mastodon 4.7.3Designer/co-owner @tapbots@tapbots.social. Currently busy building @ivory@tapbots.social, a Mastodon Client for iOS and the Mac with @paul@tapbots.social and @todd@tapbots.social!
Obsesses over bikes (MTB, Trials, Dirt Jumpers) Apparently I get hurt too much doing dumb (yet fun!) things on bicycles for a kid in his late 40's. Before bikes I obsessed over racing cars and go-karts on the track for 10 years.
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Correction: 49 years of thinking different and 1 year of sucking up to the oligarchy. 🫣
10 years ago today, I found our app icon on Sandisk's packaging. Also turns out whoever designed the packaging pulled the homescreen image from Rene Ritchie's article: https://www.imore.com/whats-renes-iphone-6-plus-right-now Good times.
Can’t help but quietly judge people who drive a refreshed model 3/Y. Like these cars came out well after we all saw Musk’s true character and intentions in the open. And there are so many other EV options out there now. 🫣
The past few weeks have been pretty busy. Haven't even had much time to get on my bike or draw. 😭 But I wanted to introduce a new Tapbots character. Introducing Ghostbot. He's not an app or anything. Just a part of the Tapbots world. 😁 Made some really high resolution wallpapers of these 2 images (for the XDR display) that you can probably use for any device. But worth looking at full size too!
Some fun stuff to test if you are in the Ivory TestFlight Beta!
RE: @parkerortolani@mastodon.social
I wouldn’t at all be surprised if at one point they send us a cease and desist for likeness. Not the first time it’s happened to us. Anyone remember many years ago when we had to remove the eyes from Pastebot for iOS? 🤦♂️
If you needed any more reason to understand why people would vote for and continue to support the current American administration, read some of the replies to this post by a local Texas weatherman. 🤦♂️
New bike park is being built in a nearby city (Frisco). Supposed to be completed this summer. I’m so excited for this. 😍
Happy “When Brands Try to be Funny, but are Totally Unfunny” day!
"I learned to do what I do by making mistakes just by screwing it up. Well, that didn't work. And trying something else. Embrace the mistakes."
"I think we're kind of trained in school and in life to get the right answers and you get rewarded for those and penalized for mistakes. But mistakes are where the really great learning and growth comes."
"Talent, I believe, is mostly a myth because I hear that a lot. Oh, you're so talented. And it's not really true."
I don't think I've ever been more busy in my life as far as the amount of work I have in front of me right now. I would completely drown if it wasn't for staying organized with Apple's Notes and Reminders apps. But I absolutely love all the work I get to do!
(And none of this includes my side apparel business I've been slowly building. All that's on hold which I'm still super excited about continuing when I have more time.)
Ahh 6 years ago...
If you go to my /works/ page (https://markjardine.com/works) and tap on "Illustrations", the first item is now a link to my unRemarkable page. It's the little things, and I absolutely love working with @getkirby@mastodon.social CMS. 🥰
Who remembers Spymac? 🤯 I designed this promo for a contest they were running to promote version 4 of their website. File says it was created in 2005. (7motion was my website at the time.)
And yes I keep getting sucked into looking at my archives. Get off my lawn!
Some useful new features in our bug tracker:
Did a quick Apple ProRes raw test today. Being able to shoot with open gate is nice too (though the wind shook my tripod at the end and I didn’t want to lose framing with stabilization).
It’s extremely rare there’s a movie that my whole family is excited to watch (my youngest is 8). We rarely go to the theaters too. I remember when movie tickets were like 5 bucks. 🤦♂️
