Alex Priest
@alexpriest.com
Trying to intentionally architect a meaningful, interesting life. Turns ideas → verbs. Dad, cyclist, musician, reader, world traveler, nerd.
I’m reaching the point where I’m almost willing to pay apps to hide their useless AI features (and this comes from someone who, generally, is a big user + optimist about AI), smh
September 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’m reaching the point where I’m almost willing to pay apps to hide their useless AI features (and this comes from someone who, generally, is a big user + optimist about AI), smh
For five YEARS I have had two documents folders in my iCloud (“Documents” and “Documents 2”) and my files have been an utter disaster. Today I discovered Forklift and I’M FINALLY SAVED from this mess of my own creation. Incredible software, worth every penny. binarynights.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For five YEARS I have had two documents folders in my iCloud (“Documents” and “Documents 2”) and my files have been an utter disaster. Today I discovered Forklift and I’M FINALLY SAVED from this mess of my own creation. Incredible software, worth every penny. binarynights.com
I’ve officially reached “volume discount” level for my impulse buying of domain names
August 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I’ve officially reached “volume discount” level for my impulse buying of domain names
“One of sludge’s most insidious effects is our ever-diminishing trust in institutions… Once that skepticism sets in, it’s not hard for someone like Elon Musk to gut the government under the guise of efficiency.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc…
July 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“One of sludge’s most insidious effects is our ever-diminishing trust in institutions… Once that skepticism sets in, it’s not hard for someone like Elon Musk to gut the government under the guise of efficiency.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc…
This episode fucking wrecked me. Completely, utterly devastating. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/0…
July 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This episode fucking wrecked me. Completely, utterly devastating. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/0…
One of the best articles I’ve read in a long time— “taste is the new intelligence.” I think I highlighted every paragraph. (h/t @kai_t_b) wildbarestepf.substack.com/p/taste-i…
July 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
One of the best articles I’ve read in a long time— “taste is the new intelligence.” I think I highlighted every paragraph. (h/t @kai_t_b) wildbarestepf.substack.com/p/taste-i…
I smashed my finger collapsing a stroller this afternoon (UGH) but gotta admit I got a kick out of this ChatGPT response when I asked about treating it. “booby-trapped ankle-snapping finger-gnashing hell machines masquerading as family gear.”
June 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I smashed my finger collapsing a stroller this afternoon (UGH) but gotta admit I got a kick out of this ChatGPT response when I asked about treating it. “booby-trapped ankle-snapping finger-gnashing hell machines masquerading as family gear.”
Unexpected — curious and excited to see what comes out of this. Congrats to @alexkehr and the Superlocal team! www.threads.com/@alexkehr…
June 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Unexpected — curious and excited to see what comes out of this. Congrats to @alexkehr and the Superlocal team! www.threads.com/@alexkehr…
This is such a fun word of the day—I had no idea “acme” had a meaning beyond the cartoons learnwithlookup.com/share/ind…
June 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is such a fun word of the day—I had no idea “acme” had a meaning beyond the cartoons learnwithlookup.com/share/ind…
This vase giving attitude
June 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This vase giving attitude
First post in a while up on my (newly revamped!) website: can new ways of working and thinking bring a fresh era of generalists? + 10 fun things :) alexpriest.com/universal…
June 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
First post in a while up on my (newly revamped!) website: can new ways of working and thinking bring a fresh era of generalists? + 10 fun things :) alexpriest.com/universal…
I just did this at my desk and I am *still* impressed, what a fun little trick. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKfITaHifLU/?id=3647670741279306452_637596492
Pete Firman on Instagram: "The Impossible Fold!😵💫
If you like puzzles, optical illusions and magic, I’m on tour in 2025 with a brand new live show featuring all that good stuff! Check all the dates in my bio☝️☝️☝️
#magictrick #magician #puzzle #fyp"
380K likes, 1,999 comments - petefirman on June 4, 2025: "The Impossible Fold!😵💫
If you like puzzles, optical illusions and magic, I’m on tour in 2025 with a brand new live show featuring all that good stuff! Check all the dates in my bio☝️☝️☝️
#magictrick #magician #puzzle #fyp".
