Posts

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

AnthonyBaker, to design
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

👋 For those interested, the brilliant and lovely @cameronmoll did a talk at the 2024 Front-End Design Conference. Wasn't there, but looks like it was wonderful. Here's a link to a PDF of his slides. Worth checking out. He also created a colophon, which is an idea I might steal…

And he quoted our own @scottboms!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_2Lcpy7uZ85cuLQdHaWueYYE5-dOCI3f/view

#design #FrontEndDesignConf

image/png
image/png
image/jpeg

scottboms,
@scottboms@typo.social avatar

@AnthonyBaker @cameronmoll oooh! Well then 😊

Luke,
@Luke@typo.social avatar
AnthonyBaker, to Fonts
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

A comic book font with a custom emphasis axis to make it easy to embiggen text? And $24? Yes please take my money now!

cc @Luke

https://djr.com/notes/indoor-kid-font-of-the-month

#fonts #comicbooks

Luke,
@Luke@typo.social avatar

@AnthonyBaker it’s very nice. Love the discussing about typesetting vs lettering and variable type. Very interesting.

AnthonyBaker, to apple
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

@chris @mako Speaking of Apple and privacy — you may have seen this from yesterday:

“Apple makes it really hard for users to completely stop it from collecting data"

> Apple's default apps are collecting user data even if users try disabling them, research from Aalto University claims, with it being an almost impossible task to properly accomplish.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/04/10/apple-makes-it-really-hard-for-users-to-completely-stop-it-from-collecting-data?utm_medium=rss

#apple #privacy

AnthonyBaker,
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

@chris @mako Have to say, Apple's handing of default apps always annoys me. For any third-party apps, permissions need to be granted for notifications and other settings.

For their own? ON BY DEFAULT BABY!

AnthonyBaker,
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

@chris @mako Yeah... with them I still think about the whole "you're not the product" line they have. I do think there's some measure of truth to that versus Facebook or Google.

That said, we're affording them A LOT of trust and man, there'd be hell to pay if that got broken. My hope is that they recognize that and hold it in VERY HIGH REGARD as a business.

Fingers and toes crossed.

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

Having the first coffee of the day.

Picked up Blue Bottle Coffee espresso beans to give a try.

Used to live in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, years ago and they had a cafe near us that was lovely. At the time I wasn't a coffee drinker. Now I am.

Luke,
@Luke@typo.social avatar

@AnthonyBaker yes!!! And? Just picked up a bag of beans from a roaster in Edmonds:
Stillhouse Coffee, just opened. More soon on the blog.

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

I never envisioned becoming a keyboard nerd, but somewhere along the way I started down the path. To wit, I didn't need to buy the NuPhy Air75 v2 low profile mechanical keyboard, but OMG I'm so glad I did.

Is buttery-goodness a phrase applied to keyboards? If not, I take credit. Such a delight to use. Works brilliantly for the Mac. Can't rave enough.

https://nuphy.com/products/air75-v2

greg,
@greg@gregnewman.io avatar

@AnthonyBaker I was extended until I dug into the mechanical keyboards. I got my apple extended out last year and just couldn't use it anymore. It took up too much real estate and I now appreciate the mechanical keys so much more.

andypiper,
@andypiper@macaw.social avatar

@AnthonyBaker the lubricant bit was the most tongue-in-cheek part of the demand 😉

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

Uh, I definitely like the UK cover for Cal Newport’s new book more than the US cover.

image/png

flohgro,
@flohgro@social.lol avatar

@AnthonyBaker how’s the book :)?

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

Great piece of reporting from Johnathan Katz on the WHOPPING LIE that Katie Britt told on national television in her SOTU rebuttal. And folks, he did it following some basic critical thinking and web searching. Dear god I hope he wasn’t the only one who found this out or dug into the claim. And holy hell — that this was even uttered on TV shows the depths of rubbish the GOP is willing to throw on air.

https://www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/7344090454985624862

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

Apple Podcasts downloads the most recent FIVE episodes of a podcast when you subscribe. I subscribe to a lot, and this ends up chewing through a huge amount of my phones HD. I now set to none every time. Wonder how many “downloads” shows get stem from this default…

Luke,
@Luke@typo.social avatar

@AnthonyBaker I suppose you need to listen to those new 5 before subscribing to another one!

AnthonyBaker,
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

@jilleduffy I’ve used everything in the past save for Downcast. Used to live Pocket Casts for a time. Will check both. Thanks!

AnthonyBaker, to Fonts
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

OMG — Did not know this was possible either until I read it on Kottke:

HOW TO INSTALL YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONTS ON THE KINDLE

https://www.howtogeek.com/734645/how-to-install-custom-fonts-on-your-kindle/

AnthonyBaker,
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

@greg Heck, I don’t know yet. But didn’t even know that was a thing. Definitely a serif though. Like Bookerly, just getting bored of it and do not like any of the Kindle’s other options.

greg,
@greg@gregnewman.io avatar

@AnthonyBaker I’m tempted to try it but do not use my kindle anymore. I’m honestly not sure why I don’t just sell it lol

AnthonyBaker, to ai
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

AI models that don’t violate copyright are getting a new certification label https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24041518/generative-ai-copyright-violation-fair-training-label-certification

> Fairly Trained said in a blog post that it has already certified nine generative AI companies that work in image, music, and voice generation. These include Beatoven.ai, Boomy, BRIA.ai, Endel, LifeScore, Rightsify, SOMMS.AI, Soundful, and Tuney.

AnthonyBaker, to ai
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

Can we please just create a non-carbon, clean and low-cost perpetual energy source that we can make available for all humans and call it a day?

"Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence”

> OpenAI's stated mission is to create the artificial general intelligence, or AGI. Demis Hassabis, the leader of Google's AI efforts, has the same goal. Now, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is entering the race.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/18/24042354/mark-zuckerberg-meta-agi-reorg-interview

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

@Luke Uh... is Espresso STILL AROUND??? It has a most recent release — 5.9.1 — from 2022.

https://espressoapp.com

Luke,
@Luke@typo.social avatar

@AnthonyBaker Hmmmmm. strokes chin

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

@Luke My original Last.fm account goes back to when my 20-year/old son was a tyke. I will never escape how popular The Wiggles were.

Luke,
@Luke@typo.social avatar

@AnthonyBaker I know the feeling. all of these minecraft spoof songs, omg

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

I can agree with this.

AnthonyBaker, to random
@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social avatar

So is there a cheaper version of Amazon Prime where I can just get the shipping and ditch the online video crap altogether?

greg,
@greg@gregnewman.io avatar

@AnthonyBaker seriously?

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • megavids
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • khanakhh
  • magazineikmin
  • InstantRegret
  • ethstaker
  • thenastyranch
  • Youngstown
  • rosin
  • slotface
  • osvaldo12
  • everett
  • ngwrru68w68
  • JUstTest
  • Durango
  • cubers
  • tester
  • GTA5RPClips
  • modclub
  • mdbf
  • cisconetworking
  • tacticalgear
  • Leos
  • normalnudes
  • anitta
  • provamag3
  • lostlight
  • All magazines