Trace
@tracyulin.bsky.social
Problem solver, dot connector, storyteller, softie for rescue dogs. Always assuming good intent.
Be the reason someone feels seen today.
Site: www.tracyulin.com
Blog: https://tracyulin2.wordpress.com/
Be the reason someone feels seen today.
Site: www.tracyulin.com
Blog: https://tracyulin2.wordpress.com/
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This gift article analyzing the serifs in typefaces is fascinating! #TrumpSucks #TrumpLies #Resist www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department? (Gift Article)
Type designers weigh in on the recent decision to replace Calibri with Times New Roman in official documents.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This gift article analyzing the serifs in typefaces is fascinating! #TrumpSucks #TrumpLies #Resist www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"The crude, even violent collision of forms to capture the political and generational rifts that had been straining American society, and the American family in particular, since the 1960s, and it established Mr. Gehry as a force..."
There are similar rifts in the 2020s. How will our outputs look?
There are similar rifts in the 2020s. How will our outputs look?
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"The crude, even violent collision of forms to capture the political and generational rifts that had been straining American society, and the American family in particular, since the 1960s, and it established Mr. Gehry as a force..."
There are similar rifts in the 2020s. How will our outputs look?
There are similar rifts in the 2020s. How will our outputs look?
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5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
John Prine and Steve Goodman were two of my favorite songwriters/performers. Was fortunate to see them many times together and alone. Can’t wait to watch this.
John Prine and Steve Goodman were two of my favorite songwriters/performers. Was fortunate to see them many times together and alone. Can’t wait to watch this.
5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off
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November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
John Prine and Steve Goodman were two of my favorite songwriters/performers. Was fortunate to see them many times together and alone. Can’t wait to watch this.
John Prine and Steve Goodman were two of my favorite songwriters/performers. Was fortunate to see them many times together and alone. Can’t wait to watch this.
Figma Make should have a “Get it together” micro interaction a user can utilize for the times when Make fails to follow clear prompts.
Like a reset button that puts Make into a clarifying mode so it works with a user versus assume and overreach.
Like a reset button that puts Make into a clarifying mode so it works with a user versus assume and overreach.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Figma Make should have a “Get it together” micro interaction a user can utilize for the times when Make fails to follow clear prompts.
Like a reset button that puts Make into a clarifying mode so it works with a user versus assume and overreach.
Like a reset button that puts Make into a clarifying mode so it works with a user versus assume and overreach.
So sad. Had tix to his Nov. 7 show. Also have a signed photo somewhere from back in the day that says: Save the planet, love the world.
RIP
RIP
R.I.P. Todd Snider - #GiftLink 🔓
Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59
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November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
So sad. Had tix to his Nov. 7 show. Also have a signed photo somewhere from back in the day that says: Save the planet, love the world.
RIP
RIP
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A beautiful essay for a Sunday afternoon. I have fond memories of Sundays with neighborhood kids doing what seemed like nothing and going home when it got dark. @margaretrenkl.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | The Lovely Loneliness of Sunday Afternoons in Autumn
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November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A beautiful essay for a Sunday afternoon. I have fond memories of Sundays with neighborhood kids doing what seemed like nothing and going home when it got dark. @margaretrenkl.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
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This is truly brilliant design work and I'm struck again at how movie posters so often prove the initial and most experimental sites for artistic innovations. Gift link: a lovely feature from Carlos Aguilar (@carlosfilm.bsky.social) for the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...
Keeping Yorgos Lanthimos Movie Posters Weird
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October 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is truly brilliant design work and I'm struck again at how movie posters so often prove the initial and most experimental sites for artistic innovations. Gift link: a lovely feature from Carlos Aguilar (@carlosfilm.bsky.social) for the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...
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I love when my yellow hibiscus bloom orange in autumn.
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I love when my yellow hibiscus bloom orange in autumn.
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On even-numbered years I've seen @wearejames.bsky.social perform at overseas venues (2012, 2014), the @sfgiants.com have won the #WorldSeries .
The band just announced an April 2026 UK tour.
Don't you think the Giants should pay for my next trip as a good-luck charm? 🍀🍀🍀
The band just announced an April 2026 UK tour.
Don't you think the Giants should pay for my next trip as a good-luck charm? 🍀🍀🍀
October 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On even-numbered years I've seen @wearejames.bsky.social perform at overseas venues (2012, 2014), the @sfgiants.com have won the #WorldSeries .
