2026-08-25T09:23:59Z https://nostr.now erin sparling https://nostr.now/npub1jhau7k6ygzrn9ct0xce8kvddma2dzusah2gxq0ljpjnq40qgxpdqa5246j https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/245/518/772/750/317/original/d1713bc4d1c40d3f.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/245/518/772/750/317/original/d1713bc4d1c40d3f.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0t6jzcvxe0gaj74f38c8f65gprj73qkhargnvnsvaaz4yd9rng6czyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95ccq986 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqste4a4zm2v5pp98c8vm5eqp4g74rruy0r6ne34jpay99g9cfay6ccr4kwt5'>nevent1q…kwt5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there’s always that what-if: “What if this is the time the upgrade goes smoothly and fixes that one annoying problem?” Which always then turns into “…and now I have two problems.” 2025-10-26T16:14:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqkwy3kntqhgsyg5kvg38r9c0un5xr2srtuvr6jq0ljm52phyhz7gzyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95g9d6we In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6yee5xwvjkvcs8sj9xvqt4fvfgmkh87kdz3u3elxhahya0gkp4q9dmvtd'>nevent1q…mvtd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I assume you’re not actually asking for a solution and more just commenting, but this made me think of an inverse of <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fd2lu838dkm58sm2gh5an5acrwd7gz2eyl059nt8fu4jk798k7qqlrf2f9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Darius Kazemi</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fd2…f2f9</span>)</a></span> ‘s dolphin.town, except based on the homeassistant local voice agent, configured to interpret every request as a timer of some sort. 2025-09-03T23:44:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstuylqshx37ljnkj3as7yl52zyrfe8aw0qsc9g7zslx4g66l5u7mszyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc950auxzj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvklv56mm95n0awppap6k70drtz2hj666x8240umcf6zrm35tl4mglz6sha'>nevent1q…6sha</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tried to explain to my kids yesterday how the my new app works and … what’s it called when you use one outdated metaphor to explain another? <br/><br/>Maybe this needs a new term?<br/>- Deuterskeuomorphism: using an outdated object or interface to explain another outdated object or interface. <br/><br/>#LetterSet #PencilKit<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/083/670/108/247/470/original/fd4900de4f69a781.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-24T12:10:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvklv56mm95n0awppap6k70drtz2hj666x8240umcf6zrm35tl4mgzyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc958uv0k4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmcs5rrx543d5ec6drlfx27lsmcqe6h6ug0c9fra3ryck56u6l4s4lay8p'>nevent1q…ay8p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ok I got it working on the iPhone too! It’s … hilarious. #LetterSet #PencilKit<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/078/893/311/030/562/original/1f2290f0bedd7ef7.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-23T15:56:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmcs5rrx543d5ec6drlfx27lsmcqe6h6ug0c9fra3ryck56u6l4szyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95k55h4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmw8sfeppv3hl4ll9g53f4wc0av2mzrzpxnwzn8h6gkpcpfl09psz4qem5'>nevent1q…qem5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The iPhone version is still not something I’ve looked at in the least, but the app itself is starting to look SO GOOD.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p3tcm8sn2vthncy77k9leyzxysaw8c94whmw3y5dxq2r6jhetmmqfgjet5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Steve Troughton-Smith</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p3t…jet5</span>)</a></span> I’m not ready to use the showcase 25 hashtag yet, but I’m very close. <br/><br/> #PencilKit #LetterSet<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/072/557/953/397/022/original/cecc4e0076895b57.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/072/558/523/768/685/original/cf5723c25671c964.png"> <br/> 2025-08-22T13:05:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrmw8sfeppv3hl4ll9g53f4wc0av2mzrzpxnwzn8h6gkpcpfl09pszyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95q0kh59 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg70a79lp835kz9mmwzljk8lgme0fesw0lktee9sslu7kslnj0l3q8lvmnf'>nevent1q…vmnf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Almost all of the pieces are together for the MVP. Letter color is now selectable and ignores dark mode, pen size has two options, the gesture system has been completely redone (as a single UIRepresentable that handles both rotate and move). Major next step is a moveable canvas, and an eraser. <br/><br/>The eraser is the challenging one, as I’m rendering pixel data from a PKDrawing, and so the eraser has to manipulate pixels (luckily already separate from the background). <br/><br/>#PencilKit #LetterSet<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/064/154/558/322/554/original/fececd32cd6812de.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-21T01:27:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg70a79lp835kz9mmwzljk8lgme0fesw0lktee9sslu7kslnj0l3qzyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95l4hcz0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstsyhpneqzdyj2aw0lywpkn5gf335s566t7mmt78waj8u24423xkslfm9hf'>nevent1q…m9hf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh you thought I was done pushing this into the realm of absurdity? Nope! How about repurposing a page curl metal shader to emulate translucent vellum?<br/><br/>As an aside: can I just say how annoying it is to have a single surface that needs to move, rotate, curl and accept pencil input?