Cole Bemis
@colebemis.com
Building things for people who build things
Design Engineer @notion.com
Creator of feathericons.com
Working on @uselumen.com
Design Engineer @notion.com
Creator of feathericons.com
Working on @uselumen.com
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Cole Bemis
@colebemis.com
· Jul 28
Today is my first day at @notion.com!
I’m joining as a design engineer to explore AI workflows. Excited to share more soon
I’m joining as a design engineer to explore AI workflows. Excited to share more soon
Me every morning to Claude Code
a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him
ALT: a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him
media.tenor.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Me every morning to Claude Code
Learning the @notion.com codebase by shipping quick wins ⚡
Shipped today: You can now paste image files directly to set custom page icons. Before, you could only paste image *URLs*
What quick win should I tackle next? (screenshots pls)
Shipped today: You can now paste image files directly to set custom page icons. Before, you could only paste image *URLs*
What quick win should I tackle next? (screenshots pls)
July 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Learning the @notion.com codebase by shipping quick wins ⚡
Shipped today: You can now paste image files directly to set custom page icons. Before, you could only paste image *URLs*
What quick win should I tackle next? (screenshots pls)
Shipped today: You can now paste image files directly to set custom page icons. Before, you could only paste image *URLs*
What quick win should I tackle next? (screenshots pls)
Today is my first day at @notion.com!
I’m joining as a design engineer to explore AI workflows. Excited to share more soon
I’m joining as a design engineer to explore AI workflows. Excited to share more soon
July 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today is my first day at @notion.com!
I’m joining as a design engineer to explore AI workflows. Excited to share more soon
I’m joining as a design engineer to explore AI workflows. Excited to share more soon
Personal update: After six incredible years at GitHub, July 1st was my last day 🥲
Thank you to everyone who made my time at GitHub special ❤️
Excited to share what’s next!
Thank you to everyone who made my time at GitHub special ❤️
Excited to share what’s next!
July 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Personal update: After six incredible years at GitHub, July 1st was my last day 🥲
Thank you to everyone who made my time at GitHub special ❤️
Excited to share what’s next!
Thank you to everyone who made my time at GitHub special ❤️
Excited to share what’s next!
I gave a lightning talk about why state machines should be part of your design process
...and gave a demo of an experimental Figma plugin I built that allows you to use state machines to power your designs
Here's the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRKZ...
...and gave a demo of an experimental Figma plugin I built that allows you to use state machines to power your designs
Here's the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRKZ...
Designing with state machines
YouTube video by GitHub
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I gave a lightning talk about why state machines should be part of your design process
...and gave a demo of an experimental Figma plugin I built that allows you to use state machines to power your designs
Here's the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRKZ...
...and gave a demo of an experimental Figma plugin I built that allows you to use state machines to power your designs
Here's the recording:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRKZ...
Reposted by Cole Bemis
🚀 We shipped a few updates last week:
1. The Tags page has new view and sort options.
2. The command menu now includes contextual note actions if viewing a note page.
3. Clicking "New note" while viewing a list filtered by tag will prefill your new note with that tag.
Thanks to Zakher Masri! ❤️
1. The Tags page has new view and sort options.
2. The command menu now includes contextual note actions if viewing a note page.
3. Clicking "New note" while viewing a list filtered by tag will prefill your new note with that tag.
Thanks to Zakher Masri! ❤️
April 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🚀 We shipped a few updates last week:
1. The Tags page has new view and sort options.
2. The command menu now includes contextual note actions if viewing a note page.
3. Clicking "New note" while viewing a list filtered by tag will prefill your new note with that tag.
Thanks to Zakher Masri! ❤️
1. The Tags page has new view and sort options.
2. The command menu now includes contextual note actions if viewing a note page.
3. Clicking "New note" while viewing a list filtered by tag will prefill your new note with that tag.
Thanks to Zakher Masri! ❤️
Reposted by Cole Bemis
📣 This just in...
The *open source* and official GitHub MCP Server is here 🤩 github.blog/changelog/20...
The *open source* and official GitHub MCP Server is here 🤩 github.blog/changelog/20...
github-mcp-server is now available in public preview · GitHub Changelog
github-mcp-server [Public Preview]
github.blog
April 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
📣 This just in...
The *open source* and official GitHub MCP Server is here 🤩 github.blog/changelog/20...
The *open source* and official GitHub MCP Server is here 🤩 github.blog/changelog/20...
What am I working on? Wrong answers only...
March 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
What am I working on? Wrong answers only...
I made an app icon for Word Rumble to try out OpenAI's new image model, and I'm impressed with the results!
