Benjamin Searle
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Benjamin Searle
@searle.hu
asking 'how's your energy?' ca. 2023

🔬 PhD CS/HCI Well-being & AI - @ UCL
🎨 Director @ No Blank Space

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opened up Xcode simulator ... why so small?
March 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
love to see this research on energy!

one thing that isn't mentioned is how important your environment is

noise, light, smells, *clutter*, putting off chores all stimulate senses that take up energy ... tidy up your desk!

www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

#wellbeing #hci #energy
March 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
❤️ my #amulet of the day

finally found the time to keep working on this project, feeling energised and motivated

here's to wishing for more 'toy software'

#buildinpublic #indiedev #ios
March 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Finally back into writing 🎟️ Ticket to Talk this year - got 2 more lined up for February! Come visit for some conversations on toy software et al ❣️
February 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
this is what I see in my head (also first day after my deadlines are gone so I have too much time 😌)
January 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
boys, be better this year

open.substack.com/pub/celestem...
January 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
academic acronymisation is peak efficiency
December 10, 2024 at 1:10 PM
This is the greatest ever website made since horoscope websites were invented

I think roasting might be the next big thing in 'ai journaling'

blueskyroast.com/roast/searle...
December 4, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Anyone working on many projects at the same time?

I regularly have 3-6 projects going on in parallel and - whilst people have told me that focus is the only way to progress - I just find that the benefits outweigh the price... Here are some of the things that work for me searle.hu/working-on-m...
December 3, 2024 at 3:18 PM
thinking about wellbeing data and journal entries ...

this is the kind of research I wish I could do more of - any recs on data metaphors?
November 28, 2024 at 1:55 PM
digital playdoh anyone? Finally getting a hand of swift's animatables ... iOS's gestures are so smooth just oozing with potential #iOS #swift #buildinpublic
November 14, 2024 at 12:56 PM