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2 years

Any fan of low-profile keycaps?

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Reddit without Apollo suuuuucks.

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Terminal round 2, dropping Q4 2022.

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5 years

Lovely new Apple-designed serif called "New York".

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A decade ago I first visited @zoink at the small @figma office in Palo Alto. They were working on blending modes that week. We continued chatting on and off throughout the years, and finally all the pieces fell into place. Excited to work with this crew ❤️

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3 years

Some news: A decade later, I’m re-joining (the new) @gowalla to finish what we started. The world is a very different place, past couple of years were rough for everyone. I’m excited to bring back some fun, together with this stellar team of wonderful people.

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🧡❤️💜 Last month we announced the launch of our Street Team app and a new round of funding led by GV and Spark Capital. Today @piemonte and I are thrilled to introduce five new crew members who have joined to make @gowalla a reality 0/👇

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2 years

Really love how this commission turned out (board + caps).

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4 years

No design tool solves the need for proper communication. It's an underestimated design skill.

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4 years

If you could pick anything, what would you love to (re)design? Here's my list: - Zoom - Steam - Browser - FaceTime - Email client - Calendar app - Code editor - Mobile OS - Desktop OS

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5 years

Hey you! Yes, *you*. Maybe you don’t realize this, but you’re a role model. Maybe to thousands, maybe to a small dozen. People read what you write, and are hoping to learn from it. Try setting a good example of what makes this community great, take everything else offline. ❤️

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6 years

No excuses.

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5 years

Biggest iOS 13 feature no one is talking about: Multi-language input support. - Emoji suggestions for Dutch - Easier to toggle between keyboards (since the emoji keyboard now has a dedicated button) - I can type Dutch with the English keyboard without autocomplete going crazy

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6 years

Life update: After 7 years, we’re moving back to Belgium. We love living in the US, but our kids really miss their family and we want to give them the opportunity to grow up around them.

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3 years

Something I need to remind myself of every couple of months: The perfect path in life is your own. Don’t waste energy envying what others do or have. Focus on the balance of happiness and income (because life is expensive). Bonus: Help others along the way.

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5 years

Search for “home office” on Pinterest and enter a beautiful world where no cables exist and you sit on a dining chair all day.

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3 years

Don’t skip your annual checkups kids.

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6 years

Keynote is such an underrated prototyping tool, especially to quickly explore animations. Put together an iPhone X template if anyone's interested:

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3 years

Update: Cancer-free now with some gnarly scars to tell the tale. GET YOUR ANNUAL CHECKUPS

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6 years

Top: Austin, TX - 2011 Bottom: Walnut Creek, CA - 2018

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11 months

Back on my bullshit.

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5 years

I love designing, but I'm happiest in a code editor.

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3 years

We’re live.

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4 years

There’s always time for weird side projects.

From the keycapdesigners community on Reddit: Vapor Jazz

Explore this post and more from the keycapdesigners community

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4 years

Parents new to working from home: There is nothing more delightful than breaking up a meeting for 30 seconds because your kid has to ask you something. Introduce them to whoever you’re meeting with, make them part of it. Life is work *and* family.

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5 years

Annual reminder: April 1 jokes are a waste of (company) time. Could’ve spent those hours working on accessibility (there’s always work to do there).

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4 years

I've come to the conclusion that I'll never be able to find my ideal mechanical keyboard. Low-travel tactile switches, low-profile keycaps, 14.5 * 6u layout.

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4 years

Back in the saddle after a couple of weeks off due to burnout. Extremely grateful to work for a company that encouraged me to take a break and recharge. The world is crazy, and it's easy to bury yourself in work to block it all out.

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5 years

"Design systems are no longer novel, they’re essential"

Embracing open design in 2019

Automation is killing the tedium in design, but our jobs are about to get more exciting

www.abstract.com

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4 years

With the rise of remote work I’m surprised there isn’t a bigger offering of webcams with proper aperture.

