B. Prendergast

B. Prendergast

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🌀 Socialist building a social web at @eurosky.social 🌿 UX strategy+design for early stage startups 🧀 Making unfinished art to understand myself 🌶️ ND rudeboi learning to live healthily 🧶 Writing about culture, design, people, tech and the messy margins

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I'm Uni :3@unicouniuni3.bsky.social

The vet said 〝He's not overweight at all, but he has a round and big head.‘’

Slick

I did not see this coming at all.

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com

Uh oh, it sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users aren’t happy about it

techcrunch.comUh oh, it sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users aren’t happy about itA small number of early adopters of the much hyped new foldable phone from Apple have complained of screens cracking.

Literally any one of us:

tierney cyren@bnb.im

I was working on a project for this but got distracted 😭

My training as a designer is built on cycles: idea, refinement, execution, refinement. Tools looks like Paper 🗘 #Prototype 🗘 Browser. The speed was on paper, in #Figma or Miro: cheap, fast, safe to fail. The slow part came later, in the code editor and the browser. Thinking faster. Building slower.

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As a designer, coding with LLMs gives me the speed I used to only find with paper and pencil. Everything my training taught me says that’s the "wrong way round". I tried it anyway, and I'm rethinking my assumptions about speed, quality and what a design system can finally become.

Its still really important right now for me to have anchors outside of the browser to keep me in a context of scope, feasibility, desirability viability, etc. But it's been a morning of learning.

My training as a designer is built on cycles: idea, refinement, execution, refinement. Tools looks like Paper 🗘 #Prototype 🗘 Browser. The speed was on paper, in #Figma or Miro: cheap, fast, safe to fail. The slow part came later, in the code editor and the browser. Thinking faster. Building slower.

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(Can't share links yet but will happily once the work has matured)

The bigger promise is the impact on the #DesignSystem. Held in code, it can finally be the real source of truth instead of a stale Figma library. Figma stays a place to explore and style, while code holds the system truth. For product teams that could close a gap we have lived with for years.

My training as a designer is built on cycles: idea, refinement, execution, refinement. Tools looks like Paper 🗘 #Prototype 🗘 Browser. The speed was on paper, in #Figma or Miro: cheap, fast, safe to fail. The slow part came later, in the code editor and the browser. Thinking faster. Building slower.

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Once the content and interactions worked, I passed them back to Figma purely for styling. Claude drew the coded prototypes onto #Figma artboards almost instantly **with tokens, styles and components intact**. The speed and quality of that handover totally blew me away. Minutes not days.

Prototyping in code has, of course, existed forever. But as a designer, I found it hard to access in a way that was good enough, fast enough, and cheap enough. Browser first, then Figma, then back to the browser with both kept in sync has been a personal revolution for me.

My training as a designer is built on cycles: idea, refinement, execution, refinement. Tools looks like Paper 🗘 #Prototype 🗘 Browser. The speed was on paper, in #Figma or Miro: cheap, fast, safe to fail. The slow part came later, in the code editor and the browser. Thinking faster. Building slower.

Lately I’ve felt a tug the other way. So today I worked only in the browser, anchored by research and requirements docs. I prototyped in #Claude with real data and real browser behaviour, ignored brand and visual design, and focused on modelling data and refining interactions.

This started off so innocently, just trying to make some nice shadows for #PaperTrail 📚 cards...

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I *may* have over-engineered this shadow designer just a touch but gawwwddamn, she pretty. #Lumen for #CSS → lumen.renderg.host

I *may* have over-engineered this shadow designer just a touch but gawwwddamn, she pretty. #Lumen for #CSS → lumen.renderg.host

Having so much fun prototyping this week. A lot of ideas coming together. Hoping to finish #PaperTrail for @popfeed.social + @bookhive.buzz, in the coming days, so that I can find my fellow #bookworms on the #Atmosphere who are reading the same books, start a #bookclub, and read along together.

