Schlagwort: code and canvas

  • May 23, 2025 at 04:28AM

    “Here lies the idea that all things must speak. Let some things rest.” From a conversation with ChatGPT at 4:26 in the morning, waiting for a train after riding the bus for 13 hours. Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code & Canvas

  • May 15, 2025 at 09:35PM

    “This book is not a recipe book. Nor is it a travel guide. Recipes diminish personal initiative; travel guides make things too comfortable. Few will choose the arduous path through unexplored terrain when an easier one lies conveniently nearby. But creative design is undoubtedly a tightrope walk. Missteps and even complete failures are always possible,…

  • May 14, 2025 at 09:57PM

    Today I hit the limit for applets run in my IFTTT account, so I upgraded it to the next tier, and this is basically how I’ve spent the late afternoon and the evening so far. Managed to make Threads work again, and now it can be securely and persistently archived on my social wall (again). I…

  • May 13, 2025 at 07:54PM

    What I use linkwarden for and a chat with Grok about Graphic Designer Combat Linkwarden is my private Pocket, my Raindrop I run myself. In it, I recently started storing web pages I want to read over the weekend. And since my interests are seemingly singular (because graphic design is vast), I look forward to seeing it grow into…

  • May 12, 2025 at 01:45PM

    It bears repeating: according to the handbook for designers Iʼm currently reading, the two main reasons for designers becoming incapable of doing their work, are mental health back problems. If you ask me, your dear proprietor of Code and Canvas, the after-hours tumblog about this and that, these issues are caused by self-neglect. Maybe collecting…

  • May 11, 2025 at 03:13PM

    The staying power of services like Goodreads has impressed me. It is 2025 and despite certain other projects, it is still around. I decided to use it, signed up, got my own vanity url, added the next 9 books I want to read after finishing Bernays’ Propaganda (which is a very good book for graphic designers and communication designers, I…

  • May 9, 2025 at 08:49PM

    Spent a few free minutes here and there to slowly work through my Instagram bookmarks. My goal is to save each one locally, tag each in Adobe Bridge for ease of use, and to add these to my visual library I’ve been building since, let me see–June 2024. Eventually, I will work through all of my social media bookmarks…

  • May 9, 2025 at 02:52PM

    codeandcanvas: codeandcanvas: Understood the value of separating a production from a development environment in regards to my own website. Following a tip from a very good friend, it is a good idea to have a website without tracking on it if you, like me, are still just running a personal website, rather than a commercial…

  • May 9, 2025 at 02:22PM

    codeandcanvas: Understood the value of separating a production from a development environment in regards to my own website. Following a tip from a very good friend, it is a good idea to have a website without tracking on it if you, like me, are still just running a personal website, rather than a commercial one.…

  • May 9, 2025 at 02:10PM

    Understood the value of separating a production from a development environment in regards to my own website. Following a tip from a very good friend, it is a good idea to have a website without tracking on it if you, like me, are still just running a personal website, rather than a commercial one. So,…