Tag: Design

  • Sideload.app

    I’ve been working on making an app that syncs my local Roon* music library to my phone. A few days ago I got the foundation working: a server on macOS that offers up the files and an iOS app bringing those files down with track listings and player views. Read about that first pass here.…

  • Roon’s Missing Pieces

    I love Roon. It’s overpriced, but wonderfully so. In recent years it’s gone from strength to strength, stability issues are near zero now, it’s lightning fast compared to it’s early years. No real complaints. But there are a couple of small snags. ▲ Vibing RoonSync with Claude Code, Xcode and Typescript server. Roon macOS Volume…

  • No code

    Last year at Phillips we created a new division of the business with the goal to sell art in the middle market. Limited editions of works that could be easily purchased without auction. There’s a pickle of systems in auction businesses and building an ecom platform from scratch or deeply integrating one would have delayed…

  • Make it more uncomfortable

    Recently, I’ve been thinking about when is the best time to get someones attention. How could your message be interpreted and received by editing simple variables? I walk past this campaign / idea / initiative(?) every day It’s very pretty. Well done Design team. Pretty stuff is the big idea of the Westfield mall. However,…

  • Design challenges: Why ‘how’s it going?’ is the worst question to ask

    When you have a design or business problem to solve, what steps do you take? Before you do anything, firstly, see if you’re thinking about the entire ‘thing’. A buddy taught me a problem solving model he uses daily:[Problems, Plan, Progress], shorthand — PPP. He’s a doctor working in A&E. Emergency wards are fast paced,…