How I arrived on @mu.social

Mathew Lowry@mathewlowry.eurosky.social

How I arrived on @mu.social

@assemblage.renderg.host FTW 🙌

Standard Reader@standard-reader.app

1. Knowledge doesn't just accumulate. It develops between people. — @renderg.host

marginalia.leaflet.pubKnowledge doesn't just accumulate. It develops between people.Announcing Assemblage, the visual builder for Semble.so collections

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Thanks to the generosity of the wonderful @byarielm.fyi , we now have working #OAuth for passwordless sign-up and sign-in! 🤘 #ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿

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Stef Heidhues@stefheidihues.bsky.social

Review of my show "hook, line and sinker" in the november issue of Artforum

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Duffeh@duffeh.bsky.social

Why does the headline read like PHP is a drug

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End to End, DID to DID payment with @atcash.app Here’s a teaser. Lots more to come.

Joe Basser@joebasser.com

I paid @stagingcreator.bsky.social $25 USD with @atcash.app “Thanks for building in the Atmosphere”

What if @babesky.com but to monetise my gf's impossibly cute cat? 🐱

More @assemblage.renderg.host goodies! @semble.so collections, a command bar, preferences, and 🤞🤞🤞 maybe maybe maybe soon (thanks to @byarielm.fyi 💖) #Oauth !!! #ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 #ATberlin

Assemblage@assemblage.renderg.host

More #Assemblage goodies for you today! First and foremost is a command bar ( `CTRL+K` or CMD+K` ) so you can power your way through creating and managing @semble.so Cards and Collections, navigating your canvas, changing your preferences, getting help, and much more!

Let me take you through this absolute slop off-brand ✌️Lego✌️ toy set my son found on Amazon, brought to you by the beloved "LQPFBSM", a "Jieyangshimutangmaoyiyouxiangongsi" family brand.

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MULTI PERSON INTERACTION INCREASES FUN! 👉👌

Order your Plastic Particles Locking Construction Kits now before the Christmas rush 🎁 www.amazon.de/-/en/LQPFBSM...

amazon.deLQPFBSM 1:1 Technology Rifle 98K Building Blocks Set 1206 Pieces | Military Gun Sniper Rifle Kit Plastic Particles Locking Construction Kits Display for Adults and Teenagers: Amazon.de: ToysLQPFBSM 1:1 Technology Rifle 98K Building Blocks Set 1206 Pieces | Military Gun Sniper Rifle Kit Plastic Particles Locking Construction Kits Display for Adults and Teenagers: Amazon.de: Toys

Let me take you through this absolute slop off-brand ✌️Lego✌️ toy set my son found on Amazon, brought to you by the beloved "LQPFBSM", a "Jieyangshimutangmaoyiyouxiangongsi" family brand.

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Ideal Christmas gift for sweetheart who loves to build semi-automatic weapons

Red flag or green flag?

Let me take you through this absolute slop off-brand ✌️Lego✌️ toy set my son found on Amazon, brought to you by the beloved "LQPFBSM", a "Jieyangshimutangmaoyiyouxiangongsi" family brand.

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Floats while building for ease of construction

What the fuck?

Let me take you through this absolute slop off-brand ✌️Lego✌️ toy set my son found on Amazon, brought to you by the beloved "LQPFBSM", a "Jieyangshimutangmaoyiyouxiangongsi" family brand.

Impossible shapes

This is IMHO the most exciting thing happening in the Atmosphere today and I can’t wait to see it implemented.

Sam Goto@sgo.to

@thisismissem.social @divy.zone and I recently went through an exploration of how the browser can help you login to websites with atproto accounts. We recently presented to the FedID CG and here is a sneak peek in case you couldn't join! This is early but we'd love your input before we go too far!

The reason it is potentially *the* most exciting and impactful project is this work by @divy.zone @sgo.to and @thisismissem.social can touch literally *every* project and make the job of acquiring and retaining users a breeze.

wecanjustdothings.leaflet.pubThe Atmosphere needs a front doorThe Atmosphere needs a distinct brand identify, better tools for builders, a new UX for users, and a small empowered group willing to build it all.

