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22 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
me: I wish I worked at a thriving and collaborative, design-led, remote-first company
calendar: you have seven meetings today
me: not like that
update: eight
nine
i've started filling gaps with calendar events that are just called "nope"

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20 Jun
I’m quite sure that planning an entire multi-device music production workflow around avoiding the need for an audio interface is impressive, I’m just not sure if it’s the kind of impressive where you somehow fall down a flight stairs while simultaneously lighting yourself on fire
iPad Air 4 + Dongles
Organelle M (USB Host, MIDI)
Roland HandSonic 15 (USB, MIDI)
Adapters:
USB MIDI Host <-> Host
MIDI -> USB
1/4” audio -> USB
Powered USB hub

I should be able to chain all the MIDI devices together, play thru the Org, send to MBP, or use iPad as a mixer/DAW
Oh and a Launchkey Mini mk3 for playing any of the above devices on a traditional keyboard
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23 May
@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.
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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?
Great thread of critiques (#1)
Great thread of critiques (#2)
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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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