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Mindaugas Rudokas

@mindaugasrudokas.com
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Explorer-ideator, designer, coder, illustrator. Feeding endless curiosity. Currently #IndieDev, building iOS/macOS apps at @codulis.com. Previously Pixelmator, Flinto. Open to #LogoDesign, #AppIconDesign, #UIDesign projects as a freelancer.

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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 9h
Because it is relatively small detail, the larger the view is (e.g. in App Switcher) the more in my face this shape issue is.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 02/10/2026
Emily Catalano’s new-ish comedy special “The Introvert”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt_I... She’s good. #StandUpComedy
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Emily Catalano | The Introvert (Full Comedy Special)
YouTube video by Emily Catalano
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 01/10/2026
Marketing effectiveness lesson No.1: Know your audience. #Marketing #AI #OpenAI #StarTrek
Shot from marketing video of OpenAI Dots = Starship Enterprise bridge + Teletubbies
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 30/09/2026
TIL: Indian numbering system groups digits by twos after the initial thousands group, rather than by threes.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 24/09/2026
Is game development the best place to be an indie these days? It is definitely the ultimate medium — for most creativity fun, wearing even more hats. But somehow I always have seen it as way, way harder place to make it as an indie. Now though — not sure anymore. 🎲 #IndieDev
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 22/09/2026
Had a “pleasure” to listen to a podcast episode using Spotify’s web interface. Forget about fonts with monospaced digits for representations of time counting. Look at this UI gem 💎‼️: (~7s GIF) #UIDesign #UXDesign
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 21/09/2026
Finally my meat blob managed to reach PB km stride. But not a second faster — an exact result from last year. Well, at least *something*! #Running
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 17/09/2026
What are we doing here? This is not a case for artistic license. Just fix it. (The new installer package icon in macOS 27.2 beta 1.)
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 17/09/2026
Sacrifice yourself to the blood god! appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Apple has altered course on using customer data to train its AI
As it turns out, Apple realistically needs customer data to make Siri AI work well. So, starting with iOS 27, it is asking users to opt-in to training on your data.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 16/09/2026
Send vs Discard buttons — very close together in Duo UI. After counting to 10, make sure you hands are not shaking. #UIDesign #UXDesign
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 15/09/2026
⚠️ Visual issue with audio player on Chrome: (Safari, Firefox — OK.)
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 15/09/2026
Dang. That’s old.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 15/09/2026
Hm, the is some rationale in that, yea.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
I was reminded of the fact that USB-C variation of the Apple Pencil (which is promised to be supported by iPhone Duo) actually does not have pressure sensitivity. If you had a dream of cool digital drawing sketchbook setup — I’m afraid it is not that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdYB...
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iPhone Duo… Apple You’re Killing Me here!
YouTube video by Brad Colbow
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
Oh my… I think that’s the worst case I’ve seen (yet).
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
I think this pile can be turned around. We can do some promo for design books. No? Now it looks bit like iMacs and MacBooks with the gray circular sticker covering the Apple logo when appearing on TV.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
This didn’t fully register for me during the event video. (I think 2 Safari windows were shown side-by-side there.) But all apps can support more than one scene on Duo. Totally has nothing to do with iPadOS. :)
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
But this Confirm/Cancel button arrangement is also quite ”I’m not sure about that”: #UIDesign
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
After event keynote my most ”I’m not sure about that” was the positioning of the back buttons, and how you will get used to that: #UIDesign
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
Shouldn’t the need to show an app in presentation be big enough motivator to just go and finally fix it? Apparently not. :(
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
(Plus bonus color contrast issue.)
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
Oh, yet another featured UI misalignment! 🤦‍♂️ Nothing to do with the Duo UI itself, just Measure app used as an example here. Way more in-your-face-obvious. And as it happens during angle value animation — it is jittery, so does not even require having a designers eye to be irritated.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
This misalignment of Share button’s glyph is continuing to haunt me. If not in real apps, then by being featured in Keynote presentations. See: mastodon.social/@mrudokas/11... #UIDesign
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
Was this tone already present in some WWDC videos? I don’t remember this point being so on the nose from what I have watched in June. Or I just notice it more now because I did read all those SwiftUI critique articles recently?
