Design @owner · Maker of small apps · Investor in small companies · 🇿🇦🇨🇦
Joined March 2009
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Apr 10
Here’s the icon I made for XChat, launching soon.
Thanks for the trust @benjitaylor, appreciate you!
Your encrypted chats deserve their own app.
Pre-order now: apps.apple.com/us/app/xchat/…
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Jun 11
Snapjot was simpler, but completely private. Second best app I've never released.
Jun 11
Hey Adam! All infos below
1. Privacy: all your screenshots are first processed locally with CLIP models, that's what powers instant search, and it's also why the app is ~700MB (the models ship inside the app). For screenshots that need more intelligence the "intents" (those actions you see under screenshots) those are analyzed by Gemini in the cloud. No human ever sees that data, and nothing is ever used for training.
2. Photo access: The reason we ask for full access is that Apple only allows automatic import of new screenshots with full Photos access. But we never touch anything that isn't a screenshot.
Also we updated the onboarding and resubmitted an hour ago or so to make this much clearer 🙏
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Jun 11
No secret I'm critical of some of Apple's icons lately, but they nailed the update for Image Playground.
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Jun 10
Oddly satisfying, extremely well done.
I 3D scanned my stump and my ax and my wood and recorded my ax motions and splitting sounds and made it into a super satisfying firewood splitting simulator (vibecoded with Antigravity/Claude in threejs)
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Jun 9
My kingdom for Calendar to have a simple toggle I can flip to render events in my calendar as blocks, so I can just grab a screenshot and dump it into an email or text to show availability.
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May 30
This looks killer, can’t wait to see more of it!
100 PRs later I'm finally starting UI and UX design work. 🎉
So stoked for this part! ⚡ In some ways app design is easier than websites because the viewports variance is way less!
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May 28
No secrets or images, just lots of layers, masks and blurs.
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May 27
You know how in school you get the whole drug talk thing?
No one tells you about project cars though.
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May 27
Thanks to @kepano for trusting me with this!
So many fun explorations I wish I could share, but we landed on this beautiful paperclip metaphor for Obsidian Web Clipper.
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May 21
Great opportunity to work on the best travel app out there.
May 21
We’re hiring at @Flighty, and @rjonesy, @ifrins and I are looking for a few exceptional people to join our tiny team ✈️
I’m personally hiring a Senior Product Designer to work closely with me. If you love travel, obsess over details, and care deeply about craft, I’d love to hear from you.
We’re also hiring:
• A Senior Full Stack Engineer to work with @ifrins, one of the most talented engineers I know
• An Aviation Correspondent to cover major disruptions and help make Flighty the go-to source during IRROPS
• A Head of Operations & Finance to help us scale the business side of Flighty without losing what makes the company special
If this sounds like your kind of thing:
flighty.com/careers
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May 19
The design team @owner is cooking, and we're looking for more design-builders to join the team. We're building tools to keep your local independent restaurants open and thriving, and there's a lot to do.
Come and work with us. DMs open.
May 19
A few weeks ago we launched a new brand for @owner — an evolution that much better represents the incredible mission and technology that we're building. This was one of the first initiatives I lead as CDO here and was an amazing process in collaboration with @thenickpattison and his talented team at Primary. We couldn't be more proud of how we now show up in the world.
Owner has now driven over $1,000,000,000 in sales for local restaurants, and that growth is compounding every week. We've been on a hiring streak and have welcomed some insane talent to the design team in the last few months, and we're looking to bring on a few more builders — designers who sweat the details and can bring their ideas to life. Apply through our careers page if this sounds like you!
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May 19
Our design team is based in North America at the moment, so that's where we're concentrating on hiring.
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May 17
Canada’s next big entrepreneur.
My daughter came to me a few days ago saying she wanted to sell these little bracelets she’s been making. A quick trip to Home Depot and a few splinters later we had a stall for her to set up. She’s been here for 2 hours and has sold 14 bracelets.
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May 17
Clever girl is even selling to people who don’t have cash on them. She’s taking their name and making them a custom one which is ready by the time they come back.
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May 18
We closed the day at $38, and she’s got already got some preorders for next weekend 🥹
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May 14
Widows Bay fast becoming one of my favourite shows. The perfect mix of scary and funny. Last night's episode best so far (Sea Hag #2).
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