Andrew Boardman
@boardman.typo.social.ap.brid.gy
Designer-type. Creative director at Mangrove Web. Oddball American in Montréal. #web = #accessibility + #open + #typography
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What a brilliant idea for an indie web app. I wish I had built something like it years ago.
https://tinydot.com/
https://tinydot.com/
tinydot - drag files from Finder, publish to the web instantly
drag files from Finder, publish to the web instantly. free file publishing with automatic sync. supports images, markdown, audio and video.
tinydot.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 AM
What a brilliant idea for an indie web app. I wish I had built something like it years ago.
https://tinydot.com/
https://tinydot.com/
Daughter has a new album out. It is sweet and light in these days of cold and dark. https://esceptrecords.bandcamp.com/album/songz-2-because-we-had-2
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Daughter has a new album out. It is sweet and light in these days of cold and dark. https://esceptrecords.bandcamp.com/album/songz-2-because-we-had-2
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115814089678693717
Thanks, Felix. This is the year I finally get off corporate social media and move to spaces that will continue to value indie publishers, activists and creators.
Thanks, Felix. This is the year I finally get off corporate social media and move to spaces that will continue to value indie publishers, activists and creators.
Thanks to everyone contributing to our community, through contributing your work, giving back financially, by providing advice, or by using Mastodon and other fedi services. Wishing you a good end of the year and see you all in 2026 :BlobhajTinyHeart:
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115814089678693717
Thanks, Felix. This is the year I finally get off corporate social media and move to spaces that will continue to value indie publishers, activists and creators.
Thanks, Felix. This is the year I finally get off corporate social media and move to spaces that will continue to value indie publishers, activists and creators.
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My sister and @pauljrobinson have these coasters, and I find it *so hard* to put things on them. Something in my lizard brain rebels.
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My sister and @pauljrobinson have these coasters, and I find it *so hard* to put things on them. Something in my lizard brain rebels.
2026 sounds like the future.
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
2026 sounds like the future.
Wishing you a very happy new year — one that is filled wonder, with days full of awe and peace and mild organization.
https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-rest-and-resetting
https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-rest-and-resetting
In Defense of Rest and Resetting
Non-activity and reorganization as preparation for the year ahead.
deardesigner.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Wishing you a very happy new year — one that is filled wonder, with days full of awe and peace and mild organization.
https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-rest-and-resetting
https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-rest-and-resetting
This seems oddly appropriate given the end of the year […]
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typo.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This seems oddly appropriate given the end of the year […]
Sickened. My Alma mater. Fcking horrible
December 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Sickened. My Alma mater. Fcking horrible
A very comprehensive state of the union by Kyla Scanlon:
https://typequote.com/quotes/we-are-seeing-what-happens-when-you-outsource-human-learning-to-a-screen
https://typequote.com/quotes/we-are-seeing-what-happens-when-you-outsource-human-learning-to-a-screen
We are seeing what happens when you outsource human learning to a screen. | TypeQuote
Inspirational and uncommon quotes, citations, and excerpts for artists, designers, writers, journalists and their friends.
typequote.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A very comprehensive state of the union by Kyla Scanlon:
https://typequote.com/quotes/we-are-seeing-what-happens-when-you-outsource-human-learning-to-a-screen
https://typequote.com/quotes/we-are-seeing-what-happens-when-you-outsource-human-learning-to-a-screen
A great article on AI social capture at Brookings. #luddites
"Every time a news story frames AI competition as a race between companies or countries, it obscures the fact that ordinary people have been drafted into that race without their consent." […]
"Every time a news story frames AI competition as a race between companies or countries, it obscures the fact that ordinary people have been drafted into that race without their consent." […]
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typo.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A great article on AI social capture at Brookings. #luddites
"Every time a news story frames AI competition as a race between companies or countries, it obscures the fact that ordinary people have been drafted into that race without their consent." […]
"Every time a news story frames AI competition as a race between companies or countries, it obscures the fact that ordinary people have been drafted into that race without their consent." […]
A very happy helping Thanksgiving to all my fediverse neighbors out there. May the day be with you.
