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Catt Small
@catt.design
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Designer with too many hobbies in Brooklyn. I run @gdocexpo.com in my spare time. People go "ooh" when I say I make video games.
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Catt Small @catt.design · 14d
I spent a year writing a book and now it's real WOWEE! So I made an unboxing video. Help me make it meme status 🙏🏾✨

Pre-order The Staff Designer from @rosenfeldmedia.com to get 15% off and it'll be delivered to your doorstep this December!!

Direct link: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/the-st...
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gdocexpo.com
🎮 Niantic is hiring a Software Engineer (Server)

🌐 Build scalable systems powering Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, & Ingress
🛠 Java, Go, or C++ required | Experience with distributed systems
📍 Hybrid - SF, Sunnyvale, or Bellevue
💼 2+ yrs of exp

🔗 www.gamedevsofcolor.org/jobs/softwar...
#JobBoard
Game Devs of Color Expo
Niantic
www.gamedevsofcolor.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
catt.design
It's me, adding craft discourse to your skyline cattsmall.com/blog/2025/cr...
Stop craft negging
When leaders attempt to improve the visual quality of a product by criticizing the output of the team, it usually pushes designers further from engaging with...
cattsmall.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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tabk.bsky.social
Come out tomorrow to support safer streets streets at tomorrow's CB9 meeting:
Brooklyn Community Board 9 bike lane feedback session Affected streets: Kingston and Brooklyn Avenues, Winthrop and Fenimore Streets, and Rutland Road. Learn about DOT's proposed bike lane project in our community. Give your feedback on and help shape the project. November 12, 2025, 6pm to 7pm, 890 Nostrand Ave. Committee meeting to follow. For more information, email infobk09@cb.nyc.gov or call 718-778-9279
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
catt.design
Whoever gave Rosalía the budget for Lux:

Thanks fam
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
If you live in NYC and you are interested in organizing with others around our public libraries, you are invited to join our work @nycplan.org. We have a chance to increase and stabilize funding for our public libraries and you can help make that happen. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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nycplan.org
Feeling inspired to take action this morning?

Join us in calling our City Council members and demand .5% of the budget be committed to fund our libraries!

Already called? Tell us how it went:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
An image still from the movie mean girls, where both characters are wearing pink, with text that reads “On Wednesdays we demand .5% of the budget for library funding”.
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
catt.design
I spent a year writing a book and now it's real WOWEE! So I made an unboxing video. Help me make it meme status 🙏🏾✨

Pre-order The Staff Designer from @rosenfeldmedia.com to get 15% off and it'll be delivered to your doorstep this December!!

Direct link: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/the-st...
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
catt.design
Somehow I will muster the energy to call randos for Zohran tomorrow night and then canvass 2x on Tuesday. How? IDK let's find out
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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nehapolitan.bsky.social
Oh my fucken god

IF I WANT TO MAKE A LIST I ALREADY KNOW WHAT MY LIST IS

I DONT NEED HELP WRITING MY LIST

Go figure out how to fix global food distribution or something (no wait sorry your AI is too stupid and billionaires are blocking us from actual solutions)
Android list feature that at the bottom write now has an AI feature saying 'help create a list' I also drew a red angry face above it
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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six6jiang.bsky.social
guys please sign up to canvass

www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge
The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.
gothamist.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
catt.design
Ran into Zohran canvassers on the way to vote and showed them my Hot Girls for Zohran shirt 🥰
Catt smiling and holding a Zohran Mamdani flyer, wearing a Zohran shirt under coat with "I voted early" and "vote for Zohran" stickers on it.
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
catt.design
January is gonna be fun! Love a remote conference 💞
October 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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sclawr.bsky.social
Another reflection I have on the job hunt: Looking at the numbers of responses to applications, the rates look pretty low, about 5-10%. That is concerning, because that is the rate you expect from sending out a survey to a randomized population. Not a targeted one where you craft and personalize it.
October 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
catt.design
Cool thoughtsssss~
sclawr.bsky.social stephanie @sclawr.bsky.social · Oct 2
My weird AI take: i hope it transitions from a world burning generative tool, to a personalized streamlining enablement process. Using AI to make an image is silly and bad. Using it to run an analysis on some data makes way more sense, and should not use nearly as much energy.
October 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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exch.gr
playing some shows next week exch.gr/music/shows-...
Shows: Adam LaGreca 2025-10-23 @ People's Pub, 2025-10-25 @ Bowery Electric | Process Things
We’ve got not one, but two shows coming up. For the first, on October 23, we’ll be schlepping it out to People’s Pub in Bayport on Long Island, like we did last year. This time, we’ll be joined by ou...
exch.gr
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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igdanyc.bsky.social
THIS SATURDAY!!! We're turning Hana House into a pop-up arcade!

Taste 50+ NYC indie games & meet the devs in 5 HOURS of play time

VIP Early-Access Hour

Tickets are just $5 (advance sales only)! Bring a friend for FREE!

ALL the info and links are right here 👉 👉 👉
gameapalooza.love

#NYMakesGames
October 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
catt.design
Finally reading @quinnae.com's Log Off and it's as good as I thought it would be. The book underscores a lot of things I have felt and discussed about social media IRL, but with a lot more crispness and insight. Almost cried more than once, too, cause SHEESH.

www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/pre-o...
Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross — LittlePuss Press
"Hands-down the smartest book I’ve read about social media so far this decade" —ESC KEY
www.littlepuss.net
October 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
catt.design
YERRRRRRRRRRRRR
sharpiepls.com dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · Sep 22
@catt.design's acceptance speech on behalf of @gdocexpo.com 🥹 #GDOCExpo2025
September 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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alienmelon.bsky.social
the “Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle” needs as much support as it can get right now. it’s halfway there with just 2 days to go!
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
cover art from the bundle page
September 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
catt.design
🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
sharpiepls.com dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · Sep 20
none of this would have possible without the directors of @gdocexpo.com : @brianschung.bsky.social , @t3ambrian.bsky.social , @catt.design , and @leegj.bsky.social

7 years ago, in 2018, they asked me to be a part of a panel and that event opened my eyes to what the future of gaming could be
GJ Lee (@leeg.bsky.social), Brian Carr (@t3ambrian.bsky.social), Catt Small (@catt.design), Brian Chung (@brianschung.bsky.social), and DaPurpleSharpie (@sharpiepls.com) all stand in front of a monitor on a stage. Catt is holding an official framed certificate from the New York Mayor's Office and Sharpie is speaking into a microphone. The monitor reads: Game Devs of Color Expo. September 22-25 2026
September 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
catt.design
Still parsing all the things that went so well about the tenth @gdocexpo.com. Probably will be for a long time.

It was especially meaningful to receive a token of appreciation from the home that I love. Grateful for everyone who had helped make 2025 the best version of the Expo yet. 🙏🏾💖
Me receiving a certificate from the NYC Mayor's Office. Pretty sure photo credit goes to: Alexia Mohabir
September 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
On this beautiful Saturday in Brooklyn, it was honor to receive the endorsement of Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (@voteyvette.bsky.social).

"Unlike his opponents, I have no doubt that Assemblyman Mamdani will never surrender this city...for the sake of his own self-preservation."
September 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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gdocexpo.com
A huge thanks to all of our Game Devs of Color Expo 2025 sponsors! We couldn't have brought this event to life without your support.

#GDoCExpo2025
September 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM