@theavalkyrie oh gosh. oh geez
@theavalkyrie Utopian/Dystopian by Sudtipos. Especially the former, which I modified for the @PostTechRadio logo.
@theavalkyrie @PostTechRadio Gotham has obviously been around forever, but there's something just so... special about it, especially at its Ultra weight. Proxima Nova gets close, but can't quite replace it.
@theavalkyrie @PostTechRadio Neutra is what people *really* want when they think they want Futura. It's beautiful in all its many weights and styles, and Neutra Display feels itself even harder. Neutra Text 2 tries to be less idiosyncratic, but in the process becomes Just Another Geo Sans, imho.
@theavalkyrie @PostTechRadio I haven't had occasion yet to use Blazeface by Ohno, but it's indescribably beautiful. I'm actually thinking of getting a tattoo set in it.
@theavalkyrie @PostTechRadio Prelude (Font Bureau) doesn't look *that* special in a font list, but it had a surprising amount of character compared to contemporaries during its heyday... as the UI font for the Palm Pre.
@theavalkyrie @PostTechRadio You might know Atlas Grotesk as one of the things that makes Dropbox Paper feel so special as a text editor. It's clean, inviting, with just the smallest hint of character.
@theavalkyrie @PostTechRadio If there's a font that could truly take on Gotham, it's Galano Grotesque, which I learned about from a tweet by @misaac85.
@theavalkyrie @PostTechRadio @misaac85 And finally (until I inevitably think of more), ITC Souvenir is very near and dear to my heart—both from the Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid, as well as my appreciation of its unique letterforms as an adult. My CV is set in a combination of Neutra and Souvenir.

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14 May
At this point I'm confident that I've tried every email app currently available for Mac and all I can say is.... it's sad out there
What I want:
- Font customization for inbox and writing
- Domain avatars
- Single-line inbox with right reading pane
- Minimal shenanigans

Apps with all of those: 0
@airmailer is sooo close. But their message list uses an entirely custom scrolling physics engine that feels awful and they won't budge on it.
Mail.app lets you customize almost everything, but makes no effort to import domain avatars (or show them in column view)
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11 May
Serious question! I know and agree with all the critiques of the "manager README" popular a few years ago. I'm starting a senior position soon—I'm also trans and neurodivergent, and have been burned at work by those things before. Would a short personal FAQ still be a bad idea?
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10 May
You can tell a lot about how much an industry values a role by how it's gatekept. The stages seem to be:
- Hostile
- Resistant ("pitch it next quarter")
- DIY ("20% project")
- Buzzword (wild enthusiasm, 0 credential check, 0 support)
- Bought in (roles given only to white guys)
The stage after that? Purely theoretical
Another way of expressing resistance is the "120% project" (do what you want, just don't let it impact your existing work in the slightest or require any budget or process changes)
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6 May
What are the best resources, tips, advice you have for how (and why) to break into UX? I’m getting a lot of DMs about it, but thanks to my highly idiosyncratic career path, I’m actually the worst person to ask 😬
“Study HCI at a top-tier uni, work in Don Norman’s lab, resist UX for years on principle, leave academia in a huff, let your skills degrade, become a queer punk, reconsider UX from an industry activism/harm reduction perspective, then get people to take a chance on you.” Easy
This might become more meaningful writing later, but for now I just threw a few links that look moderately helpful on first skim into Notion. <3

notion.so/powers/Breakin…
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8 Apr
totally love that twitter swapped the filled/outlined button styles for people you're following/not following on lists of likes. super stoked that the active style is no longer a state indicator but a prompt vying for cognitive bandwidth. my peripheral vision really respects it
[sees someone cool] HOW am i not following them alread—oh. i am. fuck you
not you. [gestures] them
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1 Mar
Putting @PostTechRadio on temporary hiatus! After four episodes I'm really proud of, I wanna take a couple weeks to tighten some things up, then come back swingin'. In the meantime, check out the great conversations we've had so far:
Our first episode with @jordonaut and @tobamese blew my mind, and made me excited for where this project could go. We talked tips on creating worker-owned tech co-ops, and navigating the ever-present tension between human and business needs.
Next, in a last-minute ass-saving, @tobamese jumped in to co-host again and brought along @quarefutures, who's so rad I could barely even. We talked queer and embodied futurism, weird and visionary fiction, and the many links between sci-fi and UX design.
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