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Designer building things for  + web platforms. Shoot film, listen to vinyl, build robots.
bloghttps://wayne.work
workhttps://superinteresting.co
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As a designer, I should have no business wading around in Rust and Web Assembly, running render processes on a dedicated worker thread, but here I am.. loving it.
React state was too slow to handle the canvas i/o for a tool I'm building. So I'm calling on a higher power. #rust
Need an excuse to use the fine crystal glassware
#swiftui
WWDC keynotes, SOTU, sessions scripted and recorded months ago. What are the chances we don't hear the words 'MCP' or 'Agents' or the crack marketing team equivalent?

Scanned an extra large print copy of the BoM, OT, NT, D&C, PGP.

Selected characters at 1200dpi and amassed a large collection of candidates to consider for my next type project.

Revival typeface inspired by the Standard Works.

Looking forward, macOS and iOS redesign need to lean way from, and not into, deeper minimalism. We’ve had a good run since iOS 7, learned what worked & what didn’t. With Ai and declarative computing being the next tech revolution, our operating systems need a touch more humanity and tactility. Not Corinthian leather, but more than monotone UI with dark & light mode variants. Borrow materials from visionOS where prudent. Keep app icons square on iOS, round in AR & watch, mixed in macOS.
If you analyze the root causes of why Mac has been historically bad at gaming, and leadership's reluctance to meaningfully address it — it tells you everything about how and why Apple massively missed on AI.
Just learned the E23 7 Series Wagon is a thing that exists. 😍
In my home lab/office I have a 2012 iMac running the last version of macOS Catalina. It is just as responsive and snappy as the day I bought it - no signs of feeling bogged down, bloated or unresponsive. Constantly reminds me of how we've lowered the bar and become accustomed to the opposite with today's software and operating systems. We just slapped more hardware specs to 'deal' with poorly architected software. I hope AI can someday serve as a performance linter & optimize speed / efficiency.
Me: time to wind down and call it a night
Also me: But I have great idea for a new font
And eventually me: File > New > New Font