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A very happy helping Thanksgiving to all my fediverse neighbors out there. May the day be with you.
I was once called boring, and it never left me. This new post on Dear Designer explores how “boring” design can open the door to clarity, depth, and unexpected beauty.
https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-boring-design
https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-boring-design
In Praise of Boring (Design)
On being and being boring in the midst of making. (Not AI generated, I promise.)
deardesigner.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I was once called boring, and it never left me. This new post on Dear Designer explores how “boring” design can open the door to clarity, depth, and unexpected beauty.
https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-boring-design
https://deardesigner.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-boring-design
A new Dear Designer will be published tomorrow! Tomorrow!
In the meantime, here is Scott Belsky in today’s TypeQuote […]
In the meantime, here is Scott Belsky in today’s TypeQuote […]
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typo.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A new Dear Designer will be published tomorrow! Tomorrow!
In the meantime, here is Scott Belsky in today’s TypeQuote […]
In the meantime, here is Scott Belsky in today’s TypeQuote […]
The Dears - amazing to see them again, here in their hometown.
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The Dears - amazing to see them again, here in their hometown.
I recently wrote an article for RGD called What Designers Owe Each Other. It's a bit of a screed but also an honest call for us to recognize the contributions of others — near and far — in our work.
https://rgd.ca/articles/what-designers-owe-each-other
https://rgd.ca/articles/what-designers-owe-each-other
What designers owe each other
A call for designers to recognize the invisible labour, tools and ideas that make our work possible....
rgd.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I recently wrote an article for RGD called What Designers Owe Each Other. It's a bit of a screed but also an honest call for us to recognize the contributions of others — near and far — in our work.
https://rgd.ca/articles/what-designers-owe-each-other
https://rgd.ca/articles/what-designers-owe-each-other
This is what it looks like to read a mainstream business publication (Forbes) today (not Photoshopped).
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is what it looks like to read a mainstream business publication (Forbes) today (not Photoshopped).
Substack and other creator-focused platforms are pretty costumes for the party of capitalism, fomenting competition in the guise of community,
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Substack and other creator-focused platforms are pretty costumes for the party of capitalism, fomenting competition in the guise of community,
Today’s quote by philosopher Nick Bostrom should help put human existence into some perspective […]
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typo.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today’s quote by philosopher Nick Bostrom should help put human existence into some perspective […]
First snowbike of the season. Joyeux hiver!
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
First snowbike of the season. Joyeux hiver!
Today's TypeQuote from the great Jack Kerouac about compassion:
https://typequote.com/?id=who-knows-my-god-but-that-the-universe-is-not-one-vast-sea-of-compassion-actually-the-veritable-holy-honey-beneath-all-this-show-of-personality-and-cruelty
https://typequote.com/?id=who-knows-my-god-but-that-the-universe-is-not-one-vast-sea-of-compassion-actually-the-veritable-holy-honey-beneath-all-this-show-of-personality-and-cruelty
TypeQuote
Inspirational and uncommon quotes, citations, and excerpts for artists, designers, writers, journalists and their friends.
typequote.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Today's TypeQuote from the great Jack Kerouac about compassion:
https://typequote.com/?id=who-knows-my-god-but-that-the-universe-is-not-one-vast-sea-of-compassion-actually-the-veritable-holy-honey-beneath-all-this-show-of-personality-and-cruelty
https://typequote.com/?id=who-knows-my-god-but-that-the-universe-is-not-one-vast-sea-of-compassion-actually-the-veritable-holy-honey-beneath-all-this-show-of-personality-and-cruelty
Today’s quote is from our old friend Philip K. Dick, science fiction writer […]
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typo.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today’s quote is from our old friend Philip K. Dick, science fiction writer […]