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Jonathon Toon

@jonathontoon

Designer, et cetera · https://nitter.cf/t.co/brMeRDc5Re

 Canterbury, New Zealand
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Joined November 2009
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This week I sat down with an idea and, from it, made a living digital art installation. Inspired by the work of @torihinn and the music of @EITS. I hope you enjoy it — whatlightremains.com
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Just do it. ✅
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I ain’t touching no laptop screen.
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loooooool
Apple Design (@TheAppleDesign) profile pictureApple Design
@TheAppleDesignOct 28
Steve Jobs on Touchscreen MacBook: “It doesn’t work, it’s ergonomically terrible”
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Hayyoth's videos are slowly becoming my favorite evening watch. Systems programming concepts in C. No LLM's blasting out lines of unrecognizable code. A guy reaching flow state while smoking a cig. youtube.com/watch?v=MKmPyByn…
No AI. Build ed (the standard text editor) in 100 lines of C

No AI. Build ed (the standard text editor) in 100 lines of C

ed text editor "ed is the standard text editor" Runs everyw...

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another banger youtube.com/watch?v=gLn7F22H…
I am Human, not AI. This is my story.

I am Human, not AI. This is my story.

just a story about my boring life

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Steve 🇺🇦 McCrea@KweepaOct 23
Quake for Atari 8-bit now available! kweepa.itch.io/quake64
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matt sephton
@gingerbeardmanOct 18
On the origins of ⌘Z ⌘X ⌘C and ⌘V note.com/usagimaruma/n/nc314… Thanks @usagimaruma
Who assigned Cut, Copy, Paste, and Undo to X, C, V, and Z?｜usagimaru

Who assigned Cut, Copy, Paste, and Undo to X, C, V, and Z?｜usagimaru

To start with the conclusion, it seems this was Larry Tesler, but while C=Copy makes sense, I had always wondered why X and V were linked to Cut and Paste. I also didn't really understand Z. Regard...

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this is the way
Che Wei (Jacky) Lee (@cheweileee) profile pictureChe Wei (Jacky) Lee@cheweileeeOct 16
Monthly tradeline submission: a visual study... Lately I’ve had agents help me explore wide, hone in, and fine-tune until it feels just right...
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product marketing was so much better prior to today's productivity slop like "...so you can do more of what you love".
Ian Silber (@iansilber) profile pictureIan Silber
@iansilberOct 14
the more windows you open, the cooler it gets
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same energy
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) profile pictureThe White House
@WhiteHouseOct 13
Trust the process.
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Sure, using your ESP32 to make a tamagotchi is cool, but have you consider spyware?
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Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) profile pictureSheel Mohnot
@pitdesiOct 13
Reported to be @alfozan, who is Saudi sfstandard.com/2026/10/13/op…
OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room

OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room

Federal prosecutors say an employee from Saudi Arabia planted an audio recorder and left another unattended in his bag.

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There are two types of builders out there: those who’ve read The Mom Test, and those who haven’t. No other book or article has fundamentally changed the way I think about user research and product discovery as much as this one. momtestbook.com/
The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick

The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick

How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you.

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Him: 妈妈 Me: Don't you mean Daddy? Him: 不要
Jonathon Toon (@jonathontoon) profile pictureJonathon Toon@jonathontoonOct 9
Kid said their first “Da Da” today. 👍
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Hey iOS friends, I haven't made an app since 2017... Do I have to use SwiftUI? Will I screw myself if I make something completely using UIKit?
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I one-shotted…
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Kid said their first “Da Da” today. 👍
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ALL HAIL THE CUBE
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Jonathon Toon (@jonathontoon) profile pictureJonathon Toon@jonathontoonOct 6
maybe i should learn WGSL...
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"Type Case was designed by benbarry.com and built in collaboration with Claude and ChatGPT." Being clear and upfront in this way is quite refreshing. As opposed to panning off some slopped-out web app as a great innovation or invention.
Ben Barry

Ben Barry

Ben Barry is a visual artist and designer concerned with making the future of humanity the best it can be—for everyone.

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Ben Barry (@benbarry) profile pictureBen Barry@benbarryOct 5
Today I'm releasing Type Case, a simple font manager for macOS. With Type Case, you can browse source folders, activate and deactivate fonts, and create custom collections. typecase.app
Type Case — A free font manager for macOS

Type Case — A free font manager for macOS

Type Case is a free font manager for macOS. Add source folders, activate fonts, and organize collections.

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maybe i should learn WGSL...
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André Mooij
@andremooijOct 5
Cuica I made a small home for my seasonal mixes since soundcloud is scaring the homies away by forcing them to make an account to listen to them there go listen to some of my favorite tracks there cuica.link
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