I bought the full suite for affinity 2 on a black Friday deal a couple of years ago now so if worst comes to worst I'll just keep my current version and operate without updates until something better emerges.

Capitalism is very frustrating with everything always changing hands between companies! 🫠

I learnt everything on Adobe but thankfully Adobe had exposed themselves as ruthlessly profit driven before I started making content so I was able to learn the alternatives before I became dependent on the creative suite 😅

(Davinci for video + affinity for graphic design)

I remember having to mute the word football last year because my discover feed was just wall to wall NFL even though I was actively clicking "show me less of this" on loads of it. It felt very much like they set some lazy algorithm rule to push it for new male users 😅

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Immune system being a buzzword is really frustrating when you've got an autoimmune condition. It makes finding stuff out really difficult because every supplement seller under the sun talks about how X thing they sell "strengthens the immune system"

Do I even want a stronger immune system? 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

I can't seem to predict what content will do well where. I'd assumed this would do best on Instagram because it's just the kind of place I expect to find my coffee loving book worms... But YouTube? Very odd. And nothing on tiktok? Lots of people like coffee and books there 😅

On here at least until these systems improve. As my content is mostly video that means I can't upload as often but I'll try to use this place as a little BTS of what I'm thinking about and I'll post stills of any projects I complete.

I'll try to be more active in the coming days.

Above issues even worse because the extra information conveyed in a video means longer sections of alt text are needed and it just became such a point of friction for me that I stopped posting altogether!

I want to do better going forward but I think that means not posting video content...

Implementation here just kind of sucks? The intention is great but the execution for how the content uploader has to input the text is so frustrating! It's hard to scroll to see the full text. It'll randomly close half the time. The option to add alt text to video is also great but it makes the...

Ooo. I should definitely make a *nice* medical notes binder for myself 😂 maybe that would encourage me to actually keep it up to date 🤔

This is how I feel about a lot of the things I make. Chronic illness means I can't work a normal job. I can make things but I don't feel comfortable charging what I'd need for it to be viable. I'm hoping I can build enough of a following doing videos to maybe attract sponsors but we'll see 🤷🏻‍♂️

Talila! I'm so honoured that you've seen this. Your eulogy for Ki'Tay was beautiful and moved me deeply. Thank you.

Thanks so much! ☺️ I was so nervous hitting publish but I've not received a single negative comment yet 🥹

When you're ready I'd love to do a hand bound version - but no pressure, it sounds like an immense task to pull everything together!

You should! Your essay on dynamic disability was revolutionary for me and gave me a language framework that helped me explain and advocate for myself and my disability. I'd definitely buy that book! ☺️

Thank you! ☺️

Cancer is really tough. I'm waiting for Hank green to release his cancer book before I put my experience with cancer in a video but know you're not alone 🥲

Weirdly he got his about 2-3 months before me so it felt like he was helping me navigate everything.