@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

ryanmiglavs

@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social

Designer. New in town.

Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. Let’s stop hate, because love is way more awesome.

I lead product design at a smart home startup that helps you understand your home’s energy. We’re working to reduce climate change.

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

ryanmiglavs, to random
@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

@gruber I know it doesn’t mean much, and I know one reader who has read literally every post of yours for 20 years doesn’t mean much, but when thinking about Google employees protesting their company working with the Israeli government, I hope you can maybe think about this photo instead of thinking about how Google must be an amoral business dealing with any genocidal fascist government.

You are wrong. You have sided with genocide. Please! Please! Please!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/26/gazas-37m-tonnes-of-bomb-filled-debris-could-take-14-years-to-clear-says-expert?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

ryanmiglavs,
@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

@gruber

  1. Those weren’t the only people fired.
  2. Every protest is disruptive. It’s the point. Disruption is the only tool available when there’s a major power imbalance.
  3. Every protest comes with comfortable people clucking their tongues, agreeing with the message, just not how they’re protesting. Rules, policy, decorum. Conspicuously, these folks tend to only criticize the protesters, not those with power who quash them.
ryanmiglavs, to random
@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

@benthompson @gruber I’ve followed you both since literally your first posts. (What, about two decades for Gruber and one for Ben?)

Been a subscriber to Dithering for years.

Gotta cancel based on your flippant dismissal of Google employees protesting their company doing business with a government committing genocide.

It’s not “politicizing every little thing”. It’s genocide. Pretty big and obvious line, not very subtle or complicated.

Very sad to leave.

ryanmiglavs,
@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

@gruber @benthompson Oh shoot! Thanks for letting me know.

I edited it, but not sure how notifications work for edits that change mentions.

Just wanted to share my sadness and disappointment, maybe you two would see it. Heroes of mine.

ryanmiglavs,
@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

@gruber @benthompson Yes indeed. Edited.

RustyBertrand, to random
@RustyBertrand@mastodon.social avatar

Like which instance do i go to? Just keep running from men my whole fucking life?

ryanmiglavs,
@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

@RustyBertrand Whoa, I don’t know the intricacies of Mastodon moderation, what does this mean?

ryanmiglavs,
@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

@RustyBertrand Whoa, that’s pretty extreme.

Did they notify you with a reason and a process for appeal?

(Again, I know /very/ little about Mastodon moderation)

I hope if you move instances you migrate your connections, because I enjoy your posts!

ryanmiglavs, to random
@ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

So, the app I want most on my Apple Vision Pro is MYST. I first got sucked into that world on my Mac in middle school (maybe elementary school?), and I might literally cry if I got to go there in VR.

schwa, to random
@schwa@mastodon.social avatar

deleted_by_author

    •
    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @schwa Noice!

    I’m heading to Japan for the first time for three weeks in July — if you’re feeling it, I’d love to hear any faves or tips!

    And I hope you get the trip you’re currently toying with!

    ryanmiglavs, to random
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    Always pay attention to the people politicians exclude from their definition of “anyone”.

    https://xtaldave.net/@xtaldave/111973918934048959

    metin, to tv
    @metin@graphics.social avatar

    Finished The Terror season 1. A grim, gripping series, with impressive art direction and wardrobes, convincing performances, and Ridley Scott as an executive producer. Recommended.

    I haven't seen The Terror season 2 (yet) though. It's a separate story, and I noticed that it has received lower ratings. But I enjoyed season 1.

    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_terror/s01

    #terror #series #tv #television #tip #tips #MastoTips #FediTips

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @metin Season 1 is incredible! Season 2 is also good, but not quite great. Still worth watching, though. It continues using magic and mythology to explore humanity at its breaking point.

    ryanmiglavs, to random
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    I do not understand how anyone sees a giant wall of Tailwind utility classes in their markup and thinks, “Yep, that’s the best way to do this.”

    People, Tailwind is fucking garbage! Just learn actual CSS!

    https://mastodon.social/@cferdinandi/111952689771314067

    daringfireball, to random
    @daringfireball@mastodon.social avatar

    ★ The Vision Pro
    https://daringfireball.net/2024/01/the_vision_pro

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @daringfireball If you leave a window in a room and walk to another room, does that window get blocked by the walls or show through them? Like, could you leave one set of apps in your home office and another set of apps in your living room?

    ryanmiglavs, to random
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    Excellent parsing of that disdainful press release from Apple about their “compliance” with new EU rules, by M.G. Siegler.

    “Did you know there are risks in not using a secure payment processor? Probably. But did you know that apparently only Apple offers a secure payment processor?” https://spyglass.org/apple-to-eu-drop-dead/

    ryanmiglavs, to random
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @gruber You’ve several times stated that lots of Mac users’ computers “are overrun by adware and other scammy software”. This seems way off to me, I genuinely haven’t heard a thing about that; none of my family, friends, or coworkers seems to have this situation.

    Do you have some data or examples backing that up? Especially considering how many scams make it onto the iOS App Store?

    I’m truly interested, I hope it doesn’t sound like I’m just trying to argue with someone on the internet.

    gedeonm, to random
    @gedeonm@mastodon.social avatar

    Boy, Notion's UI design is all over the place, huh? No visual hierarchy at all. Ugh.

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @gedeonm Yes! I was briefly excited by its concept and the excitement of people who love it, then immediately repulsed by actually using it.

    gruber, to random
    @gruber@mastodon.social avatar

    Had another, more wide-ranging, demo with Apple Vision Pro today. Ask me anything.

    Me, sitting on a couch, wearing an Apple Vision Pro, making a pinch gesture with my right hand.

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @gruber What’s surprised you most about the UI paradigm, or about the UI itself?

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @gruber Were you able to learn what sort of limits there are around number of windows or apps?

    simonbs, to random
    @simonbs@mastodon.social avatar

    Finally, my years of experience in building a text editor for iOS have paid off in my job where I was tasked with developing a text field that inserts separators in social security numbers and phone numbers as they're entered 😄

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @simonbs Excellent work! That is not easy. Kudos for handling the details.

    simonbs, to random
    @simonbs@mastodon.social avatar

    Pretty pleased with this redesigned app icon picker coming to Runestone for iPhone and iPad soon.

    Screenshot of the redesigned app icon picker with the app icons unlocked.

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @simonbs Very nice! I recently designed one of these screens (not sure when it’ll actually get into the app, though). Yours is quite lovely and nicely simple!

    simonbs, to apple
    @simonbs@mastodon.social avatar

    People who are getting a Vision Pro on the launch date: What are you planning or hoping to use it for?

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @simonbs I’m a designer. My plan is to enjoy it, and get a feel for what it means for computing and UI/HCI.

    I don’t have pressing goals with it, personally, beyond the emotional benefits like enjoying my photos on a giant virtual screen, and movies, and hey, I’ll try using Figma and the like. Some games (MYST, No Man’s Sky).

    Mainly I feel it takes a year or more to learn a platform deeply enough to have a feel for it, and in my work I need to be at that level if the need calls. Prep.

    ryanmiglavs, to random
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    Nazis are bad. It’s okay to say that. Republicans are bad. It’s okay to say that.

    simon, (edited ) to random
    @simon@simonwillison.net avatar

    I'm interested in exploring the intersection between people who have mostly avoided using LLMs and people who have embraced them, compared to the group who think they should be be labeled "AI" vs those who think it's OK to label them that

    Which of these do you fit into?

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @mcc @simon

    Having worked at a couple places with ML-powered products, it’s worth mentioning that the Product and Marketing teams often don’t agree about how to talk about the product. It might even be fair to say the Marketing folks are sometimes as confused as the general public (this is a criticism of them, they should deeply learn the product and technology they’re selling).

    I know you know all this, and I’m not disagreeing with your point, really, just calling out the gap.

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @mcc Ah, glad to provide a bit of info about how it can look inside.

    It weirds me out, but it’s pretty common for Product and Marketing teams to not really get along.

    ryanmiglavs,
    @ryanmiglavs@mastodon.social avatar

    @mcc Absolutely agreed.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • anitta
  • mdbf
  • magazineikmin
  • Durango
  • Youngstown
  • vwfavf
  • slotface
  • ngwrru68w68
  • khanakhh
  • rosin
  • kavyap
  • thenastyranch
  • PowerRangers
  • DreamBathrooms
  • Leos
  • ethstaker
  • hgfsjryuu7
  • osvaldo12
  • cubers
  • GTA5RPClips
  • modclub
  • InstantRegret
  • everett
  • tacticalgear
  • normalnudes
  • tester
  • cisconetworking
  • provamag3
  • All magazines
    •