It’s always a nice surprise when a new specimen book drops from XYZ Type (xyztype.com). Beautiful work @jesseragan@typo.social and @benkiel@typo.social :)
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mastodon 4.6.9Multidisciplinary generalist designer, book and printmaker, technology tinkerer, author. Enjoys cycling, books, Risograph, Polaroid photography, web standards and type nerdery. 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸
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And now we begin a very, very long journey back to California. Japan has been an absolute delight. 🦌
Taking a more leisurely time this morning since I have no meetings to rush to and instead finished printing and assembling the first copy of a new zine.
A good reminder that it’s enjoyable to sit and savor things rather than churning through new ideas faster than we can comprehend them.
Anyone in the Clevland area looking for a sweet deal on a Riso ComColor production printer? Current bid is $1 and I’d almost be tempted to rent a truck and drive it back to California. Looking in your general direction @glass@typo.social ;-) https://bid.fasttrackauction.net/Public/Auction/AuctionItemDetail?AuctionId=RbJoFYaXaakYtJm94cpcDw%3d%3d&pageNumber=pf6Q%2bhJtdeleDd9FfYpy9w%3d%3d&pageSize=rMS8glZbjUPmYsI0NyKOdg%3d%3d&showFilter=iBcS%2b4ptjknZQtCojbueqQ%3d%3d&sortColumn=C9SY4KX74WJIILYqur0bmw%3d%3d&AuctionItemId=%2fJnsErP1cw40ruvqxYgzPA%3d%3d&Filter=ajBmiK%2b33KkMkTDWtuuLmg%3d%3d
Excited for the life-altering impact of owning an electric paper jogger which is a thing I didn’t really know I needed until this afternoon.
Glad I got to check this out while we were in Tokyo. https://atelier.muji.com/jp-en/exhibition/260605/
Released my 15th (!) plugin for @getkirby@mastodon.social last night. Might be the most useful one yet.
Where Now? 1.2.6 just landed with some handy features like Touch ID, Face ID and device passcode protection, a whole new edit experience with location suggestions — and more!
SF, go home you’re drunk.
Seven months and seven tracks in, I continue to appreciate the slow burn of one track a month releases from Peter Gabriel’s new album OI*.
- technically one track but two mixes coinciding with new and full moons.
Taking your time can be like being in the pocket, in a good groove — when the environment is right to produce magic.
Like drummer Manu Katché in this track. The pocket, achieved.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-belong-to-the-sky-dark-side-mix-single/6788432046
Got a delightful present from my sister-in-law today.
All packed up for a 660 mile journey.
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@AnthonyBaker@mastodon.social It’s a machine that shakes a stack of paper to jog it back to be square for printing or trimming.
“Noticing is my way of opposing a particular modernist practice of looking towards an imagined future. Certain things get coded as possible futures and then we develop blinders so that all we can see is our trajectory towards one kind of imagined future, which isn’t actually the future but is a stereotyped dream future. And so, we stopped seeing.”
https://fojournal.org/interview/anna-tsing-noticing-is-my-way-of-opposing/
In the off-chance anyone in the Bay Area might be looking for a Riso, this beaut is now available at a very good price. https://www.ebay.com/itm/206190145856
Dropping a little update to Where Now? today. Improves metadata details and performance enhancements. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/where-now/id6757414541
Saying “sayonara” to the Risograph EZ391 machine tonight as it heads off on its journey up to a new home in Portland.
Dang, didn't take long for someone to snap up the Riso...
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@onpaperwings @glennf I did a small run of perfect bound versions of my Context Window book through Hello Print and was quite pleased with the end results. Would use them again.
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@colly@mastodon.social Will be devouring (and re-devouring) these as we just booked our first trip to Japan at the end of June.
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@bw@typo.social It’s the repeated 48 hour cycles of submit, fix, resubmit that feel exhausting. But I can say it’s been smooth past the first approval.
The Dog Stars is one my favorite books and all I can say is that Ridley better not have made a mess of it. https://youtu.be/cmzVY1goqwQ?si=1Zj5EUDIv9zHwlLX
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@colly@mastodon.social Cheers mate! Just starting to roughly plan and will hit you up as soon as it starts to feel overwhelming (which I imagine is a real thing).
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@nazhamid Sigh. I’m all for getting people into theatres to watch movies but not at the expense of an adaptation like this.
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@nazhamid Exactly which is what concerns me. Had moments of “do I even remember anything about the story?” while watching it.
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@beseku@mastodon.design I can’t say I know what Swarm’s data looks like but I suspect it would a pretty lossy import if so because Where Now? doesn’t support all the same features.
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@Luke@typo.social Every month he’s releasing a track from his new album and Bandcamp subscribers also get a special mix/version of the track too. Those are pretty great and easily worth the $3/month.