A Pointless Review
Hey friends, This week is a little different—we're just rolling off our annual hackathon at Viget: Pointless Corp. While we're still working on this year's...
Frontrunners and Bookmark Tetris
Hey friends, We finally did it, a normal week of normal schedule with all the normal weekly events! I never thought that would feel like an achievement, but...
Git Mistakes and a Life in Weeks
Hey friends, How many weeks old are you? It's kinda wild to think of age that way, but it's exactly how Gina Trapani (founder of Lifehacker) documented her...
Focus Points and Island Fonts
Hey friends, Running a little bit late this week — our family hasn't had a solid week normal schedule since before Christmas, and with the coming winter...
Shape of the Work and Pixel Street Art
Hey friends, Did you watch the Super Bowl? We did not. 😅 I love football, but without a strong stake in either team this year I didn't love it more than the...
Client Relations and Color Gaslighting
Hey friends, It's February already?! January just skated by like: Things I Wrote ✍️ When I was a young wee lad, full of fresh confidence and the boundless...
Testing AI and 'Personal' Computing
Hey friends, It's almost February? It still feels like we're just rolling out of the holidays... Things I Wrote ✍️ Last week I hinted at my feelings about...
AI Feels and Time Smearing
Hey friends, It's cold here 🥶. I maintain that anything below 20°F starts to physically hurt. Thinking Too Hard 🤔 I sat down to write about my current...
Mouse Guard Goals and a Stimulation Clicker
Hey friends, New year, new...sletter! Did you watch the celebration in Times Square? I've always thought it's overrated... They drop the ball every year. 😜...
A Year in Review and Theory Posts
Hey friends, This is my last scheduled newsletter of the year as we run full-tilt into the holidays. I thought it'd be fun to look back some on this year and...
Christmas Crunch and De Moon
Hey friends, It's Christmas Crunch Time! Time to wrap up projects before the holidays — stay safe, stay sane! Getting Festive 🎄 Also, if you need a festive...
Annual Pie Comas and Returning to the Dark Forest
Hey friends, Now that I've recovered from my Annual Pie Coma, it's time to get back into it in this tiny sliver of time we have before Christmas! Thinking...
Kobitos and JavaScript Mazes
Hey friends, It's a SPECIAL LATE EDITION! Sometimes you just forget to hit the schedule button and wander off on your own. 😅 Thinking Too Hard 🤔 Just take a...
New Things and Wes Cook
Hey friends, What do you call a small pepper in late autumn? A little chili 🌶️🥶 Thinking Too Hard 🤔 Trying new things can be tough. My wife has a tradition...
Weird WordPress and Am I Blue?
Hey friends, What month do fires hate? NO-EMBER 🙅🔥 (oof, that's pretty bad...) Thinking Too Hard 🤔 WordPress is weird now... well, maybe weird is the wrong...
Self Design and Missing Pigs
Oh... ... hello there, friends. Didn't see you there with all these leaves on the ground. Thinking Too Hard 🤔 Ben Robbins, creator of several unique RPGs,...
Dip Pens and Booster Rockets
Hey friends, We're rapidly approaching the section of the year I call 'Ghost Turkey' -- the strange middle section between Halloween and Thanksgiving where...
Affogatos and Cognitive Load
Hey friends, It's very easy to feel isolated as a remote employee, but last week I got to be a part of Viget's Fall TTT, where the whole company gathers...
Smolweb and HTML for People
Hey friends, Quite possibly the most divisive candy this season: candy corn. Love it, hate it? (Someone told me to try it mixed with peanuts, but I remain...
Procrastination and Drawers
Hey friends, Did you hear the joke about procrastination? ...nevermind, I'll tell you later... Thinking Too Hard 🤔 I've been thinking this week about...