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Balsamiq going per-editor seating feels like a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes it so useful as a tool. It’s designed for ANYONE to be able to use it. And, especially for small teams, you want folks to have the ability to experiment & grow! Seat-babysitting is inherently a restrictive behavior, leading to worse outcomes. Especially in the wireframing stage. They’ve essentially created a keycard system, where only the chosen few can make actual product decisions.
What a farce; and even more damning of the continually manufactured consent around LLMs. Burn it all down
"A poem, or a novel, is not a puzzle to solve. It’s an experience to enjoy and think about. And there’s no answer key for that."
https://buttondown.com/annleckie/archive/book-event-for-radiant-star-next-wednesday/
I wrote about Blue Ridge Ruby 2026, which I didn’t realize how much I needed, and where I gave my second talk.
https://microblog.thomascannon.me/2026/05/03/blue-ridge-ruby.html
Below are some of my rambling notes, I’m still paying off The Conference Tax for being gone for so long. The true heroes of conferences are the folks who hold the fort down at home 🫡🫡🫡. An A+ Schedule You should watch all of them, in order (don’t skip the lightning talks either!) Jeremy, Joe, and Mark created a fantastic schedule. It had a clear, authorial intent with a proper cadence.
spicy opinion:
one of the most disrspectful things you can do as a presenter, to your audience, is stand up in front of them and do a talk with a 100% ai generated slide deck.
you couldnt even take the time to build your own deck out, and we're supposed to take you seriously? you didnt care enough to build your own deck, so why should the audience give a shit about it?
its just a sociopathic/narcisistic play to get on stage and be in the spotlight for a moment. and its super obvious.
boo.