I have been working on migrating many of my tools to using primarily open-source or indie projects when possible. So this month, I moved the letter from Substack to ButtonDown Email, which allows for more customization!
This past week some friends rented a studio space in Brooklyn, NY, and it made me excited to work towards having an in-person studio again in the future. One of the projects they wanted to build out was attaching a small train to the ceiling, mapped to the local MTA line closest to the building. I liked the idea of representing more real-world events with physical objects and not just screens.
There were lots of slow work-in-progress updates this month. I have been working more consistently on developing the public-facing version of the Tiny Factories community with a project called TinyGarden, which has now has a development log.
We are also taking on clients at Tiny Factories, and I have been exploring what the service offerings could look like and how we want to keep the community involved in the research we produce.
Living in Data by Jer Thorp gives a nice summary of his personal work and how we could be thinking about data science in ways that directly address biases.
What is Golf is a spontainouse and unperdictubale golfing experience on most major mobile platforms. It was created by Triband and has been a great help in destressing my days. By far the best game I have played in 2021.