"Oh I already have an account that works for this?!" will be so powerful to people who really do not want to sign up for yet another fucking thing.

This is IMHO the most exciting thing happening in the Atmosphere today and I can’t wait to see it implemented.

Sam Goto@sgo.to

@thisismissem.social @divy.zone and I recently went through an exploration of how the browser can help you login to websites with atproto accounts. We recently presented to the FedID CG and here is a sneak peek in case you couldn't join! This is early but we'd love your input before we go too far!

The reason it is potentially *the* most exciting and impactful project is this work by @divy.zone @sgo.to and @thisismissem.social can touch literally *every* project and make the job of acquiring and retaining users a breeze.

wecanjustdothings.leaflet.pubThe Atmosphere needs a front doorThe Atmosphere needs a distinct brand identify, better tools for builders, a new UX for users, and a small empowered group willing to build it all.

When I wrote about this months ago, I was referencing their work without even realising it. wecanjustdothings.leaflet.pub/3mlv5oijn5s2qq #FedCM for the #Atmosphere 🌀 can't happen soon enough.

wecanjustdothings.leaflet.pubThe Atmosphere needs a front doorThe Atmosphere needs a distinct brand identify, better tools for builders, a new UX for users, and a small empowered group willing to build it all.

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Try #Assemblage now at assemblage.renderg.host Make sure that you've got a @semble.so account first of course— and thank you 🙏 #ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 #ATberlin

assemblage.renderg.hostAssemblage — Draw ConclusionsTurn your Semble collections into a node graph. Connect cards as supports, opposes, leads to and more, then draw conclusions. No server: every change is written to your own AT Protocol PDS.

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We've also made some minor performance improvements so the app starts faster, remembers more of your preferences between visits, and has fewer brain farts in general 🤞. If you notice broken stuff or have ideas for improvements, leave your feedback on @userinput.app at userinput.app/s/did:plc:jw...

userinput.appAssemblage | userinput.appConnect ideas. Discover patterns. Draw conclusions. An visual knowledge graph for exploring Semble.so collections and Margin.at annotations.

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Editing Cards & Connections: Small UI refresh to make them a little easier to understand and use.

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Context menus: When you right click on cards or the empty canvas, you can create new cards or edit existing ones.

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Suggested cards and connections: Thanks to the magical @semble.so API, we can now recommend cards connected by others (to the selected card) and similar pages added by others that you might want to add to your collections. If a card is already in your collections, you can just make a connection.

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Inspecting cards: The Inspector sidebar is now better organised, with collapsible sections that only appear when you select a card. (There are some scrolling 🐞 bugs here which we're aware of and actively working on)

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Navigation The left navigation sidebar can be hidden with `CMD+B` / `CTRL+B`. Collection and Filter selection is now managed in their own tabs. All of this means you have more space to work. I'm open to hearing what Filters you would find helpful 💬

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Thanks for the feedback yesterday! I've added a bunch of new features and made some 'quality of life' improvements to make Assemblage a little more fun. 🧶 read on for more 👇

Wow a LOT of y'all seemed to enjoy my preview of #Assemblage 🧡 yesterday. I made @assemblage.mu.social so you can follow along and get involved. See you there. #ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 #ATberlin

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Introducing #Assemblage 🧡 Add @semble.so cards and collections and @margin.at annotations to an infinite canvas, draw connections between them to create context, expand your understanding and see the bigger picture! → assemblage.renderg.host #ATscience 🧪 #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿 #ATberlin 🧶

assemblage.renderg.hostAssemblage — Draw ConclusionsTurn your Semble collections into a node graph. Connect cards as supports, opposes, leads to and more, then draw conclusions. No server: every change is written to your own AT Protocol PDS.

All those ‘Password123’ stans are feeling pretty smug today.

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