Reposted by Linus Bomanpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Zohran Mamdani do you condemn Mr Bean for his desecration of Whistler's Mother? 162081165
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 12/06/2025whoever controls the playlist at my gym is a devious sicko. sufjan stevens? i came here for gains, not to softly weep as i introspect on the beautiful brokenness of mortality 💪😭🍂 0171
Reposted by Linus BomanJacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 12/06/2025Wikipedia... IS THE SUMMARY. THAT'S WHAT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE IS. A SUMMARY. 283219609
Reposted by Linus BomanMass-Driver @mass-driver.com · 05/06/2025Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole! ...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance. 🧵 A thread: 25825
Reposted by Linus BomanBlindNewWorld @blindnewworld.bsky.social · 27/05/2025The video game industry has made major advancements in #accessibility - but cutbacks threaten to impact the way people with #disabilities play, connect and communicate with others in the gaming community. 🎮 #BlindNewWorld (Story via @theverge.com ⬇️)theverge.comAs the game industry cuts back, accessibility is feeling the impactAfter years of growth, industry turmoil has left the accessibility community at a standstill. 063
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 22/05/2025On Nebula now (with bonus commentary), premiering on YouTube in an hour. Turns out, the MPAA aren't the most notorious or the most ironic font pirates of all time. Not by a long shot.nebula.tvLinus Boman — The secret history of font piracyThe infamous anti-DVD-piracy PSA turns out to have used a 1325
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 19/05/2025Moving forward, my performance reviews will be exclusively handled by Trustpilot. I will be taking no further questions at this time. 1140
Reposted by Linus BomanIan Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 09/05/2025being a youtuber bankrupted me youtu.be/vlf8c8SV39oyoutu.bebeing a youtuber bankrupted meYouTube video by Innuendo Studios 801121292
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 02/05/2025I don't know what kind of week you've had, but in case you need it, please observe this diagram on the right of a small figure bowing to you in this electronic stud finder manual. 1132
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 20/04/2025Look I understand the brand would never sign off on it, but the Hitman franchise is Swedish - so why in Odin's name has there never been a level set in a flat pack furniture superstore? 2161
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 12/04/2025Whoever installs one of these in a restroom with a baby changing station needs to be arrested. They may be released on parole only to serve providing jump scares at haunted houses. 1170
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 11/04/2025Avoid getting confused by similar shaped glyphs with Atkinson Hyperlegible, now available in the improved "Next" version and Mono. Available on Google Fonts. 0181
Reposted by Linus BomanDeviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Wow, you just never know who you will meet when wandering a large trade show floor! @timesnewboman.com and i were both pleased to run into one another in Vegas this week. ☺️👍 (If you're not a follower, I urge you to immediately watch his stuff, starting here... youtu.be/YP9gEeVQZ2U ) 0432
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 02/04/2025Someone needs to make Balatro for Mahjong. All I ask is when you inevitably become a billionaire, sure be evil, but just significantly less evil than the rest of the cohort. Like just poison a well and tear down a community centre evil. We'll accept that as progress at this point. 2121
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 28/03/2025engaging with ai slop used to be for boomers on facebook. now it's gen x on reddit. millennials aren't safe. not a matter of if but when. 5162
Reposted by Linus BomanTantacrul @tantacrul.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Last week, I gave a talk about how we can improve the design of open source software at FOSS Backstage Design in Berlin. Here's the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=12TJ...youtube.comMartin Keary – Achieving Excellence in Open Source Software Design #FOSSDesignYouTube video by Plain Schwarz 2468
Reposted by Linus BomanMarcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 14/02/2025I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime. This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today. aresluna.org/the-hardest-...aresluna.orgThe hardest working font in ManhattanA story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today. 1402583892
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 26/02/2025rupaul disposing of single serving ketchup packet, "now sachet, away!" 0170
