Entrepreneur, product designer, and web developer.
Currently building Studioworks: calm, professional tools for freelancers and creatives. My other labors of love include a product studio called Faculty and an indie coworking studio called Roost.
| Website | https://shiflett.org |
| Studioworks | https://studioworks.app |
| Faculty | https://faculty.com |
| Roost | https://roost.co |
Hello Dark Sky, my old friend.
“I’ve written about this before, but every child is born loving to draw. They draw on everything. They demand crayons in restaurants. They draw on your walls. You should let them do so. Fuck your walls. It’s easier to eventually paint over a wall, than to rebuild a child’s confidence.”
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-raise-children/
Here’s a fun thing we made.
The Studioworks Library is a collection of free interactive tools and resources for everything from bookkeeping and tax prep to writing tricky client emails. It’s your small business spirit guide.
Go play → https://library.studioworks.app
Here’s a fun one: Nick was quoted in Apple’s latest What’s New in Swift.
We chose Swift for Studioworks because it’s fast, stable, and a good long-term platform for what we’re building.
I’m proud of the quiet, solid work @nick and @sean have been doing behind the scenes, and grateful to Apple for noticing.
I’m excited to hear that @onpaperwings just launched a new company called Type Advisor.
“Whether you’re a type designer or you use fonts in your design work, I can help you navigate the complexities of the type industry.”
Per tradition, my first blog post of the year is a recap of 2025. It was a hard year in some ways, a meaningful one in others. Writing it helped me make sense of it.
RE: https://typo.social/@onpaperwings/115696190117408339
This is a great article from Doug based on a series of interviews with Tobias Frere-Jones about the history of the now-ubiquitous typeface Gotham.
RE: https://front-end.social/@shoptalkshow/115683127569161567
Listen to me and Jessica chat with Messrs. Coyier and Rupert about Studioworks and other topics, but mostly Studioworks. :-)
“It’s never wrong to move closer to what you love.” I love this.
