Hard Problems

@hardproblems.com

We just finished reading Why Design is Hard by Scott Berkun and Bryan Zug. It's such a good read and is full of actionable advice for designers who want to build their influence and ship great design work.

I love how pithy the book is. Only 100 pages!

www.hardproblems.com/articles/why...

Dylan Orosz🩵

@finalboyo.bsky.social

Grimjest’s Debut

Manny was someone who long ago recognized the sublime virtue of a second chance.

Adrian Earnshaw Music

@earnshawmusic.bsky.social

Symbiotic Volume 1 just landed for Omnisphere 3 — a Luftrum x Plughugger collab, 100 presets, Danish/Swedish ambient DNA, plus a bonus Mutations set. Full review is up - The Most Organic Omnisphere 3 Ambient Library

https://youtu.be/xrixtW0Vh5g

#musician #musicproducer #sounddesign

Giraud, basically

@giraud.bsky.social

let’s just jump straight to Woke 5 already i wanna make gender reveal parties illegal unless they’re a trans debutante ball

岡﨑 晴輝

@okazakiseiki.bsky.social

Goodin, Robert (2020) "Between Full Endorsement and Blind Deference," Journal of Deliberative Democracy, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 25–32.

ラフォン『近道なき民主主義』の書評論文。グッディンによれば、ラフォンは、市民が法や政策を「全面的是認」することを民主主義の理想とし、人々に「盲従」（blind deference）を求める「近道」（shortcuts）を退ける。しかし、……

aktiv3.sblo.jp/article/1917...

Phil's Random Thoughts

@philrandomthoughts.bsky.social

While we're all laughing at the bloated orange taco being served in a catering cart like the turkey he is, don't overlook an American oil company with direct ties to said turkey illegally landing in Greenland with equipment to destroy their pristine environment.
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@papaesoco.bsky.social

elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/unfortunat...
...Both are the acts of a reckless fool, guided by pique and petulance, driven by a monomaniacal desire to shove his fetid ignorance into the faces of the “experts,” the “deep state,” and basically anyone with reasonable credentials, training,

Michael Graaf

@michaelgraaf.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGIX6TxSuI Given the whimsical, entertaining style of narration, the depiction of #SouthAfrica is surprisingly accurate

Rakeela Windrider

@rakeela.bsky.social

Be happy in compassion. Let nobody shame you for caring. Take pleasure in helping others, so that there will always be a surfeit of help in the world, and then all burdens will be shrunk. It is not ghoulish to be happy when others are unhappy, so long as your happiness is to their gain as well.

Jessica Ellis

@baddestmamajama.bsky.social

There’s a new show I’m enjoying, but there’s a part in the pilot where, after painstakingly setting up that the lead is a fastidious, work-obsessed smart person, they then don’t know how long the flight they booked is or how far apart the two destinations are.