Good Work https://wilnichols.com/good-work/

Jenna and Abhi’s Bachelor(ette) https://wilnichols.com/albums/jenna-and-abhis-bachelor-ette/

Catching Up https://wilnichols.com/catching-up/

Marcus Kwan on Windows Media Player #windowsxpwindowsxp" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.marcuskwan.me/microsoft#windowsxp

Monthly Notes No. 3 https://wilnichols.com/monthly-notes-no-3/

Assets in this case study have been reproduced at 2x and 3x for modern screens.

Quick on the heels of my first iOS app icon in MathTasks (https://wilnichols.com/TODO/), Opt-6 Products moved on to Five Square. Players start with a five by five grid of cards, ... https://wilnichols.com/five-square-1/

Nearly eleven years later, I’m afraid that the climate is worse than you remember. We had a brief respite, but we unfortunately found it by shortsightedly elevating progressive influences over the detractors, allowing these regressive elements to take root an... https://wilnichols.com/dear-leelah/

I last wrote on generative AI and its use a hair under a year ago, decrying its sloppish output, its climate and water impact, and its foundational thefts of intellectual property and creative labor.

Much has changed since. A year ago Zello had a scatt... https://wilnichols.com/ai-use-a-year-later/

Ariana and I found a small window for her graduation photoshoot before a bustling May (https://wilnichols.com/monthly-notes-no-1/). I hadn’t been on campus in eight years, and it as conflictingly nostalgic. UT Austin prided itself — and failed... https://wilnichols.com/albums/arianas-graduation/

“I’ve got rooms in my heart I didn’t know existed. I’ve got so many rooms left to discover, still. … Those rooms are there if you’ll only let yourself go through the darkness, in blind faith, toward them.” https://hannahsmo.substack.com/p/trying-again-on-romance

June’s passed with delightful calm. Where May was constant motion and a different focus weekly, this last month has been a relaxing motion by inertia. The month divides nearly in half: we both worked through July 13, flew to Paris the next day, and hav... https://wilnichols.com/monthly-notes-no-2/

Our new Manager of Product Design, Andrew Domozych (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-domozych) started on June 10, just a couple of weeks ago. Formerly Director of Design, I’m now Staff Designer. My Design Team and I benefit from my return to IC work for... https://wilnichols.com/staff-designer/

We moved back to Austin from Pittsburgh in April 2024. These photos stretch from then until shortly before Darien’s and my wedding in January 2025. https://wilnichols.com/albums/austin-8/

May’s ben a curious month. It’ll be both Friday and I not know where the week went, and 9pm on a Tuesday evening that’s dragged for hours. When I’m not filling time it drags, and after filling enough, I drag.

This last Memorial Day weekend I rea... https://wilnichols.com/monthly-notes-no-1/

I voraciously consume sci-fi, space operas, and fantasy. Historical fiction to a lesser degree.1 (#fn1ries/#fn1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://wilnichols.com/we-deserve-better-stories/#fn1) Iconic within these genres, Star Wars is a part of the cultural cannon. My mother was seventee... https://wilnichols.com/we-deserve-better-stories/

Opt-6 Products came to me with the idea for a unique card game, Five Square. A player starts with a 5x5 grid of cards, and wins by consolidating all cards into a single position. This is done by by moving a card within its column or row, onto another card of ... https://wilnichols.com/five-square-2/

“If you can stop buying into the prevailing status-quo-preserving mindset of stuff like “the sin of empathy” or the notion that changing your mind is a weakness, you will discover complete... https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/04/crisis-communications-101-a-crash-course-for-privileged-guys-in-tech

> Blessed are those who weep.

Luke 6:21

Darien, Simon, Ariana, and I attended St. Andrews’ today where none other than James Talarico (https://www.jamestalarico.com) delivered the Easter sermon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67qjgN-xS0&t=2127s). Jim’... https://wilnichols.com/divine-losers/

> Consumers’ environmental or ethical concerns do not always translate into their purchasing behaviour… The attitude-behaviour gap has not been totally understood. Consumers’ purchasing decisions are irrational and not always well connected with their valu... https://wilnichols.com/bad-tastes/

I made those! Actually, 53. This recipe fortunately yields a practical six instead.

Since first enjoying Liège waffles on my first visit (https://wilnichols.com/albums/leuven-1/) to Leuven in 2017, I’ve wanted to find a version I could recreate at... https://wilnichols.com/recipes/liege-waffles/

“True masculinity... it’s a sense of responsibility for both oneself and others and the things that we do, and finding strength in supporting and uplifting those close to you. And loving more, and caring more for peop... https://open.spotify.com/episode/5uTJYWdB9eVKvjTlDZxMoq?si=261353cc15b44681

“people want to harness the pureness of miyazaki's vision for their own purposes without having to go through the empathic study that miyazaki goes through to hone his style, thereby completely missing the point of what makes it goo... #wolvesw/#wolves-in-sheeps-clothing" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://ellesho.me/page/website/now/#wolves-in-sheeps-clothing

In mid 2011,1 (#fn1ence/#fn1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://wilnichols.com/diligence/#fn1) GTD apps were a booming space for indie developers. Between Things (https://web.archive.org/web/20110323094949/http://culturedcode.com/things/), The Hit List (https://www.macstories.net/news/potion-factorys-th... https://wilnichols.com/diligence/

> Blessed are those who weep.

Luke 6:21

Darien, Simon, Ariana, and I attended St. Andrews’ today where none other than James Talarico (https://www.jamestalarico.com) delivered the Easter sermon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67qjgN-xS0&t=2127s). ... https://wilnichols.com/links/divine-losers/

In asking “what can I do?” instead of “what should be done?”, we mistake agency for impact and impose the false constraints of our individual talent. We escalate to overlook self-imposed negative outcomes, buoyed by the satisfaction of “I can do t... https://wilnichols.com/personal-agency/