Versioning, Licensing, and Sketch 4.0 »

It seems like we’re moving to the world where app subscription models are the norm and I’m worried about what this means for the future of some of my favourite apps. In December, YNAB announced it was moving to a web-based, subscription model. In January, it was forced to change its strategy a little in the face of a severely negative response.

But the Sketch model seems like a pretty great compromise. Buy a license and you’ll receive a year’s worth of free upgrades. After that, no more upgrades (besides bug-fix upgrades) but your software will continue to work. This seems like a really clever and consumer-friendly way of addressing this problem.

# June 9, 2016

The Trailers for Ghostbusters (2016) and the Art of Editing Comedy »

Tony Zhou (of the excellent Every Frame a Painting) takes a look at the difference between the US and UK trailers for the new Ghostbusters and how a few frames can make all the difference between a joke that hits and a joke that lands.

# May 27, 2016

Interview With Lacey Noonan »

Boston.com’s interview with Lacey Noonan, self-publishing superstar and author of niche erotica like I Don’t Care If My Best Friend’s Mom is a Sasquatch, She’s Hot and I’m Taking a Shower With Her Because It’s the New Millennium and its sequel I Don’t Care if My Sasquatch Lover Says the World is Exploding, She’s Hot But I Play Bass and There’s Nothing Hotter Right Now Than Rap-Rock Because It’s the New Millennium.

BDC: Do your friends and family know you write these novels, or is it private? You mention your husband in your bio, Does he know?
Lacey: My husband knows. Some friends know. That’s about it. He actually helped with some of the finer football details in the Gronkalish book. But I am the heat commander. I control the boners.

This lady is amazing.

# May 24, 2016

Write a tune. Fuckin' start with that

I’ve said it before, but Noel Gallagher gives the best interviews.

# May 21, 2016

A Brief History of John Baldessari

Four little words that guarantee I’ll drop whatever I’m doing to make time for: “narrated by Tom Waits”.

John Baldessari was Tumblr before the internet was ever a thing, and this is a terrific introduction.

Drop whatever you’re doing and make time for this.

# April 8, 2016

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Writing

This is so good. And I feel like a lot of what Ta-Nehisi Coates says in this video is applicable to any sort of creative work.

# April 1, 2016

Let's Play: The Shining »

Pippin Barr’s note-perfect recreation of The Shining as an 8-bit game.

# March 7, 2016

Mattel Update the ThingMaker as a 3D Printer »

Cheap, easy to use, surprisingly decent resolution. I think I’m going to be picking one up myself. For my kid, of course.

# February 16, 2016

Wyclef Jean Does an AMA, Gets Destroyed »

I’ve never seen an AMA go so badly that the celebrity answered nothing and deleted their reddit account. Example question:

Are you the same guy that started a charity for his country then stole that money?

# February 15, 2016

The Art of the Witness »

The Witness is a frustrating game. Not just because the puzzles are hard, but because the game demands so much of your time (I’ve spent hours on individual puzzles) and because the world hints at so much but appears to deliver (from where I’m standing, at least) so little apart from more puzzles for you to bash your head against. So it’s nice to step back and just appreciate the beauty of the world they created.

# February 9, 2016