Articles, shared links, and photographs by Al Power.
I love this little playground for looking at different easing functions. It can get really confusing looking at different Bezier curves out of context, and this has five different examples from sidebars to slideshows to drawers which you can try different curves with, and it quickly becomes apparent what feels right.
Spent my lunch break in Brighton hunting for the colour blue as part of a Framelines photo challenge
Wildwood from LAIKA studios looks great. Seen a few behind-the-scenes online but the Teaser trailer looks magical.
A few test shots from a hike down in Cornwall
Whatever your thoughts on AI, it’s pretty clear using LLMs to generate code is here to stay in the workplace. AI models have got so good at writing code, that at first glance, it seems trivial to blast out features that would have taken weeks. This naturally has got people asking the question: “If an AI can make this …
Pebble is great because its open, simple design has fostered a uniquely vibrant app and watch face ecosystem that still “just works” more than a decade later. Constraints work. Quite tempted to try it.
Dang - as a linoprinting nerd this is a really fun lego project. Hope it gets fully supported.
Interesting ideas on product interoperability from David Hoang: The defensible position isn’t lock-in anymore—it’s being the thing everything else connects to. If your platform is where value gets exchanged between tools, removing you breaks the whole workflow. The moat becomes a bridge: you win by making it easy for people to come through, not by making it hard for them to leave. ... They need…
Thoughtful post from Ben on the challenges of the A.I. coding landscape. Treating the technology as a tool and keeping humans in control is key.
This looks very useful for anyone who a) likes the terminal and b) does database work.
Fascinating deep dive into halftones.
A day trip exploring Gent
A photo workshop with Michael Wilson
How social media lost the social part
Walking and talking with photographers
A relaxing holiday with a lot of walking and some photpgraphy
This audiobook sounds ace - wish it was available in the UK. Look like he does all the voices!
While I'm very much tied into the OS X ecosystem, I'm very curious about Omarchy - DHH's latest exploration into an opinionated window manager. Having tried Linux before and never clicked with it, I really really like the simplicity of Omarchy's windowing system. Ironically it reminds me a bit of split view on the iPad, but a whole lot more powerful. If I could find a decent replacement for…
I first encountered the internet through dial-up on my parent's first computer in the states, then a Psion series 5mx handheld in 2000 or so, again using a dial-up modem. Surfing the web was a simpler affair then, with no social media (as it is now) and I mainly used it for email. Simpler times. Bing Bong Bing Bong - RIP AOL - you connected a lot of people.
Loosely planning a trip some time in the future and this is just a lovely travelogue and love letter to Japan.
While on an open day at the Phoenix studios in Brighton, I decided to offer to take a series of portraits for artists.
Nice overview by Federico Viticci of 'Sky' (from the team around Shortcuts that Apple bought). (I) immediately felt it was going to change how I used my computer – and they were all about empowering people to do more with their devices Incredible that a team of two people can make something that looks genuinely useful integrating Macs and LLMs so smoothly while Apple seemingly are stalling with…
I think Gruber nails it with the "Fool me twice, shame on me" adage. I've been using Arc since inception, but shutting up shop before making Dia widely available seems a weird order of announcements. Feels like they are alienating their fans and potentially Osbourning themselves. Do I trust them to not pull the plug on their next product? Unsure. Looking for other browsers.
From Simon Willison: Vibe coding does not mean “using AI tools to help write code”. It means “generating code with AI without caring about the code that is produced”. 100% in agreement with this - definitely not a blanket catch-all term like it's being used now. I use A.I. code assistants pretty surgically alongside my own code, and find them super helpful. Words matter.
A lovely post from Geoffrey Lit about a fun A.I. Assistant he made. Really charming, and shows in a fun way how A.I. can be used to summarise things nicely and usefully. It's interesting that individuals are coming up with novel fun uses like this, yet Apple has completely failed with Apple Intelligence - I can see how something like this combined with a todo app would be a great reminder system.
Figma have done a nice job with this - it supports URLs, Text, joining Wifi networks, SMS, Phone and Email templates.
Useful reference for how to format RSS feeds. I wasn't including my dates quite right, and this pointed me in the right direction.
a simple shortcode to add QR codes to your posts
out of my comfort zone for an assignment
Exploring sunny London