The band just announced an April 2026 UK tour.
Don't you think the Giants should pay for my next trip as a good-luck charm? 🍀🍀🍀
The band just announced an April 2026 UK tour.
Don't you think the Giants should pay for my next trip as a good-luck charm? 🍀🍀🍀
Still floating from @wearejames.bsky.social show last night! Thank you! #NBL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4u...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4u...
James - Five O - at the Filmore San Francisco on September 30 2025 video by Julie Angilo
YouTube video by Bryan Do
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October 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Still floating from @wearejames.bsky.social show last night! Thank you! #NBL
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4u...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4u...
This is epic.
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The father-daughter chefs behind House of Nanking are finally sharing their recipes
House of Nanking has long been known for simple and fresh homestyle multi-regional Chinese food. Now, Peter and Kathy Fang are sharing their story and culinary secrets in a new cookbook.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is epic.
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www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...
@wearejames.bsky.social So what's up with the VIP passes? Less than a week before the shows, and no additional information...
September 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
@wearejames.bsky.social So what's up with the VIP passes? Less than a week before the shows, and no additional information...
What's most frustrating about #OpenAI's free plan is how much of a daily allotment a person has to spend to challenge and correct blatant biases it taps into and re-generates in its responses.
I hit my daily limit pretty quickly.
I hit my daily limit pretty quickly.
September 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What's most frustrating about #OpenAI's free plan is how much of a daily allotment a person has to spend to challenge and correct blatant biases it taps into and re-generates in its responses.
I hit my daily limit pretty quickly.
I hit my daily limit pretty quickly.
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What Was Behind David Bowie’s Genius? His Archive Holds the Answers. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What Was Behind David Bowie’s Genius? His Archive Holds the Answers. (Gift Article)
The David Bowie Center in London is a new home for the singer’s 90,000-item archive. It holds the key to the pop star’s dramatic reinventions.
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September 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What Was Behind David Bowie’s Genius? His Archive Holds the Answers. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This. ⤵️
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Wake Forest University will be tuition-free for admitted students from North Carolina families earning less than $200,000 | Wake Forest News
Wake Forest University announced today that undergraduates from North Carolina with annual family incomes less than $200,000 per year will attend tuition-free, beginning for students admitted for the ...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This. ⤵️
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I’m going to send this to my kitty corner (ha! Get it?) neighbor who put up a sheet metal barrier in hopes that the combo of slippery and hot metal would deter feline escapes.
It doesn’t, BTW, because cats are smart and bendy.
It doesn’t, BTW, because cats are smart and bendy.
September 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I’m going to send this to my kitty corner (ha! Get it?) neighbor who put up a sheet metal barrier in hopes that the combo of slippery and hot metal would deter feline escapes.
It doesn’t, BTW, because cats are smart and bendy.
It doesn’t, BTW, because cats are smart and bendy.
Apropos of nothing: If you do 20-30 minutes of #Duolingo every day, you'll advance from start to A2 in about nine months.
Neun Monate, um die Grundlagen der deutschen Sprache zu erlernen. Es war wie die Geburt eines Babys.
Neun Monate, um die Grundlagen der deutschen Sprache zu erlernen. Es war wie die Geburt eines Babys.
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Apropos of nothing: If you do 20-30 minutes of #Duolingo every day, you'll advance from start to A2 in about nine months.
Neun Monate, um die Grundlagen der deutschen Sprache zu erlernen. Es war wie die Geburt eines Babys.
Neun Monate, um die Grundlagen der deutschen Sprache zu erlernen. Es war wie die Geburt eines Babys.
Over the weekend, I stumbled upon a 2017 hard copy deck I created that has good thinking on AI in conversational design that's relevant today.
Now I'm on the hunt for the digital copy.
Now I'm on the hunt for the digital copy.
September 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Over the weekend, I stumbled upon a 2017 hard copy deck I created that has good thinking on AI in conversational design that's relevant today.
Now I'm on the hunt for the digital copy.
Now I'm on the hunt for the digital copy.
On my dad's birthday, I found myself reflecting on his and my different relationship with design and ways of working.
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Design, In All Its Forms
I found myself talking about both my dad and grandpa this week in context of design, dreaming and innovation. My grandpa tinkered with his experimental 2-seater commuter jet until the day he died. …
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September 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
On my dad's birthday, I found myself reflecting on his and my different relationship with design and ways of working.
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