melanie

melanie, 2 months ago to random

Trying to find a good place in my daily routine to read articles and not really satisfied with anything yet. This is where a commute was actually useful.

When do other WFH types work this into your routine?

melanie, 8 months ago to random

What I had hoped for: a modest return of blogging and RSS.
What the internet got: indie content behind Substack paywalls.

melanie, 10 months ago to random

Considering drafting up a Priority of Constituencies for Life, as if I weren’t a massive enough web nerd 🤓

melanie, 10 months ago to random

Serious question: what do you do to make yourself to take breaks during the work day? I am notoriously bad at workday self care and it’s something I want to improve 📈

matthiasott, 4 months ago to random

Issue 8 of #OwnYourWeb is out. 🥳

This time, we’re on a roll…

Plus links to posts and tools by @Daojoan, @davatron5000, @shadeed9, @robb, and many more! 🙌

Personal site of the (every other) week by @melanie 🎉
https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/issue-08/

zachleat, 4 months ago to random

clutching my URLs

melanie, 2 months ago to webflow

Signed into a new device today…it was my first day at #Webflow! 💙👩‍💻

I’ll be working with the team on styling capabilities in the Designer product. Feels like a really cool way to apply my background in design and web standards…really excited to build great things for our customers, and having fun meeting everyone so far!

melanie, 11 months ago to fountainpens

Today’s spoils. The person at the store was like “oh, I love Platinum Preppys. Such a great gateway into fountain pens.” Hahaha yeah, the gate is totally not a speck in the rear distance. 😐 #fountainPens

melanie, 10 months ago to books

Life is too short to finish reading a book you’re not into. You’re literally paying with your life. DNF with abandon! #books

melanie, 4 months ago to random

What are the kids using for basic photo editing these days (cropping, resizing, collaging, editing a couple properties)? Looking for a cheaper alternative to Photoshop. 🙏

melanie, 7 months ago to random

Deleted the 72 articles I had saved in Reader, in order to start fresh. Is this self-care???

melanie, 7 months ago to random

Have seen a lot of nag dialogs asking me to turn off my ad blocker, but today was the first time I saw “Ad blockers are not allowed on [redacted website]”.

Too bad, so sad. blocks ads

melanie, 6 months ago to random

LinkedIn needs a feature that tells you “how the hell do I know this person, again?”

This is in large part why I don’t accept requests from randos, but yeah I can’t remember everyone I’ve met in a hallway track 4 years ago.

melanie, 5 months ago to fountainpens

✒️ New on the blog: my entry into fountain pens and some things I learned along the way! #fountainPens #stationery https://melanie-richards.com/blog/lefty-fp/

melanie, 5 months ago to random

If you have the means, Trans Lifeline could really use your support right now. Donations have slowed down, while the need for their extremely necessary services have only increased. Please consider joining me in supporting trans folk:

https://translifeline.org/

melanie, 4 months ago to random

🆕 side project from over the weekend: Lit Tapes! I made some playlists (mixtapes, if you will?) based on songs from books. What should I read next?

https://littapes.melanie-richards.com/

melanie, 4 months ago to fountainpens

They’re making really pretty demonstrator pens these days! This is a Nahvalur x Galen Leather rose gold demo, with Diamine Cashmere Rose ink 🌹 #fountainPens

melanie, 3 months ago to fountainpens

Tomorrow is new ink day!! (I change out which inks I use in my journal on a monthly basis) #fountainPens

melanie, 3 months ago to calligraphy

Now that I’m learning blackletter calligraphy, my toxic trait is deploying it constantly in my journal 😆 #calligraphy #fountainPens

Ink is Diamond Cashmere Rose, which looks a bit duskier and more muted than my poor lighting allows for.

melanie, 6 months ago to random

A blog post I think about all the time but have trouble following 😅: https://dianaberlin.com/posts/no-more-forever-projects

melanie, 5 months ago to fountainpens

Two days until #inkvent !!! #fountainPens

melanie, 3 months ago to random

Wild that Google Slides doesn’t support WEBP 😖