I tried the same prompt with DALL-E a couple of months ago, and the results weren't nearly this good
I tried the same prompt with DALL-E a couple of months ago, and the results weren't nearly this good
March 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I made an app icon for Word Rumble to try out OpenAI's new image model, and I'm impressed with the results!
I tried the same prompt with DALL-E a couple of months ago, and the results weren't nearly this good
I tried the same prompt with DALL-E a couple of months ago, and the results weren't nearly this good
Reposted by Cole Bemis
New stickers just arrived 📦
March 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
New stickers just arrived 📦
More state machine experiments inside of @figma.com ✨
March 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
More state machine experiments inside of @figma.com ✨
Reposted by Cole Bemis
I drew up how GitHub Copilot works in case you want a quick 'n' cheeky explanation!
March 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I drew up how GitHub Copilot works in case you want a quick 'n' cheeky explanation!
Reposted by Cole Bemis
Just added a cheatsheet to Lumen so you can quickly reference keyboard shortcuts and markdown syntax.
Look for it at the bottom of the sidebar 👀
Look for it at the bottom of the sidebar 👀
March 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Just added a cheatsheet to Lumen so you can quickly reference keyboard shortcuts and markdown syntax.
Look for it at the bottom of the sidebar 👀
Look for it at the bottom of the sidebar 👀
Just ordered some special edition @uselumen.com stickers that match Lumen's local dev favicon 🚧
Thinking I'll give them to folks who have contributed to Lumen in some way (e.g., sent feedback, submitted a PR, brainstormed with me, etc.)
Thinking I'll give them to folks who have contributed to Lumen in some way (e.g., sent feedback, submitted a PR, brainstormed with me, etc.)
March 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Just ordered some special edition @uselumen.com stickers that match Lumen's local dev favicon 🚧
Thinking I'll give them to folks who have contributed to Lumen in some way (e.g., sent feedback, submitted a PR, brainstormed with me, etc.)
Thinking I'll give them to folks who have contributed to Lumen in some way (e.g., sent feedback, submitted a PR, brainstormed with me, etc.)
During our @githubnext.com offsite last week, I built a Figma plugin that allows you to create state machines and integrate them directly into your designs.
Coming soon to the Figma Community! (in review now)
Coming soon to the Figma Community! (in review now)
March 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
During our @githubnext.com offsite last week, I built a Figma plugin that allows you to create state machines and integrate them directly into your designs.
Coming soon to the Figma Community! (in review now)
Coming soon to the Figma Community! (in review now)
I'm really happy with how these share dialogs turned out 😄
March 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm really happy with how these share dialogs turned out 😄
Reposted by Cole Bemis
Reposted by Cole Bemis
If you’ve used GitHub Copilot chat on GitHub.com/copilot recently, you may have noticed some new life breathed into the Copilot chat avatar with interactive 3D character animations. Let's do a deep dive 🧵on how we hacked it together for the front end 🤓’s out there…
February 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you’ve used GitHub Copilot chat on GitHub.com/copilot recently, you may have noticed some new life breathed into the Copilot chat avatar with interactive 3D character animations. Let's do a deep dive 🧵on how we hacked it together for the front end 🤓’s out there…
February 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Tell me you're an icon designer without telling me you're an icon designer
January 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Tell me you're an icon designer without telling me you're an icon designer
📝 I wrote a little thought piece on "tailor-made vs. off-the-rack design systems." Curious if this resonates
article.app/colebemis/ta...
article.app/colebemis/ta...
👔 Tailor-made vs. off-the-rack design systems — colebemis
Last weekend, I walked into Suitsupply to get a suit for my friend’s wedding. Before this, I’d only ever rented suits. This time, I was ready to bu...
article.app
January 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
📝 I wrote a little thought piece on "tailor-made vs. off-the-rack design systems." Curious if this resonates
article.app/colebemis/ta...
article.app/colebemis/ta...
Word Rumble: Holiday Edition 🎄☃️
December 15, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Word Rumble: Holiday Edition 🎄☃️
Does anyone know who designed the ChatGPT/Sora icons? They're all lovely ❤️
December 13, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Does anyone know who designed the ChatGPT/Sora icons? They're all lovely ❤️
My girlfriend and I made a little two-player word game. It’s called Word Rumble ✨
Have fun: wordrumble.fun
Have fun: wordrumble.fun
November 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM
My girlfriend and I made a little two-player word game. It’s called Word Rumble ✨
Have fun: wordrumble.fun
Have fun: wordrumble.fun