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5 years

Was overwhelmed by a huge project, asked for help, received help. The end. That's how simple it is if you're surrounded by an amazing team.

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5 years

I absolutely loathe in-car UI’s. Visuals, hierarchy, experience, phone integration... One day I’d love to learn more about how these UI’s end up shipping.

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6 years

If you ever need a chat, someone to listen to you, let me know.

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5 years

No successful product was designed by a single person. Wrote a thing for the @goabstract blog about why we shouldn't publicly credit just one person for a new product/feature. Warning: Contains strong opinions.

The end of the celebrity designer

A more open approach to design helps build better products and demystifies the process for the rest of the company.

www.abstract.com

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4 years

Alright y’all show me your messy desks. Here’s mine. Shit gets done here.

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5 years

Dropbox’s desktop app went from meh to quite good really fast. This is what @elliottkember and I explored the last couple of weeks we worked there. Glad to see this ship.

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Neon reflected on water, iPhone X, handheld, touch of @usedarkroom .

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@elonmusk @anothercohen You shitrag of a human.

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3 years

How the hell did I not know about Emmet??

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6 years

iPhone: *ding ding* Me: “Yes, Siri?” Siri: “Tomorrow is Memorial Day, do you want to cancel your morning alarm?” Me: “Yes” 5 years from now? 10?

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3 years

A side project isn’t official until it has a website, right?

MVKB

Keycaps and keyboards designed by @maxvoltar.

mvkb.com

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5 years

One more thing... This is for all the night-owls, the remote people working odd hours, everyone working on hobby projects "just because". I love you all.

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6 years

Paid rent in the Bay Area for the last time.

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5 years

AirPod cleaning as a service.

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5 years

In other news...

Abstract, a versioning platform that helps designers work like developers, raises $30M | TechCrunch

Design and engineering are two sides of the same coin when it comes to building software and hardware, and yet -- unlike engineers, who can use services

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6 years

Our little design team of 3 will be 6 soon. Excited to announce names over the next couple of weeks as they start! 🤗

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1 year

@iamharaldur Kids get confused Halli oh wait that’s just because of bad parenting

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2 years

Prediction: 6 months from now, we'll see the return of noise textures in apps and websites, and it'll all be thanks to this glorious plugin by @rogie . What a hero.

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Huge thanks to @FonsMans for his help on graphics for the Noise and Texture plugin for @figma . OOoowee, this is lookin hot, Fons!

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After dropping off the girls at school this morning.

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Over 2 decades of getting paid to design things. Love it as much as the first day, still have no clue what I’m doing.

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5 years

Protip for a healthy remote work life: Even when multiple people are calling into a video meeting from the same room, have them call in from their own laptop. 1 face per rectangle levels who speaks and when.

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4 years

The upcoming Github for iOS app might be my favorite mobile power user app. Extremely thoughtful design, performant throughout, and has way more features you’d expect from a mobile app.

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5 years

Chrome's pace was/is scary.

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Usage Share of Internet Browsers 1996 - 2019 (via @reddit )

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2 years

Available soon.

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5 years

Should probably release these at some point.

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1 year

Holy shit this feels good.

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5 years

We’re in the golden age of digital design tools. Love it.

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5 years

Understand why they moved away from skeuomorphism, but they should’ve kept the fun.

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5 years

Wrote an article for @css about a photo layout that’d been on my mind for months. Turns out the solution was just 17 lines of CSS…

CSS-Tricks

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Adaptive Photo Layout with Flexbox

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4 years

Took me longer than I wanted, but I created a new home for my photos.

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1 year

Put my phone on top of a slab of ice. @halidecamera macro mode + @usedarkroom .

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4 years

Looks like Design Twitter® can agree about at least one thing.

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3 years

@HaasF1Team The line has been crossed, sincerely hope to never see his face in F1. Take a stance and do the right thing.

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Sometimes design is just looking at something for a really long time.

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Figjam is *seriously* good and *seriously* smart.

