Posts! I wrote and directed a short film about a salesman’s fight for relevance against his artificially intelligent replacement.

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Tired of working/studying/reading at coffee shops and libraries? Or live in a city where those places close early?

Big brain move: Use hotel lobbies as a third space. Buy some coffee or food from the hotel and chill. 

📍Palace Hotel (lobby), San Francisco

With the recent news of Apple training their models on youtube data, MSFT’s AI CEO claiming that Open Web training is under free use with MSFT firing their whole DEI branch, it just comes to show that there is no real or ethical alternative, regardless of shifting “paradigms”.

In regards to AI, if companies can steal from creators, I think its fair game for creators to steal from such companies, right?

“Creative Al tools can be seen as sophisticated plagiarism software, as they do not produce genuinely original content but rather emulate and modify existing works by artists, subtly enough to circumvent copyright laws.”

— ChatGPT (via Rick Beato on YouTube)

@cindywu  was right, coding should feel like laying brick and it bloody does. Except that instead of getting back pain you get burnt retinas 👍

I call myself a generalist with a rabbit hole disorder

why think outside of the box when you can create boxes in figma​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​?

I don’t think a lot of people realize. Ignorance is bliss.

between this announcement and read.cv/sites I’m hopeful for an internet that rejects the walled-garden model and instead fosters an archipelago of fun personal sites to build and share

Seeing a video of Mark Zuckerberg and being unsure if it's AI or just him

→ Generating anything from scratch? Bad

→ Augmenting existing work or content?  Actually maybe good

It’s a fine line and no one has gotten it right yet because it requires restraint

It all comes down to heritage. If you’re a startup and haven’t had years of a history, you can switch logos like underwear. It doesn’t affect much of your brand perception.

Dune quotes that hit home:
"It is wise to have decisions of great moment monitored by generalists. Experts and specialists lead you quickly into chaos. They are a source of useless nit-picking, the ferocious quibble over a comma."
"Knowing was a barrier which prevented learning."

lol yeah you’re probably right. I really need to spend less time online haha

What happened to the guy who was buying all of the ai hardware, feel bad for him😭 with the absolute shitshow recently. ANYWAYS, ive heard no one on here speak about the Daylight tablet, maybe for good reason but you lot have any opinions on it? https://daylightcomputer.com

If you’re referring to the recent Jaguar branding change: they changed the look and not the virtues. Instead they’re trying to implement new values which aren’t mirroring the brand perception, hence the conflict.

Ok, xtool screen printing thingie is pretty damn dope.

I think i made the only good instance of that iOS icon tinting feature.
*They also enabled to hide the text too!

But then I realised that it doesn't matter. Just use the things you like, and don't use the things you don't. The whole browser debate is stupid imo.

Also I didn't want to completely fill up Charlie's notifications lol (2/2)

Late to the party, but this book is great. Bruno Munari explores the beauty and artistic potential in the objects and spaces that surround us.

Cyber serenity manifesto 🪬 read on @are.na https://www.are.na/alasky/cyber-serenity

😤🫸: figma's releases
😌👉: read's releases

I got blacklisted in 4th grade for putting a curse word in my AIM personal profile

our dependency of certain technologies are out of control.

Woke up this morning to an attempted hack of my iCloud/Apple account. Luckily I had 2FA authentication set up and a few redundancies in place.

Here's your reminder to secure important accounts and set up 2FA if you haven't already.

"Don't make me think" has become a far too pervasive guiding principle

This is very true and already demonstrated with how broken the internet is already.. Worried that it's going to be worse before it gets better (ex: when people inevitably want better experiences because the most basic interactions are a headache)

I sometimes wonder how Mac Miller would've continued to evolve as an artist if he was still alive today. His discography is such an amazing example of someone who kept going deeper and perfecting his craft, and I felt like he was just getting started. Swimming + Circles are gems.

built a thing! https://letterstoshenita.com/ lets you send digital (& real, physical) letters to your friends and loved ones over the internet :)