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Jonnie Hallman (@destroytoday) gave an extremely inspiring talk at Kinference that you would be silly not to watch.
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Jonnie Hallman
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Jonnie Hallman
@destroytoday
Independent design engineer
ex-Stripe
destroytoday.com
ball.app
cushionapp.com
designtown.nyc
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- Still have no idea how people can… ✅ work a full-time job ✅ cook dinner often ✅ exercise regularly ✅ enjoy weekends ✅ keep the apartment clean Seems basic, but I can’t consistently do it.
- How to get into woodworking: Step 1 - Learn to code Step 2 - Burn out Step 3 - Get into woodworking
- There are 3 walking speeds at IKEA: - I have no idea what I need - I know exactly what I need - I want a divorce
- Today I learned you can move a screenshot area by holding the spacebar. 🤯
00:00 - Replying to @destroytodayMy favorite responses so far… - “Work remote.” (I already do) - “Reduce your commute.” (I commute 3 blocks) - “Try having kids.” (No thanks!) - “I do all 5. It’s not that hard.” (…why are you the way that you are?)Still have no idea how people can… ✅ work a full-time job ✅ cook dinner often ✅ exercise regularly ✅ enjoy weekends ✅ keep the apartment clean Seems basic, but I can’t consistently do it.
- Today I learned there’s a macOS setting to calculate folder sizes and it’s unchecked by default. 🤯
00:00 - 🎉 Today’s the day! We’re finally starting to roll out the new @stripe website. It’s absolutely insane how much work went into all the details, animations, and performance, but this is exactly why I joined last year—to be a part of this. 👉
- 👋 Personal update: Today is my last day at @stripe. I joined Stripe 4 years ago as a burned out shell of myself. With the support of my team, I spent the first few months slowly recovering. When I got back to 100%, I made the best work of my career:
- If you use the native <progress> HTML element, but don’t specify any attributes, it’ll animate back & forth. Super useful when you need a quick and easy status indicator. 🌠
00:00 - Today I realized that Chrome has a *very* useful box-shadow tool:
- 🎉 Today’s the day! After years of thinking about this idea, I’m finally ready to launch my new portfolio—a mashup of the landing pages I’ve built. 👉
