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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-11-24 at 20:05

@paul do you have a summary of your findings on displays? my parents are looking for a new thunderbolt display for their Mac mini

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-11-08 at 20:13

I’m a happy designer when the number of items fills out a grid on the first try.

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-11-08 at 19:54

I’m a happy designer when I can weave together multiple people’s seemingly-unrelated suggestions into an option that no one had considered.

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-11-08 at 19:53

“I’m a happy designer when…” is a series of reflections on my work.

I’d like to share the small wins, good feelings, accidental victories, and micro accomplishments that epitomize my job at its best.

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-10-16 at 19:28

in case this is the only spot you follow me: today is my last day employed by Apple

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-08-26 at 07:10

apps that have their own setting for light/dark appearance — why… why would the default be anything other than “follow device”?

I can sort of understand why an app would want its own setting, but why is it starting me anywhere other than what I set iOS to do? why do I have to discover, years into this, that there was an app setting preventing it from going dark all this time?

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-08-17 at 16:20

Ok this time I’ll try one of these hashtags I guess. for Void.

[#]BlackCatAppreciationDay

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-08-14 at 07:21

I really want this. too bad I never fly to JFK.

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-08-14 at 07:20

Mister Jiu’s dishes on Alaska Airlines! https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/alaska-airlines-partners-with-james-beard-award-winning-chef-to-reimagine-first-class-menu/

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-08-02 at 22:10

finally at the point that both of my cats will excitedly hunt flies. they understand the assignment

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-07-14 at 00:31

so, you know, we still need to get people to vote based upon what candidates will likely do with their power. there are just even more distractions now.

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-03-16 at 17:40

by “three different planes” I meant plane models. a 777, an A320, and a 737-800

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-03-16 at 03:14

I’m usually on team “flying is super-safe and every minor issue gets overplayed in the media”, but three United flights with mechanical issues, on three different planes, all to or from SFO, within 8 days … is a little much

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-02-18 at 17:25

plugging a USB-C to Lightning connector into a Lightning to 30-pin connector tells me “Accessory is not supported”

No more music in the old Miata ☹️

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Written by Julian Missig on 2024-02-05 at 05:43

regular reminder that in PG&E lingo, a “customer" is a connection to a building which could contain many humans. and that a green (?!) dot means anywhere from 1 through 49 buildings are without power. yes, green. the color that usually means things are good.

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Written by Julian Missig on 2023-10-24 at 01:55

and all this is produced by a company based out of mainland China. nothing against them, but longer-term I worry about their app, and their government's requests, and any future "decoupling" of economies

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Written by Julian Missig on 2023-10-24 at 01:51

this particular model is a Petkit Eversweet 3.

unfortunately this starts to get into the nits — this model has a wired connection in the water basin between the pump and power. pretty much guaranteed to fail someday, just sitting there in water. the 3 Pro switches the wire out for an inductive connection (smart!), but has (requires?) an app to control it instead of straightforward buttons.

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Written by Julian Missig on 2023-10-24 at 01:43

but the best part is the "smart" functionality — the water will flow for a while, then will remain still for a while. the change between flowing and not reminds the cats that it's there, and often is the prompt for them to remember to drink. this is great.

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Written by Julian Missig on 2023-10-24 at 01:42

I always have nits, but the good things: it's aesthetically clean and straightforward. it's much quieter than the cat water fountains I’ve heard previously — pretty much just the noise of water flowing, no human-ear-discernible motor noise. it has a braided USB cable for power. it has backup batteries for when the power fails. the water container is steel (I wish the drinking tray were steel too).

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Written by Julian Missig on 2023-10-24 at 01:41

one of our better cat-life purchases has been a drinking fountain.

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