Alex Wilcox Cheek
@arwc.xyz
Designer at Google. Alum and former faculty in Design, Information Systems, and HCI at Carnegie Mellon. Spent a long stretch in MENA. My feed includes archived tweets dating back to 2009. 🫎
so is every piece of Mac software going to adjust its corner radius? #macos26 #macostahoe
August 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
so is every piece of Mac software going to adjust its corner radius? #macos26 #macostahoe
This feels like the biggest change to Instagram in … years? ever?
August 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This feels like the biggest change to Instagram in … years? ever?
In iOS 26, this spacial scene feature appeared — fun but kind of gimmicky. I wonder if it’s intended for Vision Pro users? I wonder why it’s getting such prominent button placement considering it’s quite minor. #ios26
August 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In iOS 26, this spacial scene feature appeared — fun but kind of gimmicky. I wonder if it’s intended for Vision Pro users? I wonder why it’s getting such prominent button placement considering it’s quite minor. #ios26
iPhone wants me to set up my medical ID, but I can’t select my birthday day???
July 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
iPhone wants me to set up my medical ID, but I can’t select my birthday day???
Photos from this spring day
April 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Photos from this spring day
Me in the national security team group chat
March 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Me in the national security team group chat
Some screenshots from January 2009...
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some screenshots from January 2009...
remembering 2016 when John Kerry skipped the inauguration to join the protest march. I appreciated that.
January 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
remembering 2016 when John Kerry skipped the inauguration to join the protest march. I appreciated that.
Rest in power, Jimmy. My father worked for Carter and I kept this photo on my phone. He’s off to the right there. I always thought that was cool.
December 30, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Rest in power, Jimmy. My father worked for Carter and I kept this photo on my phone. He’s off to the right there. I always thought that was cool.
When apps were fun (c. 2011)
December 22, 2024 at 11:05 PM
When apps were fun (c. 2011)
Not from Illinois so I don’t have a horse in this race, but this might be the most promising. I would simplify further and remove the state map. Just Lincoln silhouette with stars.
Paging @flagsforgood.com …
Paging @flagsforgood.com …
December 11, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Not from Illinois so I don’t have a horse in this race, but this might be the most promising. I would simplify further and remove the state map. Just Lincoln silhouette with stars.
Paging @flagsforgood.com …
Paging @flagsforgood.com …
The end of the line for one of the Mac’s best pieces of software: Delicious Library. I used it for all twenty years and kept all my books organized. And yes, I had a shelf just for “good book smell”
daringfireball.net/linked/2024/...
daringfireball.net/linked/2024/...
November 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
The end of the line for one of the Mac’s best pieces of software: Delicious Library. I used it for all twenty years and kept all my books organized. And yes, I had a shelf just for “good book smell”
daringfireball.net/linked/2024/...
daringfireball.net/linked/2024/...
you know what tomorrow means...
November 28, 2024 at 4:11 PM
you know what tomorrow means...
Still in my desk drawer
January 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Still in my desk drawer
Or just call me on my frog phone
January 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Or just call me on my frog phone
wait, you’re stage managing the progress window? the lack of thought that went into this is astounding.
January 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
wait, you’re stage managing the progress window? the lack of thought that went into this is astounding.
it took them like 20 versions of Mac OS X and I don’t even know how many creative suites to deliver InDesign Finder previews.
January 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
it took them like 20 versions of Mac OS X and I don’t even know how many creative suites to deliver InDesign Finder previews.
I don’t even know where to begin with this UI. the structure of it? the impersonal nature? the feeling that it was rushed? system preferences is a tough product to reimagine — I even assigned it to students as a project once. but this isn’t it.
January 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I don’t even know where to begin with this UI. the structure of it? the impersonal nature? the feeling that it was rushed? system preferences is a tough product to reimagine — I even assigned it to students as a project once. but this isn’t it.
They put album art up there
January 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They put album art up there
