All articles from Chris Glass
Magical Athlete
Elizabeth Goodspeed (web / insta / newsletter) posted about the type in this game she lent design and art direction. It has opened a rabbit hole of goodness. CMYK games is chock full of colorful delig
Ive + Newsom + Ferrari = Some buttons
I’ve read the stories about how LoveFrom, helped design the interior of the first electric Ferrari and it wasn’t until seeing this video that it all clicked. Though I would probably appreciate a chunk
Molly Guard
Learned a new word this morning, and the etymology is absolutely worth the click. The ensuing thought about design interaction expands the notion.
Wes Cook and The McDonald’s Mural
For a good time, set aside 19 minutes and 25 seconds at your convenience to give this video your attention. Then explore the rest of Cabel’s post. XOXO
The lyrics to DtMF by Bad Bunny Explained in Excruciating Detail
NGL, I went down a rabbit hole after seeing this translation of Tití Me Preguntó (TikTok / Insta). I knew the vague notions behind DtMF, but I’m glad to have a better understanding now.
America isn’t exceptional — it’s the exception
From the latest edition of Dense Discovery is this link to Not-Ship, a data-focused newsletter for understanding the world. Each of these mentions expand to greater paths of questioning and understand
A different kind of guestbook
Robin Spielmann’s personal site is filled with delightful nooks and crannies. Stacks of books were just added to the media log, but I’d also like to point out the lovely interpretation of a guestbook
Where I’m getting my news these days
I’ve not been getting enough broad coverage from NPR’s text based site, so seeing this bevy of news sources from Tracy Durnell is most welcome. Lots of new to me sources.
Randomly explore the independent web
Roll the dice and find a site made by a human, thanks to this site by Andreas Gohr. Some lovely RSS options to boot! / via Naive Weekly
We mourn our craft
This is an essay about coding and AI, but feels pertinent beyond. Options to face this precipice include falling off, rappelling down, gliding, wearing one of those wing suits, or some other options I
The mass market paperback is starting to fade away
The good news is that folks are still buying books, they’re just larger format paperbacks and hardcover versions. The pocketable ones are going by the wayside in airports and stores, but will live on
Spite, a dead-simple music player
James Reeves built the music player he wanted because all music software these days is horrifically awful. (See Jon Hicks’ My perfect Music app doesn’t exist.) When every major piece of software feels
Weekend Update 360°
Like Yewknee (where I came across the link), scrolling around this 360° video to the cameras and cue cards is pretty dang neat to see. There’s also this great deep dive on the history of cue cards at
The Studioworks Library
In addition to their business platform for invoicing and managing clients, Studioworks just launched an expanded (FREE!) library of interactive tools for freelancers and creative studios: a Client Ema
Alt Text Selfies
A collection of self-portrait descriptions shared in the spirit of thinking more deeply about our senses. I love this sentiment from the welcome page “At their core, alt text selfies are an access pra
‘A Case of You’ performed by Noah Reid
In a tribute to Catherine O’Hara for her 2021 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, Noah Reid performed Joni Mitchell’s classic. It’s good right from the get-go, but stick with it, it keeps gettin
How NYC Handles Snow
I learned more than a few things here… They put plows on garbage trucks in NYC, and also have snow melting machines because there’s no where to put it all.
Sick of Mondays?
JA Westenberg closes out the week with a banger of an essay, considering Mondays a design problem and possible approaches.
Monocle: Noise-cancelling for macOS
This utility helps you focus on the task (window) at hand. I particularly like the ability to add grain to blur out background windows. I guess it’s really the opposite of noise-cancelling, but still.