<br/> #PencilKit #LetterSet<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/055/290/909/305/763/original/c80336f3c59065a3.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-19T11:54:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstsyhpneqzdyj2aw0lywpkn5gf335s566t7mmt78waj8u24423xkszyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc950zge6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspg9wr5n9vwc3fuddmqt5rc6sjcce0avndu8z5ml5h2swpuntehxsw3wxp8'>nevent1q…wxp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Works on iPhone too (barely). #PencilKit #LetterSet<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/045/432/450/223/884/original/3dd5b53def69c1e1.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-17T18:06:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspg9wr5n9vwc3fuddmqt5rc6sjcce0avndu8z5ml5h2swpuntehxszyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95cfl9v3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hmmlk7y8mxqfhatxmj8anvpv6pg894h6rk7yksklhmrf3rfzrkcjrnvrz'>nevent1q…nvrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So close. <br/><br/> #PencilKit #LetterSet<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/034/991/417/322/775/original/8e7e347d232f6acc.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/034/991/851/539/511/original/15f7b622663d0e5b.png"> <br/> 2025-08-15T21:51:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9hmmlk7y8mxqfhatxmj8anvpv6pg894h6rk7yksklhmrf3rfzrkczyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95gkf004 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgcdjx0x8kcvljamkgge5x9aw5v5nzkna89cpncl9tc3rkknk5umcq7xs0u'>nevent1q…xs0u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Making it so you can accidentally screw up the adjacent letter has taken so much work. #PencilKit #LetterSet<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/016/943/440/049/147/original/3a399ec8c870769b.png"> <br/> 2025-08-12T17:21:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgcdjx0x8kcvljamkgge5x9aw5v5nzkna89cpncl9tc3rkknk5umczyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc955m9umx After taking almost two years off, I’m starting on the #PencilKit version of #LetterSet again. <br/><br/>I had to rebuild the masking as before it only worked on a single letter, and I thought “oh this would be easy to scale across multiple views” but I was very wrong. I’ve also switched to a pixel-based output, which more easily allows for letter mistakes.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/010/286/173/682/794/original/d472724e84a52b42.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-11T13:08:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrps03ef5jrv5yxdjnge2p03x7vjss29sr2e066gw4tpjhs6jv69gzyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc9540h8zc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdyundqwm8zea0954kscd6snvk829rmdfm7kg05wn2m3ym07utmus68dp96'>nevent1q…dp96</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And Twistor theorists? 2024-12-18T00:59:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydswhex3s94ywc62zv2g0nl3fway20wtm9vqqy39p05ek9k3d4lszyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc9559y3ka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvehxt02fzwk4ujryqscljfl84q5j9frv3238fhchvsuqd3yxjvsgs5akdp'>nevent1q…akdp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I finally have words out there that explains the postcard app, no longer buried exclusively in toots and slack posts. 2024-12-10T13:12:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvehxt02fzwk4ujryqscljfl84q5j9frv3238fhchvsuqd3yxjvsgzyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95am6zdl Thank you to whomever posted the link to latex.css; I’ve just used it to write up my first public explanation of what #wishyouwerehere is actually about. <br/><br/><a href="https://wishyouwerehere.app">https://wishyouwerehere.app</a><br/><br/>This postcard app is… not like other postcard apps. 2024-12-10T06:00:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspga8sz2yewhter9wh2jyrtx2dnugkdyzmy3vvpahfurcp4y5zegszyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95pjsrkd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0puda5048uwctpysggvxfjn8g9dw8atp7vz8gekdwykvqrvjasrg0qkwp9'>nevent1q…kwp9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>please tell me that some of those shards also disappeared into your mouth, because then that’s the best kid memory ever. <br/><br/>Also yes, I remember being in the (afaik) unsupervised childcare area in Pittsburgh as a toddler? Coops for kids are the best. 2024-10-29T22:22:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszu9n4ylnf5x0kfer0n2jr8ltm4p96qcuprw5wwv7w2wl4mxxwhjgzyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95x2k3kc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8673kc2gfnyp4cfxaf0yfacwdr9zrp63r98vk3s3w62aq3mlz3ksu5y84c'>nevent1q…y84c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I LOVE the idea of PSFC-style collective volunteering except applied to time-based knowledge work to support a platform. Not the open source contributor. Not the volunteer knowledge expert in a forum. Actual on-the-clock work. 2h 45m shifts for:<br/>- customer support<br/>- editing <br/>- documentation <br/>- testing <br/>- monitoring<br/>- etc<br/><br/>What is the coveted “cheese cutter” shift? The morning cleaning crew that no one wants but gives 2x the credits? Child care? 2024-10-29T20:28:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszf8jee29hwx4ggqsnx68z94620q2dfsvz0ajyl9yz78rhs5dwygczyz2lhn6mg3qgwvhpdumry7e34h04f5tjrkafqcpl7gx2vz4upqc95yt4nyz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdpp5p9ltmee3vwjys26mhwyvyx0eykw59dc8ua69dafxpw984njqlsucr4'>nevent1q…ucr4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TL;DR. 2024-08-28T02:47:48Z