Joey Banks

This video from @joeyabanks.me shows a pretty compelling use of an MCP in Figma. Legit time savings without outsourcing your problem solving/creativity to a robot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwUC...

macOS Tahoe reverses the Finder icon for the first time in decades, and I actually don’t *think* it’s something we’ll see changed back. It used to show someone looking at the Mac. The screen was blue, but now the person is, and it feels like a small but intentional shift in focus toward the user.

Just published a recreation of Apple’s Liquid Glass style on the @figma.com Community! It’s fully editable and built using native Figma effects. Phew, I’ve got a lot to learn about this new style, but this was a really fun one to practice! 🤓 www.figma.com/community/fi...

The era of Liquid Glass has arrived. 📱🪟

Whewww, that new Camera icon. 😍

An in-depth post from @sdw.bsky.social on the history of iOS’ design evolution, concluding with his own ideas of what might come next in the rumoured Apple ecosystem redesign:

Apple's display lineup.

Quiet tech is the best kind of tech. Finally got my @usetrmnl.com setup on the wall this morning! Minimal, useful, and out of the way. 🌤️🪴

"I'm a design system team of one." www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Dj...

Woohoo, a big win for accessible design! @figma.com now includes a *built-in* color contrast checker, making it easier to design for everyone. 🎨

if I were MLB dot TV, I would simply work on Opening Day

Designers everywhere are zooming. Enhancing. Panicking. Who's going to drop the Figma file first? 👀

We've brought our #watchOS #UIKit to @figma.com with everything you need for designing Apple Watch apps: Templates, controls, text and color styles, layout guides, and more The kit uses variables to make it super easy to preview your designs for 40mm, 42mm, 44mm, 46mm and 49mm Apple Watches.

I love my Apple Watch, and it might be one of my favorite devices, but lately I feel like I need some time away from it. The always-connected feeling is getting to me, and I’m trying super hard to create more separation in the mornings and evenings. Any favorite, inexpensive watch recommendations? ⌚︎

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Cool observation by @gruber.foo: iPhone 16 wallpapers match their rear camera layout from 1 orb on iPhone 16e all the way to 3 for iPhone 16 Pro

Phew, just extended my first contract-based offer for Baseline, and couldn’t be more excited to finally have a little help! 🎉 I’m already making the shared todo lists and it’s like, wow, delegating feels awesome.

Grateful to be turning 32 today. 🙏

I'm really glad this website exists.

I used to offer weekly Office Hours, but between health issues, personal commitments, and going indie, I found myself at a loss for time. I finally have more space in my life, and would like to once again volunteer time to help people in tech. No charge, no catch, whatever you need — sign up today!

It is taking all of my energy to do even the *simplest* of tasks, and I’m exhausted.

Elyse is also based in LA, and set up a fundraiser to feed people displaced from the wildfires. We're donating a percentage of every preorder of our design tokens course to the cause. So if you want to level up your design systems game and help a great cause, go here: bradfrost.com/blog/post/do...

I love design systems, but phew, design tokens used to *really* intimidate me. They vary by team and get complex fast! But after two years of working closely with engineers, I now see them as one of the best tools we have for bridging the gap between design & code and bringing teams together. 🎨🧑‍💻

Fluted Gradients Wallpaper Collection basicappleguy.com/basicapplebl...

Two of my favorite design systems contracts are being extended into 2025. Couldn’t be more grateful or excited! 🙏

📣 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm excited to announce that we're launching a new online course called Subatomic: The Complete Guide To Design Tokens: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOD2... This deep-dive course will teach you all you need to master design tokens. Learn more and preorder here: designtokenscourse.com

Phew, hit a big milestone for my company today: my very first trademark is officially published! 🎉 It took six months from draft to publication, but it’s *finally* official!

If someone you work with is doing an amazing job, tell them! (And if it feels appropriate, let their manager know, too!) It really can go suuuch a long way.

As the year winds down, I’m reflecting on my very first year of a new independent career path and the moments that shaped it. If you’re considering a similar path, I hope these thoughts can offer a little encouragement! 🙌 newsletter.baselinedesign.io/baseline-27-...

After nearly two years, four surgeries, and more challenges than I can count, it looks like I’m finally a week or two away from making a full recovery from what was a very challenging diagnosis. It feels surreal to type that. 💛

It’s been a while since a social media platform has distracted me this much during the workday. Feels good to be back! 🎉

Age yourself with your first computer.

Creating hasn't come easy lately, but publishing a new post this morning felt good! I wrote about a few techniques that have made auto layout in @figma.com much easier to work with when building components. Hoping these can help others out there! 📝↔️ newsletter.baselinedesign.io/baseline-25-...

I feel like this site's demographics can be described as "still mad about the loss of Google Reader"

I want to CREATE something but all of my energy is being used to merely exist right now

If I used to follow you over there, but don’t here, let me know! 👋 It’s soo nice to finally see the design community finally moving away from that place.

Quick #designsky updates: made a new starter pack of designers to go along with the custom feed, and tweaked the feed to include extra designy keywords (so more posts will show up there.) Holler if you'd like to be added to any of this! go.bsky.app/3cUcyW1

How are you? Really. How are you. Bad. I know. I'm sorry. I know. Processing out loud here, hope you can find some comfort in processing with me. notes.ashsmash.com/entries/2024...

Voted! Now all that’s left to do is stress eat.

All of us for the next 24 hours.