John W. Long
@johnwlong
Believer. Product Design at http://Gierd.com. Creator of @ZestIcons.
Great branding is almost always the result of multiple people working together to make things better brick by brick. It doesn't happen overnight. It's done by passionate, tireless individuals over a long period of time who are not content with the status quo.
It occurs to me that @Apple would be incredibly smart to release a communication device that did not allow social media. Not a device with software lockouts via screentime, a device that actually did not allow social media apps at all. A reduced app set, somehow hard-coded into…
One of the most basic but powerful learnings of my twenties and thirties: Be nice to people and they will be nice back. Say the things you wish people would say to you: "Wow, your parents must be so proud" "Your kids are lucky to have a parent like you" "That must have been…
Hey friends! I was laid off at my job a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday I relaunched my personal website that details my experience and what I can do for your company and product. If you're hiring I'd love to talk! johnwlong.com Likes and reposts appreciated!
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I've published 50+ shader tutorials so far. Topics vary widely, including specific effects, math, abstract concepts, shader theory and algorithms mini.gmshaders.com I hope you find these helpful! I'll give someone who shares this a free subscription for full access
I had my first async 1:1 with my manager today because I had an appointment at our normal time. Recorded 12 mins on Loom and asked for comments and questions via Slack / Confluence / Figma!
It's been a real privilege working with the team at Elastic Path to launch what we're calling Composable Frontend 2.0! It's a Next.js storefront starter kit that's wired into the Elastic Path APIs. Let's go, let's go! 👏👏👏medium.com/elastic-path-t…
Seeing a lot of SVG artifacts lately in Chrome. SVGs that used to render perfectly now show JPG-like pixelation around the edges. Not sure what changed?
I've been playing around with OG images and Next.js and have them working for my blog now! 32pixels.co/blog/the-desig…