Reposted by Linus BomanBraille Institute @brailleinstitute.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Tired of confusing lowercase L’s and uppercase I’s while reading? Us, too. Save yourself the mix-ups and start reading easy with Atkinson Hyperlegible Next—the new and improved version of our award-winning font created with Applied Design. Download here: bit.ly/4hPhHxF 512460
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 13/02/2025This headline writer has really "mastered" the use of quotation marks. 2180
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 01/02/2025The thing about Josh Johnson is it *is* very impressive his ability to write new material, totally at a different scale from the generation of comedians before him, he's very talented and works very hard *but*... 140
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 31/01/2025New video out now on @nebula.tv - coming to YouTube tomorrow. There is also an exclusive companion video going deep into the weeds on the design changes and the reported costs. nebula.tv/videos/linus...nebula.tvLinus Boman — Walmart's new $1 million logoDid Walmart really lose their minds overpay for a simple logo tweak? To find the real answer, let me break down some branding jargon 101. What's the difference between a logo, a visual identity and a ... 1310
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 24/01/2025Incredible just how broken the twitter to article/news cycle is in 2025. It was cute when BuzzFeed did it a decade ago reporting on trends but now even the most innocuous fluff piece inevitably amplifies far-right X accounts. /🧵 2303
Reposted by Linus BomanNebula @nebula.tv · 21/01/2025New on Nebula: @timesnewboman.com nebula.tv/linusboman/nebula.tvLinus BomanVideos for the design curious. 1464
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 21/01/2025An underrated sign of ageing: not only enjoying the addition of raisins to desserts, but sometimes considering them a highlight. 1140
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 21/01/2025nobody: microsoft: we're renaming office to copilot 365 so you can can ask copilot for edge via copliot for windows on your copliot+pc to open copilot in word within copilot 365 copilot copilotolotoltoltolotlllltollllalacopealot 1213
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 20/01/2025Inescapable things: 1. Death 2. Taxes 3. Everything gets AI 4. 24/7 Trump stuff until 2029+ I would willingly pay up to $50/month for number 3 to help me avoid exposure to number 4. I'd bet money I'm not in the minority of English speaking non-Americans in this. 260
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 16/01/2025With multiple Gmail accounts it was easy to scroll between by swiping the profile picture. Now 1 of them has a Gemini button in its place which can't be turned off. Love love love being force fed unrequested generative AI features like an omnidirectional foie gras duck 💉🦆🥰 1170
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 19/12/2024I'm 💯 curtain I will put some kind of stupid typo in every post until the minute blue sky enables editing a post. 2200
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 11/12/2024The butterfly effect: when @romanmars.bsky.social gives a TED talk in 2015 about bad city flags and 9 years later, Illinois considers changing their state flag to a butterfly. 180
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 08/12/2024I'm officially calling on the @androidpolice.bsky.social to open a department of internal affairs. 1100
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 02/12/2024American commercials are so uncannily airbrushed they look like they're filmed in Barbieland. Meanwhile British adverts by comparison look like they were shot between takes on the set of Trainspotting. 0100
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 29/11/2024Had my first chicken-fried steak. Not bad, but let's be real, this is buttermilk beef schnitzel with better marketing. 190
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 19/11/2024no one: jaguar: what if will.iam meets teletubbies meets the creepy playstation ad with the baby doll is our brand now? is this brat? www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/2... 2170
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 18/11/2024I've been on tiktok for about 6 months - my takeaway: kids in their 20s want to look like extras from/live in When Harry Met Sally. Billy Crystal in an oversized knit but rubbing hands together and licking his lips. 080
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 15/11/2024Book cover designers must hate the phrase "never judge a book by it's cover". Think of another proverb that undermines the basic validity of an entire profession. Brutal. 3242
Linus Boman @timesnewboman.com · 12/11/2024One of my top #millennial traits is that I genuinely want to use emojis, proper punctuation and capitalise proper nouns... but I sometimes go back and remove emojis and go all lowercase to appear nonchalant. This is not my authentic self. That and my distaste for 2700K lighting. 0151