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June 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I just did this at my desk and I am *still* impressed, what a fun little trick. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKfITaHifLU/?id=3647670741279306452_637596492
This is one of my favorite Ezra Klein episodes yet. “Our Lives Are an Endless Series of ‘And’"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/3…
June 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is one of my favorite Ezra Klein episodes yet. “Our Lives Are an Endless Series of ‘And’"
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Live Updates: Trump-Musk Alliance Dissolves as They Hurl Personal Attacks
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Great read, excellent renders—fun to imagine
I wrote some words and made some renders on what the New Design Language of iOS, iPadOS and macOS might be. Physicality: The new age of UI. www.lux.camera/physicality-...
Physicality: the new age of UI
There’s a lot of rumors of a big impending UI redesign from Apple. Let’s imagine what’s (or what could be) next for the design of iPhones, Macs and iPads.
www.lux.camera
June 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Great read, excellent renders—fun to imagine
First flying lesson today—wish me luck!
May 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
First flying lesson today—wish me luck!
I need art galleries / art fairs to make themselves explicitly no-kids. Not because I mind the kids being there, but because I need them to save me from inflicting this upon myself. My kids + art fairs = not fun.
May 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I need art galleries / art fairs to make themselves explicitly no-kids. Not because I mind the kids being there, but because I need them to save me from inflicting this upon myself. My kids + art fairs = not fun.
Parenting thought today: my biggest frustrations with my kids tend to be when they struggle with something I excel at, i.e. decision-making, moving fast, focus. Now trying to reframe these moments as reminders that 1/ they are not me and 2/ this is what I am supposed to teach.
May 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Parenting thought today: my biggest frustrations with my kids tend to be when they struggle with something I excel at, i.e. decision-making, moving fast, focus. Now trying to reframe these moments as reminders that 1/ they are not me and 2/ this is what I am supposed to teach.
I have long wanted a place to track what I read, watch, and play—so I built my own. Just a low-key section on my website for now (and only this year), but fun to put together: alexpriest.com/timeline/
May 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I have long wanted a place to track what I read, watch, and play—so I built my own. Just a low-key section on my website for now (and only this year), but fun to put together: alexpriest.com/timeline/
Raddle is a very fun new word game. Might accompany my morning coffee ritual alongside Bracket City… raddle.quest
May 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Raddle is a very fun new word game. Might accompany my morning coffee ritual alongside Bracket City… raddle.quest
This is sick. A remake of the Goldeneye pause music done on a Teenage Engineering K.O. II and OP-1 Field (h/t @hiro.report): www.youtube.com/watch
May 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is sick. A remake of the Goldeneye pause music done on a Teenage Engineering K.O. II and OP-1 Field (h/t @hiro.report): www.youtube.com/watch
This fluid audio visualizer by @dakd_jung is so cool. Looks like it made waves (lol) in 2021 but I missed it then. Would love to get my hands on one of these. https://burnslap.me/26
May 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This fluid audio visualizer by @dakd_jung is so cool. Looks like it made waves (lol) in 2021 but I missed it then. Would love to get my hands on one of these. https://burnslap.me/26
Launch day! I revamped my website, updated my bio, added a /now page, and embedded my microblog. It’s a permanent work in progress, but check it out / sign up here: alexpriest.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Launch day! I revamped my website, updated my bio, added a /now page, and embedded my microblog. It’s a permanent work in progress, but check it out / sign up here: alexpriest.com
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
Maybe my favorite ChatGPT use case so far https://chatgpt.com/share/6803ca2f-de70-8006-86b7-06716d719254
April 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Maybe my favorite ChatGPT use case so far https://chatgpt.com/share/6803ca2f-de70-8006-86b7-06716d719254