Guy Segal
@guysegal.com
Design director working on design systems and people systems.
Can fake a decent guitar riff. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. He/him. Views are my own.
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I talk to cool design folks on my podcast http://designdowntime.com/
Toronto, ON, Canada
Can fake a decent guitar riff. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. He/him. Views are my own.
🩷💜💙
I talk to cool design folks on my podcast http://designdowntime.com/
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Guy Segal
@guysegal.com
· Oct 18
Design Downtime
"Design Downtime" celebrates the joys of living a balanced creative life outside the pixels and wireframes. Join your host, Guy Segal, a design director, on this journey to redefine what it means to b...
designdowntime.com
Hello new followers! I'm a design director from Toronto, working on design systems.
I also host a podcast called Design Downtime, where I talk to design professionals about a hobby or interest of theirs that has nothing to do with work, because it's ok to not be about productivity 24/7!
I also host a podcast called Design Downtime, where I talk to design professionals about a hobby or interest of theirs that has nothing to do with work, because it's ok to not be about productivity 24/7!
It really sucks that we keep asking to do better since I don’t know what year
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It really sucks that we keep asking to do better since I don’t know what year
Doesn’t sounds unusual at all
January 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Doesn’t sounds unusual at all
Slightly diminish a band:
The vice presidents of the United States of America
The vice presidents of the United States of America
Slightly diminish a band:
L6
L6
Slightly diminish a band:
Sleat Kinney
Sleat Kinney
January 11, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
The vice presidents of the United States of America
The vice presidents of the United States of America
It’s not even that. It’s working backwards from the conclusion that AI is great to justify it as “another thing that people had to adjust to”.
January 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It’s not even that. It’s working backwards from the conclusion that AI is great to justify it as “another thing that people had to adjust to”.
“Being against AI is the same as when we moved from assembly to higher level languages, in both cases you have less control over the resulting code.”
1. I don’t think you understand what deterministic programming means and why it’s good.
2. I don’t think you understand anything about computers.
1. I don’t think you understand what deterministic programming means and why it’s good.
2. I don’t think you understand anything about computers.
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“Being against AI is the same as when we moved from assembly to higher level languages, in both cases you have less control over the resulting code.”
1. I don’t think you understand what deterministic programming means and why it’s good.
2. I don’t think you understand anything about computers.
1. I don’t think you understand what deterministic programming means and why it’s good.
2. I don’t think you understand anything about computers.
As a Canadian, I’m livid that our national sport is being appropriated like this by marketing departments.
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
As a Canadian, I’m livid that our national sport is being appropriated like this by marketing departments.
Reposted by Guy Segal
Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Yay! Then a very loud congratulations!
January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Yay! Then a very loud congratulations!
…a cautious congratulations?
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
…a cautious congratulations?
Nutella! You Black Emperor
Nutella! In the hot pot
nutella! in the moka pot
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Nutella! You Black Emperor
Sitting in a small coffee shop and listening to music feels wonderful.
Opening a new board game and punching out the cardboard pieces feels wonderful.
Eating popcorn in a theatre as they turn down the lights and the movie starts feels wonderful.
Opening a new board game and punching out the cardboard pieces feels wonderful.
Eating popcorn in a theatre as they turn down the lights and the movie starts feels wonderful.
In this week's newsletter we talk about things that make us feel wonderful. Not because we’re copping out, but because remembering, and holding on to things that make us feel wonderful are fuel. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to feel wonderful
New art studio taking shape! This week’s question comes to us from Kylie Gusset: What makes you feel wonderful? Ok, yeah. So… the last couple of newsletters...
buttondown.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Sitting in a small coffee shop and listening to music feels wonderful.
Opening a new board game and punching out the cardboard pieces feels wonderful.
Eating popcorn in a theatre as they turn down the lights and the movie starts feels wonderful.
Opening a new board game and punching out the cardboard pieces feels wonderful.
Eating popcorn in a theatre as they turn down the lights and the movie starts feels wonderful.
And we’re back! Listen to me annoying @jmillspaysbills.bsky.social by mispronouncing New Orleans.
Jeremy Miller Loves New Orleans | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
You don’t need a Cajun accent to enjoy this episode, when Jeremy Miller tells us all about his hometown of New Orleans. He explains what makes New Orleans unique, including its complex history as a ci...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
And we’re back! Listen to me annoying @jmillspaysbills.bsky.social by mispronouncing New Orleans.
They know what they signed up for. Do it.
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 AM
They know what they signed up for. Do it.
Lego is timeless (excerpt for Lego HP).
January 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Lego is timeless (excerpt for Lego HP).
Robin makes awesome games! Anyone wants to build great static sites for them?
Does anyone know a good web designer who can make some really nice looking but also functional static sites? I'd like to improve the official Roottrees and Evil Trout Inc. websites, plus make one for Galley House. Contact info is on eviltrout.com! Bonus points if they're a puzzle game fan.
Evil Trout Inc.
eviltrout.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Robin makes awesome games! Anyone wants to build great static sites for them?
Watching “Werckmeister Harmonies” in a nearly empty theatre was one of the most profound film viewing experiences of my life.
RIP Béla Tarr
RIP Béla Tarr
Werckmeister Harmonies (Opening Scene - GR-EN sub)
YouTube video by Aldimitris
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Watching “Werckmeister Harmonies” in a nearly empty theatre was one of the most profound film viewing experiences of my life.
RIP Béla Tarr
RIP Béla Tarr
Silver lining of so many people publishing on substack, is that I have a more manageable list of essays to read. 🙃
(Read: please get off substack)
(Read: please get off substack)
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Silver lining of so many people publishing on substack, is that I have a more manageable list of essays to read. 🙃
(Read: please get off substack)
(Read: please get off substack)
Reposted by Guy Segal
A reminder to all design sytem folks - the Design System Report survey closes in less than 10 days! We've already had 88 folks fill it in, but we'd love loads more, so if you could fill it in (and then share it!) I will love you forever
report.zeroheight.com
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Design System Report 2026 - brought to you by zeroheight
Help shape the future of design systems. Contribute to the longest running design system industry report. Take the survey and be the first to receive the completed report in 2026.
report.zeroheight.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
A reminder to all design sytem folks - the Design System Report survey closes in less than 10 days! We've already had 88 folks fill it in, but we'd love loads more, so if you could fill it in (and then share it!) I will love you forever
report.zeroheight.com
report.zeroheight.com
Oooh what are you watching?
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Oooh what are you watching?