Blair
@badnewsblair.bsky.social
Design Leadership, DesignOps. Design Systems. Keyboards. Retro Games & Handhelds. Books. Cybersecurity. Networking. Computers.
https://badnewsblair.com/
Formerly at GEICO, GitLab & Capital One.
https://badnewsblair.com/
Formerly at GEICO, GitLab & Capital One.
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📈 DateStamp (the indispensable tool for keeping track of evolving work) for FigJam and @figma.com officially passed 100,000 users!
Thanks to all who tried it, and for the feedback that's helped me and my bro make it better!
If you haven't yet, check it out here: www.figma.com/community/wi...
Thanks to all who tried it, and for the feedback that's helped me and my bro make it better!
If you haven't yet, check it out here: www.figma.com/community/wi...
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
📈 DateStamp (the indispensable tool for keeping track of evolving work) for FigJam and @figma.com officially passed 100,000 users!
Thanks to all who tried it, and for the feedback that's helped me and my bro make it better!
If you haven't yet, check it out here: www.figma.com/community/wi...
Thanks to all who tried it, and for the feedback that's helped me and my bro make it better!
If you haven't yet, check it out here: www.figma.com/community/wi...
Every day. Push the rock forward.
August 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Every day. Push the rock forward.
I’m not giving up hope. Not yet.
July 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’m not giving up hope. Not yet.
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Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.
July 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.
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Never let yourself be complaining. Not even to yourselves.
June 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Never let yourself be complaining. Not even to yourselves.
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remove the unnecessary, focus on the essential
June 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
remove the unnecessary, focus on the essential
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It doesn't matter what kind of work you do or what you accomplish. In the end, you're measured by how you treat the people closest to you.
June 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It doesn't matter what kind of work you do or what you accomplish. In the end, you're measured by how you treat the people closest to you.
Hearing my wife and 8 year old daughter sing together in the next room melts my problems away.
June 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hearing my wife and 8 year old daughter sing together in the next room melts my problems away.
44. Here’s to it being a great year!
June 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
44. Here’s to it being a great year!
“Not really a hard-reset, but a parallel fork of the industry that does right by its users and by the people working in it.”
Nodding along to this wonderful post by @robbowen.digital. Hard to know what to quote first. Perhaps this:
“In the face of this reckless pursuit of hype-over-craft, I can't help but find myself longing to be part of something that makes good on the industry's early promise of responsible change.”
“In the face of this reckless pursuit of hype-over-craft, I can't help but find myself longing to be part of something that makes good on the industry's early promise of responsible change.”
Looking elsewhere - Robb Owen
Against the backdrop of mass layoffs, LLMs, site-builders and vibe coding what does it mean to conscientiously build for the web, and where do we go from here?
robbowen.digital
June 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Not really a hard-reset, but a parallel fork of the industry that does right by its users and by the people working in it.”
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If I Had No Loot (1993)
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné!
June 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If I Had No Loot (1993)
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné!
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Scientists Have Been Studying Remote Work For Four Years And Have Reached A Very Clear Conclusion: “Working From Home Makes Us Happier.”
farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier."
An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home. The researchers are unequivocal: ...
farmingdale-observer.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Scientists Have Been Studying Remote Work For Four Years And Have Reached A Very Clear Conclusion: “Working From Home Makes Us Happier.”
farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
Afternoon coffee.
Thinking of next week’s possibilities.
Thinking of next week’s possibilities.
May 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Afternoon coffee.
Thinking of next week’s possibilities.
Thinking of next week’s possibilities.
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Good morning, Bluesky. And happy Friday. Go get ’em!
May 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Good morning, Bluesky. And happy Friday. Go get ’em!
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“If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu
May 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu
Due to my catastrophic A1C, I’m back on a low to no carb diet.
April 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Due to my catastrophic A1C, I’m back on a low to no carb diet.
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Every day working as a designer: obsessively solving twisty puzzles
Every day away from work: obsessively thinking about the twisty puzzles you didn’t solve yet
Every day away from work: obsessively thinking about the twisty puzzles you didn’t solve yet
April 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Every day working as a designer: obsessively solving twisty puzzles
Every day away from work: obsessively thinking about the twisty puzzles you didn’t solve yet
Every day away from work: obsessively thinking about the twisty puzzles you didn’t solve yet
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remain present this week. let go of guilt attached to mistakes you've already made. stop worrying about future events that might not even happen. live in the moment. focus on what's in front of you
April 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
remain present this week. let go of guilt attached to mistakes you've already made. stop worrying about future events that might not even happen. live in the moment. focus on what's in front of you
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Think progress, not perfection.
April 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Think progress, not perfection.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@stephenking.bsky.social Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream in You Like it Darker is absolutely superb.
The Fifth Step is twisted.
The Fifth Step is twisted.
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
@stephenking.bsky.social Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream in You Like it Darker is absolutely superb.
The Fifth Step is twisted.
The Fifth Step is twisted.
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Everything's broken. You can feel it.
It’s the spinning beach ball in front of us all.
I’ve done something new to me, I wrote a new manifesto.
It’s not polished.
It’s not safe.
But it’s true.
brilliantcrank.com/eject-disk/
It’s the spinning beach ball in front of us all.
I’ve done something new to me, I wrote a new manifesto.
It’s not polished.
It’s not safe.
But it’s true.
brilliantcrank.com/eject-disk/
April 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Everything's broken. You can feel it.
It’s the spinning beach ball in front of us all.
I’ve done something new to me, I wrote a new manifesto.
It’s not polished.
It’s not safe.
But it’s true.
brilliantcrank.com/eject-disk/
It’s the spinning beach ball in front of us all.
I’ve done something new to me, I wrote a new manifesto.
It’s not polished.
It’s not safe.
But it’s true.
brilliantcrank.com/eject-disk/
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new month
new beginnings
new mindset
new energy
new start
new vibes
new intentions
new beginnings
new mindset
new energy
new start
new vibes
new intentions
April 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
new month
new beginnings
new mindset
new energy
new start
new vibes
new intentions
new beginnings
new mindset
new energy
new start
new vibes
new intentions