Amelia Wattenberger

@svelte.dev of course!

an elegy for the pencil how computers changed the way we write

thanks for sharing, I enjoyed this! the link, in case anyone else can't open the previous one: etymology.substack.com/p/an-elegy-f...

ah, not as iterative as it might have been, given more time

I have many thoughts about using generative images, a large one being "we need to be way, way more thoughtful about their training and use". But there's also the lens of "they're the next step in a long evolution of tooling for creating expression", which feels important to explore

love your writing, Robin. I totally agree that it's not a great or fully fleshed out example, just playing around with the medium with very my little free time.

this I can agree with!

This time I was struck by a combination of no time (baby, new job, ++😅) and I honestly was just enjoying the little felt people. I think it's especially sloppy for the full-width images, just a side effect of my eternal effort to keep my inner perfectionist in check

hm, I understand your sentiment but I'm not sure I agree. Happy to discuss if you're looking for a discussion!

tell me more! is it the images or words that you dislike?

I can't write about bland interfaces with bland images!

my friend, I have a baby. I barely made this readable on mobile 🫠

I haven't! would love any insights on that as well

that's very fair! definitely something I should tackle the next time I have free time ❤️

right?! really makes me want to pick up a new hobby...

wrote up some thoughts on how our interfaces are getting flatter, and how we might design with 💃 our bodies 🤸 in mind.

🧶 went ham on little yarn worlds

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Hopefully soon!

just a CSS grid and good ol Svelte

this is what it looks like when you allocate your time to

vibes
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actual content
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Don’t encourage me!

thanks for the feedback! I feel the same if there’s nothing linking to the scroll. I’d be curious how you feel when it’s published

My innie works in the browser and my outie is in the ide

Oh horrible I assume! I’ll probably stack things vertically

making this is so fun I've been doing it instead of watching Severance

going ham with this 🚀

yesss such a good reference

hopefully soon!

love this! 100%, let's use AI as a tool instead of automation

sharing my silly workflow to create transitions between images:

1. throw images in an auto layout in @figma.com
2. clip a new image with the bottom and top of the two images
3. throw in Midjourney edit and generate some new images
4. paste that new image back into Figma and clip it

cute little responsive felt worlds 😍

alt text: a few images in a blog post about how interfaces have changed over the years. A few eras are illustrated with little felt people using big knit computers