In light of ***waves hands around*** I'll be using Twitter less. If you need to reach me, please message me via another method.

Am I up for another social platform? We'll see. You can find me at

Nearly 10 years ago, I met a Congressman from rural MN who drove around for hours to help a single Veteran get a pair of hearing aids so he could hear his dying wife’s voice. Never would have guessed then that #TimWalz would be in running for VP.

I'm going to be releasing a digital product soon that I presume is going to be ripped off in short order. Have I used a proprietary font on it that has never been publicly released so I have a clear claim for illegal use if someone rips off/resells the digital product? Why yes.

Yes, I do still get excited about packaging paper. A parcel arrived this week with this 'punctured' paper in it 😮. . . it makes a great background for my egg-box fish. This entire artwork has cost me absolutely nothing, apart from time. 😉 https://t.co/28aN3vN8fg

As an example of the type of helpful feedback discussed, here are revisions I made to four glyphs: #TypeDesign #WorkInProgress #StillFiddling

Geeks Night Out is back! (a.k.a. Type Tuesday). Last night was a working session where we could bring a WIP to get feedback and "get unstuck." Great session with Michelle Webster, @marksimonson, @teelinefonts and Raquel Rodriguez.

Huge congrats @thelizmaguire on the write up in American University Magazine! https://t.co/Rbwd2l5L5s

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Then he said "...that's Bidenomics for you." I told him I didn't think Pres. Biden had anything to do with the price of batteries, and it may have more to do with corporations gouging customers for everyday items and blaming it on inflation. Sigh.

Typically I wouldn't return something like that, but $27 was a ridiculous mark up. The batteries were still unopened, and when then OfficeMax employee processing the return asked what was wrong, I said they were just overpriced. He agreed!

Yesterday while out running errands I stopped at OfficeMax to find a specific kind of battery. It was expensive - $27 - but I figured that was the going rate. It wasn't. Once home, I learned I could buy it for $9 elsewhere.

Started designing some new business cards. Got distracted by 18th-century trade cards. Made biscuit (cookie) versions of those instead. 🍪

Check out the 100 best books of the year list, as submitted by authors on https://t.co/J2PlXTWkyM https://t.co/g98bD2Vmf0

Elizabeth Rynecki wrote the book "Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy" about her family's quest to learn what happened to Moshe's art. It's feared most of it was lost during WWII. What an amazing day for Elizabeth and her family.

Some good news amid all the bad? A painting made in 1929 by Jewish painter Moshe Rynecki was just returned to his family. Moshe's grandson/great-granddaughter laid their eyes on it for the first time today. See the photo/video:

New blog post: a sad farewell to our #110poundpuppy https://t.co/IVangQAcM1

I don't think the tools will be all good/all bad. In this case it helped a client save emotional energy, and helped them to create something on a tight deadline.

– This client has a short-turn deadline, and this marketing piece is going to be used at one event. Chat GPT is helping them get a shot out of the gate on creating this marketing tool in time. I'm still in a grey area about how I feel about AI tools...