Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 07/09/2026Finally got my hands on a copy. Been looking forward to try Half-Life: Decay. 110
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 13/07/2026Last weekend I sat down with an idea and, from it, made a living digital art installation. I hope you enjoy it — whatlightremains.com 061
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 17/03/2026Lately I've been tinkering with some animations for a new game. Essentially it's a mix of 2048 and a roguelike. Control the movement with WASD or swipe with your pointer. Those who are more familiar with animation/motion design, I'd love your feedback! slide-and-sorcery.pages.dev 021
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 03/03/2026Rocking your congested kid to sleep while you yourself have a fever is some real resilience training... 210
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 18/02/2026When @hrescak.com ships a new product, folks need to stop and listen. Can't wait to see where this goes! 010
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 18/02/2026my feed in the last 24 hours... > ai will shift the focus to be about taste > ai will replace designers > heads of ai companies know nothing about taste > people evangelizing about taste have no taste i think it's safe to say no one knows... 000
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 16/02/2026Fifteen months as a father and I feel pretty confident in handling most things: fussy feeding times, nappy blowouts, medical emergencies...all except teething pains. Send help. Or caffeine. 🥱 000
Reposted by Jonathon ToonJonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 07/09/2025After a year of being a full-time dad, I'm looking for what's next. With a career in fintech, SMB and dev tools. I've built products, shipped code and managed teams as both a designer and director. I'm looking for small teams with conviction to be profitable. Building low and slow. jonathontoon.com 0167
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 07/09/2025After a year of being a full-time dad, I'm looking for what's next. With a career in fintech, SMB and dev tools. I've built products, shipped code and managed teams as both a designer and director. I'm looking for small teams with conviction to be profitable. Building low and slow. jonathontoon.com 0167
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 24/07/2025Lately I've been struggling to get inspired by the design of most modern marketing websites and landing pages. They’re either super vague, saying little, or too complex with visuals and animations, leaving me overwhelmed. Just me? 030
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 21/07/2025I reckon AI design is close to having its Bootstrap.css moment. Clean and functional results that all look the same. As new technology raises the floor for "good enough", distinctiveness becomes the new moat. Weird beats optimal. 340
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 16/07/2025In 15 years as a product designer, I've seen early-career designers struggle with the gap between tidy processes and messy, real work. Inspired by this observation, I recently gave a guest lecture to design students at the University of Canterbury about navigating this gap, read on about it below. 131
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 20/06/2025One of my many hobbies has been trying all sorts of logic puzzles, followed by learning the mechanics of how they can be algorithmically solved. So to scratch my own itch I finally wrote my own library for generating/solving Sudoku. github.com/jonathontoon...github.comGitHub - jonathontoon/sudoku: A TypeScript implementation of Peter Norvig's constraint propagation Sudoku solver algorithm.A TypeScript implementation of Peter Norvig's constraint propagation Sudoku solver algorithm. - jonathontoon/sudoku 050
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 11/06/2025"Steve Jobs would've never..." Ya'll need to let go. Seriously. 010
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 09/06/2025Nothing ground breaking or revolutionary happened in the interface design world today, right? 010
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 14/05/2025This is how it's mean't to be, and how it was from the beginning, with institutions like Bauhaus. The downside of software is designers have delegated too much. And instead we have focused heavily on the intangible (facilitating process) rather than the tangible (learning through building). 020
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 11/05/2025I STILL can't get over how Dropbox at one point had one of the best mobile email clients around, killed it, and THEN decided to pivot harder into Enterprise. Makes no sense... 040
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 09/05/2025I wonder if Jony Ive ever tried to refund an angry customer on Stripe. 000
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 19/04/2025I'm over design frameworks 1/5 🧵 It's about time we see as an industry that we have over-indexed on trying to distill an inherently variable and chaotic sequence of events into a predictable, easy path to success under the guise of a 'UX framework'. 230
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 10/03/2025The harsh truth about product design portfolios in 2025 is that cookie-cutter case studies just won’t do. Hiring managers want more. To support junior designers with such challenges I'm now offering 1:1 sessions to help them stand out. Don't get overlooked, book a call now. cal.com/jonathon-too...cal.comPortfolio & Resume Review | Jonathon Toon | Cal.comPortfolio & Resume Review 010
