Love the little details from Apple: if you're using an analog watch face, the clock within Widgets is analog, and if you're using a digital watch face, that clock is digital. β¨
Back in the home studio today, and I'm so excited for my first year ahead as an independent designer. Excited for what's to come! π
Time Capsule nostalgia. ππ« I recently picked this up for cheap on eBay, replaced the drive inside with a faster 4TB HDD, and it's good as new and now backing up all of our home's Macs.
Iβm five weeks into being fully independent with Baseline, and I think itβs true what they say: working for yourself is 60% communication/emailing and 40% actually designing. Itβs been a huge adjustment, but I honestly couldnβt feel happier now that Iβm settling into it all a little more, and am excited for the projects ahead in 2024! βΊοΈ
The bad news is I'm running out of RAM all the time. The good news I have an excuse to upgrade to a new Mac Studio soon.
Without a doubt, Rdio was the app that got me interested in design all those years ago. Missing it every day. π
Tomorrow is Election Day in the US, including in my state of Virginia where the entire legislature is up for grabs.
If you can, PLEASE make it a point to go vote. So much about many folks' liberties is potentially at stake, most notably abortion rights. These state and local races can make a big impact.
Kicking off a design system project for a big new client this week and couldn't be more excited! Grateful every day to love the type of work I get to do, especially now that I'm independent. π
I still think often about how great this ad campaign for the iPod shuffle was.
iRun, iCommute, iRelax, iBike.
For the past few days, I've been working non-stop within Figma to help a large brand create their first component library and eventual design system while listening to podcasts and music. So far, I couldn't be happier with how the independent life is shaping up! ππ