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3 years

My first set of keycaps is named ePBT Camo, and will be available mid-2021. If you have a minute, please fill out this form which'll help set production expectations, and decide on any tweaks to the set if needed. #epbtcamo

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Home office WIP. 1. SKÅDIS ($14) 2. After 100s of dollars invested in dongles, having one cable for power, audio, monitor, webcam, phone charging... is nice.

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6 years

Quickly put together a @NotionHQ replacement icon. Not perfect, not special, but it blends in a bit more. Download:

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5 years

Crazy to think we just kicked off *year 4* of working on @goabstract . A little over 3 years ago I decided to drop everything and join @jbrewer and @kvnsmth on a quest to bring proper versioning to the design workflow. Here's to seeing this company grow old!

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3 years

A taste of things to come.

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5 years

Excited/terrified to be speaking at @framerloupe in August! Loved the conference last year + I ❤️ AMS.

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6 years

Last days at the office. Shit’s getting emotional.

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4 years

What's a good icon to represent "icons"?

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5 years

Less thought leaders, more bottom-up decision facilitators.

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1 year

Huge thanks to @TechCrunch for this awesome article covering the launch of the new @gowalla !

Gowalla returns to see if location-based networking is ready for its mainstream moment | TechCrunch

Gowalla originally launched in 2009, but now it's back after a Facebook acquisition and subsequent shut down over 10 years ago.

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5 years

Monday morning design sync.

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3 years

So proud of the Abstract team for launching a brand new tool for designers. It’s called Notebooks and you can read all about it here:

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5 years

My wife and I have been dating for 17 years today. That’s half of our lives ❤️

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6 years

Mojave #protip : You can use f.lux to automatically turn on dark mode at sunset and light mode at sunrise.

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5 years

We’ve got a lot of cool stuff in the pipeline, but this one I’ve wanted for a *long* time.

Abstract

@goabstract

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Out with the "go," in with the 🆕 Find us at ...more coming soon 😎

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2 years

Do designers still listen to Tycho?

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On my way to the airport. 7.5 years flew by. Excited to be back in Europe, grateful for everyone I met in the US. It was a life-shaping experience.

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6 years

Absolutely crazy.

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@thefuturematt

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Control your iPhone with your eyes. Just look at a button to select it and blink to press. Powered by ARKit 2. #ARKit #ARKit2 #WWDC #iOS

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@maxvoltar

5 years

Been doing this work for over a decade, and know it’s not productive, but sometimes it’s still nice to fire up Sketch and completely redesign a product you use on a daily base.

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@maxvoltar

3 years

Fuck it, going back to writing todos on my hand.

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@maxvoltar

6 years

“Phone” ( @halidecamera + @usedarkroom )

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@maxvoltar

4 years

New homepage, new video. It’s a joy seeing this team grow our brand.

Abstract

@goabstract

4 years

Abstract helps teams build products together ✨ See the new

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@maxvoltar

4 years

Digging through some old designs. iPhone home screen exploration from right before iOS 7.

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@maxvoltar

5 years

Current setup.

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@maxvoltar

3 years

My second set of keycaps is now available. Some tasty tasty nostalgia inspired by 90’s sitcom diners.

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@maxvoltar

4 years

So fucking angry at the world right now. All boils down to people who are incapable of empathy. The pandemic, politics (Belgian, European, US...), this huge surge of racism...

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@maxvoltar

5 years

Removed all JS-based tracking from and replaced it with @Netlify ’s server-side analytics. Page is now 50% lighter.

Tim Van Damme

Personal homepage of Tim Van Damme, product designer.

www.timvandamme.com

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@maxvoltar

4 years

Currently have 23 apps on my homescreen, of which: - 11 are stock - 5 are indie - 5 are subscription (the indie ones) - 6 sell my data for money - 1 is paid for by my employer - 4 are betas - 5 have multiple app icons

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@maxvoltar

5 years

Halloween design review at @goabstract 👻🎃🔪

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