Kit

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I always loved drawing lines and writing words, so I co-founded a design consultancy, Brandient, to do that, but better.
BioI’m drawing and writing.
Webhttps://kitblog.com
Jobhttps://www.brandient.com
KitMar 4, 2023
FediFollowsMar 3, 2023

#Calligraphy, #Lettering & #Typography picks of the day:

➡️ @Paracelsian - Creates art with calligraphy & lettercutting

➡️ @MerlyBlack - Medieval-style illuminations, calligraphy

➡️ @kleavens - Freelance illustrator & calligraphist, calligraphy teacher

➡️ @Escritos_mano - Calligraphy using many kinds of inks, fonts & fountain pens (in Spanish and English)

➡️ @atypi - Organisation for people connected to typography

➡️ @welshpixie - Calligraphy, mandala and colouring book artist

KitMar 2, 2023
TechmemeMar 2, 2023

A history of Xerox Alto, a computer that debuted in the early spring of 1973 at PARC and presaged personal, interactive, networked, and graphical computing (David C. Brock/IEEE Spectrum)

https://spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto
http://www.techmeme.com/230302/p3#a230302p3

50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

<p>The Alto transformed computing. And the changes stuck</p>

IEEE Spectrum
KitMar 2, 2023

“Good poetry makes you ring like a bell.”

9 Ways to ‘Rewild Your Attention’ | by Clive Thompson | Forge https://forge.medium.com/9-ways-to-rewild-your-attention-d7c9334b6b90

9 Ways to ‘Rewild Your Attention’ - Forge

Back in August, I wrote about the concept of “rewilding your attention” — why it’s good to step away from the algorithmic feeds of big social media. I’d originally encountered the idea via a tweet by…

Forge
KitFeb 27, 2023
TypographicaFeb 27, 2023

A tribute to Doc Guthrie (1942–2022) who taught hundreds of students the craft of sign painting: https://bl.ag/doc-guthrie-a-tribute/?ref=blag-better-letters-magazine-newsletter

Sign Graphics at LA Trade Technical College is one of the few programs in the world dedicated to sign painting, and has run continuously since 1924. Guthrie was the lead instructor for nearly 30 years.

#DocGuthrie #SignPainting #Lettering

Doc Guthrie: A Tribute

Tribute to Doc Guthrie, sign painter, mentor, and teacher on the LATTC Sign Graphics Program.

BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture
KitFeb 26, 2023
Dave Winer ☕️Feb 25, 2023
God bless our screenshots of text, the only way our online systems can peer with each other.
KitFeb 24, 2023
Planning for AGI and beyond https://openai.com/blog/planning-for-agi-and-beyond/
Planning for AGI and beyond

Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence—AI systems that are generally smarter than humans—benefits all of humanity.

KitFeb 24, 2023
MacRumors.comFeb 24, 2023
Remembering Apple CEO Steve Jobs on His Birthday https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/24/remembering-steve-jobs-on-his-birthday/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Remembering Apple CEO Steve Jobs on His Birthday

Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, and had he not passed away in 2011 at the age of 56, today would have been...

MacRumors
KitFeb 23, 2023
Nancy FriedmanFeb 23, 2023
What makes a bad name bad? - my @medium story https://wordworking.medium.com/what-makes-a-bad-name-bad-b895e6e8689b?sk=c5abfe812ff445a56b36fb3de68e1a1e
What Makes a Bad Name Bad? - Nancy Friedman - Medium

It gives me no pleasure to discover brands with bad names. I believe every company and product deserves a distinctive, memorable name — and no company deserves a name that’s embarrassing or awkward…

Medium
KitFeb 23, 2023

That’s brutal.

Inside Taiwanese Chip Giant, a U.S. Expansion Stokes Tensions - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/technology/tsmc-arizona-factory-tensions.html

Inside Taiwanese Chip Giant, a U.S. Expansion Stokes Tensions

Employee doubts are rising about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s $40 billion investment in an Arizona factory.

The New York Times
KitFeb 21, 2023
Jon DubovskyAug 4, 2018

Please consider writing your hashtags in upper camelcase so screen readers have a chance at figuring them out.

#whyistayonmastodon sounds like an giant undecipherable mess of sounds.

#WhyIStayOnMastodon reads out "Why I Stay On Mastodon" 😄

(Reason #44 I stay here: my previous requests like this have been generally well-received, proving that most people are awesome.)