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
In all those Duo videos, the UIKit is now presented like an equal option alongside SwiftUI. There even were phrases like: “if you are laying out views manually” “or use Auto Layout” Ok. 🤔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsd-... #SwiftUI #UIKit
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Prepare your app for iPhone Duo | Apple
YouTube video by Apple Developer
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
Continuing on not beating any PBs in running this year. Not yay! Winter had a break. Summer had heatwaves. Also didn’t shed fat reserves to what I consider being the usual summer level. And it’s already mid September. #Running
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
Ok, I guess let’s watch this micro-WWDC video set. developer.apple.com/iphone-duo/
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Get Ready for iPhone Duo - Apple Developer
Learn how to prepare your apps for iPhone Duo.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 14/09/2026
Although HIG got it’s special page for Duo, the info is not yet dispersed through the rest of the pages. e.g. Tab Bars page does not mention Duo’s vertical case yet, etc. developer.apple.com/design/human... #UIDesign
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Designing for iPhone Duo | Apple Developer Documentation
An app designed for iPhone Duo adapts seamlessly to both displays, providing a continuous experience as the device opens and closes.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 12/09/2026
Oh, it’s not an RTS.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 12/09/2026
A WHAT…?!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eQU...
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STARCRAFT | Announce Cinematic | Dominion
YouTube video by StarCraft
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 10/09/2026
So merge of iPadOS back into iOS — WHEN?
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 04/09/2026
Succo di pomodoro. [🇮🇹] #Gardening
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 03/09/2026
There is also this longer video from a year ago which goes into more details about the redesign, some issues/solutions in UI design of complex pro tool: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYM3...
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How We're Redesigning Audacity For The Future
YouTube video by Tantacrul
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 03/09/2026
Audacity’s v4 feels like its Blender 2.80 moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTQy...
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Introducing Audacity 4: New tools & a new look
YouTube video by Audacity
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 02/09/2026
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 03/09/2026
At 300, you can make some abstract window art:
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 03/09/2026
On the other side, big radii is nothing practical at all, but you can get some laughs out of it:
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 02/09/2026
With 0.1 value the borders get a strange rendering. :) 3px wide, instead of standard 1px.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 02/09/2026
To clarify: the highlighted text is a command to execute from Terminal. Then many apps (after relaunching them) have the newly set window corner rounding. ON: defaults write -g NSConvolutionOverride1 -float 1 OFF: defaults delete -g NSConvolutionOverride1
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 02/09/2026
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 02/09/2026
Sometimes when I look back at an early sketch phase of a drawing or a design, the famous owl-drawing tutorial looks like being very close to the description I would be able to provide of how the process went. :D Detailing did happen. But essentially the thing was already there.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 31/08/2026
The critique of Safari icon redesign in comic format did spread well on several Reddit channels. (Not that I understand Reddit.) Did hear a lot more of the “cannot unsee it now”, so mission more successful than I expected. Hope they will continue to complain about it. :)
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 31/08/2026
Also many Android users (I did not expect to reach outside Apple bubble), not knowing Safari assumed this is a clock icon they are looking at, until they reached the last part. Telling.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 31/08/2026
The critique of Safari icon redesign in comic format did spread well on several Reddit channels. (Not that I understand Reddit.) Did hear a lot more of the “cannot unsee it now”, so mission more successful than I expected. Hope they will continue to complain about it. :)
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 28/08/2026
In August tried to switch to: workdays Keto, weekends and long-run days Carbo. 3 weeks went as planed, but current week went off script. Still 15 days, not worse than 2 weeks. Will see if this sticks, and how it will go when the cold weather arrives.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 28/08/2026
Spring/summer is definitely easier to keep at Keto diet. During the winter I was doing 1 week per month. More like dragging my feet till the last week of the month. In spring it got way easier, switched to 2 Keto weeks per month. …
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 28/08/2026
Accidentally got into monthly review mode too early. Maybe because nieces are prepping for the new school year. So mentally I have started September today. For once I am the one who catches the calendar off guard, instead of the other way around.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 27/08/2026
If you can get just above that “starving” line, taking the attitude of an *artist* while doing anything is the most satisfying approach there is.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 25/08/2026
Trackpad is still ok to cable-charge in this position BTW.
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Mindaugas Rudokas @mindaugasrudokas.com · 25/08/2026
Angle may take a bit time to adapt, but your brain can do it no problem. I found it even being ok to switch between angled trackpad at desktop and straight one on laptop.
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