fromjason.xyz

fromjason.xyz

Jason Velazquez

What's up, weirdos. I'm Jason. Welcome to my digital garden. I'm happy you're here. Please make yourself comfortable. By day, I'm a digital freelancer, copywriter, uncle, and cheese danish sommelier. By night, I drink the blood of my enemies in an old Mountain Dew bottle I found in a Buc-ee's bathroom. Kidding. I'm just a guy who likes to blog about technology, design, the web, and anything I'm hyper fixated on at the time.

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New technology same old people

fromjason.xyz · 2y

New technology same old people Humane, an AI hardware start-up whose name choice is as transparent as glass, has a "trust" section front-and-center on its website. It reads: At...

Madonna in the 80s? AI already tainting our history

fromjason.xyz · 2y

Madonna in the 80s? AI already tainting our history This Reddit post, an ode to early Madonna, has 505 upvotes at the time of writing this note. But, the seemingly innocuous...

How to properly peel a pomegranate

fromjason.xyz · 2y

How to properly peel a pomegranate Pomegranates are delicious, but can be tricky to rip open. In this guide I'll show you how to expose that sweet, sweet flesh and get away with...

From Jason 2.0 is an 11ty-powered digital garden with multiple plots

fromjason.xyz · 2y

From Jason 2.0 is an 11ty-powered digital garden with multiple plots From Jason 2.0 builds on the concept of 1.0 where I created sub-sections ("subs") that behave like...

I made a Lorem Ipsum page

fromjason.xyz · 2y

I made a Lorem Ipsum page Go to: Lorem Ipsum with copy button I made a Lorem Ipsum (Lipsum if you're nasty) because the site I use for my website dummy text has gone mad with...

My indie web list

fromjason.xyz · 2y

My Indie Web list Note 12/10/2023: I am in thr process of revamping my bookmarks and curation. if you came here hoping for a big list of cool sites, you'll want to come back in...

Design articles I still think about

fromjason.xyz · 2y

Interesting finds: Design articles I still think about This post is officially my first on my newly designed custom blog (if you don't count the colophon). I figured I should...

This event was shot on iPhone and edited on Mac

fromjason.xyz · 2y

This event was shot on iPhone and edited on Mac Just finished watching Apple's Scary Fast Event[^1]. Cook & Co. announced a new MacBook Pro, updated iMac, and the M3 chip family...

fromjason.xyz · 2y

Design & art There's a fundamental misunderstanding of what design sets to accomplish. Scrolling design-focused forums, you get the sense that design and art are viewed as...

Meta doesn't hate news, just anything that moves us off the app

fromjason.xyz · 2y

Meta doesn't hate news, just anything that moves us off the app Meta's vision for social media is a billion lobotomized users engaging with The Hamburglar's new value meal. To...

Interesting finds, October 10, 2023

fromjason.xyz · 2y

Interesting finds, October 10, 2023 A few things I stumbled upon last week. No theme. Just some cool stuff. Every Noise Ever wonder what genre an artist belongs to? In an effort...

Patreon's new logo design is good actually

fromjason.xyz · 2y

Patreon's new logo design is good actually From my post in r/logodesign Patreon is the latest brand to get dragged by the internet for its new logo design. At the risk of...

I guess I'll just pay til I die? Why I'm switching from Ulysses to iA Writer

fromjason.xyz · 2y

I guess I'll just pay til I die? Why I'm switching from Ulysses to iA Writer I'm switching to iA Writer from Ulysses as my primary writing tool. The process has left me with...

Love, Loss, and Raspberry Scones

fromjason.xyz · 2y

Love, Loss, and Raspberry Scones Dearest Juanita, I am currently floating through the tireless void of space. How are you? Please don't worry for me, Juanita. The stars will...

Apple is killing the cloud as we know it

fromjason.xyz · 2y

Apple is killing the cloud as we know it Hello. A technology novice may know that iCloud syncs their documents across all their devices— iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Someone a little...