Andy Allen @andy.works · 24/09/2026Yet many of our greatest photos are messy, blurry, accidental. The camera was once a creative tool, not just a way to document the moments in our lives but a way to discover them. We forgot how to play. 160
Andy Allen @andy.works · 24/09/2026We lost our way with modern cameras. They fooled us into believing that a good photo must be captured at the highest resolution, in sharp focus, evenly exposed, denoised, & cleaned up. 1171
Andy Allen @andy.works · 23/09/2026In the land of infinite capability… the most relentlessly focused is king. 030
Andy Allen @andy.works · 21/09/2026some bts shots of building drawers, hand-shaping edge details & pulls 1240
Andy Allen @andy.works · 21/09/2026I built a sideboard! 100% American cherry, solid continuous grain fronts with carved pulls and a 45° chamfer edge detail. 2027710
Andy Allen @andy.works · 17/09/2026I spent the summer in Japan and needed a good photo look for their traditional interiors. I'm a big fan of Robert Altman, in particular his 1970s New Hollywood era look of cozy, earthy, grainy interiors. So I made a new photo style called ALTMAN, available now in !Camera. 1200
Andy Allen @andy.works · 15/09/2026!Boring for iOS 27 is here… ✨ Siri AI support "Take a photo" 📱 Support for new sizes 💧 Liquid Glass refinements ⚙️ New Menus 040
Andy Allen @andy.works · 14/09/2026Design is ultimately about values and how you want to live your life. Shimmer is a reminder that time moves at a cosmic scale that we can't move, but we can pause and enjoy the shimmering stars of this moment. ✨ 010
Andy Allen @andy.works · 14/09/2026I love designing for time. So when Rasmus Nielsen reached out to do a uniquely !Boring clock design for the Tinker app… I had an idea. 1100
Andy Allen @andy.works · 14/09/2026I've long quested for a good solid white atop watercolor and can recommend the Kuretake ZIG brush pen 100
Andy Allen @andy.works · 11/09/2026Tempted to get a cover like this and never use the front screen. People who didn't grow up with flip phones don't know how satisfying it is to slap a screen closed and out of mind. 2160
Andy Allen @andy.works · 10/09/2026There's not enough talk about this cute lil calendar and its clever blend mode that gives a nod to print and makes it possible to read the current date from across the room while maintaining the context of a full month. 4401
Andy Allen @andy.works · 10/09/2026Change is good. Not for its novelty. But because it conjures new problems that force us to generate new ideas. A tidal wave of creativity has just been unleashed. And we needed it. 060
Andy Allen @andy.works · 10/09/2026For years we listened to many preach the virtue of incremental refinements. Tweaking every radius. Chasing the pure form. And sure, there's value in that. But sometimes you just need change. 2160
Andy Allen @andy.works · 07/09/2026Redesigned our photo styles icons to be more fun & browsable… 2391
Andy Allen @andy.works · 02/09/2026If you want to try it, DEAKINS is available now in !Camera notbor.ing/camera 010
Andy Allen @andy.works · 02/09/2026In particular, his ability to subtly dramatize a scene without looking like an effect—lusher green forests, deeper blue seas, yet retaining punchy warm colors and natural skin tones. After weeks of adjustments, I landed on something I really like and it's become my new daily driver. 140
Andy Allen @andy.works · 02/09/2026This summer I traveled around Hokkaido and developed a new photo LUT inspired by legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins. 1100
Andy Allen @andy.works · 01/09/2026A camera sculpted from a block of the finest cheese. New Artist Series : Maus !Camera !Boring × Rasmus Nielsen 060
Andy Allen @andy.works · 26/08/2026So busy adding soul to your software (i.e. shaders and animations) that you forgot real soul is just a company that acts like a decent human being. Good on ya, Panic. 0847
Andy Allen @andy.works · 26/08/2026Some make merch to pump their business… Others start a business to pump merch. 0140
Andy Allen @andy.works · 25/08/2026The biggest software leaps are born from someone feeling bored or lazy or spiteful. Who’s hiring for these qualities? 040
Andy Allen @andy.works · 20/08/2026You can now choose different capture aspect ratios in !Camera (1:1, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1.91:1) We show the full sensor view with a crop region similar to crop guides on pro movie cameras. 071
Andy Allen @andy.works · 05/08/2026New in !Camera… Photo Albums to help you quickly find your shots. 060
Andy Allen @andy.works · 04/08/2026!Camera is now fully-localized across major languages. 🇹🇼🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸🇲🇽 280
Andy Allen @andy.works · 01/08/2026Fun stuff but need things to shoot so I can watch them go kablooey into tiny bits à la asteroids. 100
Andy Allen @andy.works · 23/07/2026I've come to learn that my worst work tends to come from stubbornly clinging to a singular idea that ends up overcomplicating the approach or limiting its potential. Also, my best work… so… who knows. 090
Andy Allen @andy.works · 23/07/2026@webdesignmuseum.org Might be a silly question, but do you have any curated lists… i.e. top early websites (1993-1996)? 110
Andy Allen @andy.works · 23/07/2026there are definitely evolving perspectives, though it's not always linear and not always progressive. many eras (like art movements) seemingly came about as reactions to the status quo. and some are competing ideas that overlap. so it may be disingenuous to attempt to drive an overall narrative. 120
Andy Allen @andy.works · 22/07/2026I'm writing a piece on the aesthetic eras of software design… which eras or examples must be included? 490