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 27/02/2025The website of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is a vibe. 020
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 27/02/2025Surviving the first 100 days as a new parent makes me feel like I can do anything. 2100
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 20/02/2025I'm fortunate enough to be giving a talk to a cohort of product design students in the coming months. I'm keen to impart some wisdom about our industry that goes beyond basic education. What’s something you wish you knew earlier that you only learned after working as a designer? 020
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 04/02/2025I can't believe it has taken so long for me to have seen Hypernormalisation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T...youtube.comHypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam CurtisYouTube video by Adam Curtis Documentaries 121
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 31/01/2025There's no better feeling than recklessly closing several browser windows, each filled with numerous open tabs. 020
Reposted by Jonathon ToonJonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 29/01/2025More work today, now with a name – encryptanyfile.com. Deployment done, now testing interactions: mostly quirks on mobile web and the different types of prompt responses. Next is file processing and encryption via web workers. Feedback welcome! #yearoftheterminal 151
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 28/01/2025Holy shit, Deafheaven is dropping a new album. Which is going to be a return to form by the sounds of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h_W...youtube.comDeafheaven - Magnolia (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Deafheaven 010
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 28/01/2025Made some great progress in the last week on a prompt-driven interface for a new app idea. Inspired in-part by @internetstudio.bsky.social's sacred.computer and @emilwidlund.bsky.social 's ponderings. 280
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 25/01/2025Since moving to Cursor, designing in Figma just feels like a drag. Creating components, variables, styles, and prototypes is all just busy work keeping me from something tangible. The only value I see is easily comparing multiple ideas side by side. Surely I'm not alone here? 140
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 14/01/2025Cursor continues to be my favorite tool for realizing ideas. Be it for creating APIs, interfaces or even games in #PICO8. The possibilities are now endless. 130
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 13/01/2025I'm happy to have discovered the relaxing power of working on pixel art. 030
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 09/12/2024I will never not find installing software updates and 'restarting' TVs strange. Can't manufacturers make it feel more like a seamless piece of hardware and not a 55-inch smartphone? 020
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 02/12/2024Parents, what books did you find educational, useful or eye-opening in the early years of your child's development? I'm keen to build a list. 340
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 26/11/2024Comparisons like these highlight for me that, despite all the talk of craft in design, the focus remains overwhelmingly on the visual—often neglecting deeper, less tangible aspects. 250
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 20/11/2024Became a father today. What a beginning to a wild ride. 13270
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 06/11/2024It's a privilege for many not only to have US citizenship, but also dual citizenship. However I made a decision earlier this year to renounce my US citizenship for a number of reasons. After today's turn out I don't regret it one bit. 030
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 05/11/2024building the nuts and bolts of a simple terminal interface for a side project has so far been very rewarding. especially once i was able to run synchronous blocks of code for arbitrary prompts. 020
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 25/05/2024figma has become so hostile for any small organisation or freelancer. im going back to kidpix help.figma.com/hc/en-us/art...help.figma.comUpdates to how drafts workNote: These updates are rolling out throughout May. If you don't see them in your account, please be patient; they will be available soon. We’re currently in the process of moving Drafts into tea... 000
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 18/09/2023In August, I had the honor of mentoring 7 designers. Discussing topics from cultural perspectives on design to planning growth experiments. After a break I am resuming sessions in October. So if you know anyone looking for guidance I would love to help. adplist.org/mentors/jona... 010
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 02/08/2023Tend to agree with a lot of the ideas expressed in this article.aitor.workCreating components and libraries is crucial but is not designing 120
Jonathon Toon @jonathontoon.com · 25/07/2023While doing it informally over the last number of years I've decided to dedicate more time to providing mentorship. Feel free to sign up for a session with me on adplist.org.adplist.orgGet mentored by Jonathon Toon on ADPListHi, I'm Jonathon Toon, a software designer with over a decade of experience working on web and mobile platforms with diverse teams from the United States, Japan, and Australia. Now based in Canterbu... 040
Reposted by Jonathon Toondvlsblsh @devilsblush.bsky.social · 05/07/2023shenmue / dreamcast sega am2, 1999 04014
