6 posts tagged with "design"

Today I learned to use Adobe Firefly₁. I was scanning through the annual Adobe Max₂ conference presentations so I upgraded Illustrator and whipped up this graphic in about five minutes while watching one.

Today I learned that Apple has an extensive library of forms for product feedback. Ever since the advent of the app store, I've had just one irritating complaint about it... and NO, it doesn't have anything to do with the fee structure, blocking of in-app charges, or the relatively tight technical guidelines because I'm OK with those. My only complaint is about the design.

Today I learned a bunch of keyboard shortcuts for the WordPress 6.3 command palette_1,2,3. I actually learned quite a bit more while migrating several sites over from another website vendor. I was able to completely duplicate the previous designs with only a few custom patterns and lines of CSS using the default Twenty Twenty-Three theme blocks.

Today I learned that the fictional Princess Zelda is named after Zelda Fitzgerald and that Robin Williams named his daughter after the princess because he was playing the game. I did the deep dive after reading a comment₁ in The Paris Review about The Legend of Zelda₂ likely because it came through my feed reader and we've been playing the game. The comment centered around "Can video games be considered art?" to which I would reply that the creator, Shigeru Miyamoto₃ graduated from Kanazawa College of Art₄.

Today I learned that my old man got around Nashville in 1972.

Today I learned to use Figma Dev Mode in VS Code. I got a notification in my feed reader yesterday about the Figma Dev Mode₁ announcement so I dove in to give it a test run last night. I’m in because of how it’ll allow me to speed up the design iteration process without having to leave my text editor. Figma for VS Code gives me the same features of browser developer tools that I can share with anyone in real time instead of sharing my screen on video calls. It’ll give my less technical collaborators an easy way to make adjustments and comments without all of the screenshots in emails.