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Dan(iel) Ritz(enthaler)
@danritz.com
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Interrogating the edges of design, research, and management. Figuring out better ways to describe progress for people building and using software.

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New favorite thing! Reeder — Silvio Rizzi

https://wurkit.com/posts/reeder-silvio-rizzi
A yellow square with rounded corners and a shadow below. In the square a simple illustration of a lightning bolt. Used as an application icon in Mac desktop and mobile environments.
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New favorite thing! On Writing Well — William Zinsser

https://wurkit.com/posts/on-writing-well-william-zinsser
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New favorite thing! iA Writer

https://wurkit.com/posts/ia-writer
A laptop computer, a phone, and a tablet all in a row. Each engaged in focused writing (a feature that highlights current sentence and keeps it centered on screen).
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New favorite thing! The Design Way — Harold G. Nelson and Erik Stolterman

https://wurkit.com/posts/the-design-way-harold-g-nelson-and-erik-stolterman
A bright orange book cover. Across the top lists the authors: Harold G. Nelson and Erik Stolterman. The bottom left title, in large letters: the design way (not capitalized). The bottom right subtitle: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World.
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New favorite thing! The Death and Life of Great American Cities — Jane Jacobs

https://wurkit.com/posts/the-death-and-life-of-great-american-cities-jane-jacobs
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New favorite thing! Sable (Soundtrack) — Japanese Breakfast

https://wurkit.com/posts/sable-soundtrack-japanese-breakfast
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New favorite thing! Totebook — Studio Neat

https://wurkit.com/posts/totebook-studio-neat
An image with caption: A rolled up Totebook in a tight hand grip. Excellent for whacking things.
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New favorite thing! Ipanema — Saib

https://wurkit.com/posts/ipanema-saib
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September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New favorite thing! Reeder — Silvio Rizzi

https://dan.pika.page/posts/reeder-silvio-rizzi
A yellow square with rounded corners and a shadow below. In the square a simple illustration of a lightning bolt. Used as an application icon in Mac desktop and mobile environments.
August 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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New favorite thing! On Writing Well — William Zinsser

https://dan.pika.page/posts/on-writing-well-william-zinsser
June 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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New favorite thing! iA Writer

https://dan.pika.page/posts/ia-writer
A laptop computer, a phone, and a tablet all in a row. Each engaged in focused writing (a feature that highlights current sentence and keeps it centered on screen).
April 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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New article: Situationally Reflective Design

https://www.danritz.com/articles/situationally-reflective-design/
The first step of progress on many progress bars group into activities like wireframes and mood boards Progress bars grouped into two categories of layout and brand A series of progress bars all in starting conditions One progress bar of many taken almost to completion
April 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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New article: Systems Exhaustion and Playing Whack-A-Mole

https://www.danritz.com/articles/systems-exhaustion-and-playing-whack-a-mole/
Seth Milchick from Severance turning on colorful lights while dancing and smiles at the results Christopher Walken holding and admiring a turtle
April 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Me in the national security group chat
Group of Clueless friends all in the hottest new fashions talking on their phones.
March 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Post your favorite Star Trek character, but wrong answers only.
A cross-eyed man in a round white helmet from the movie Spaceballs.
December 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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I, personally, want a bookmarking tool. But, also, damn.

Time to set a filter for [pin emoji I refuse to use as an example].
A full Bluesky screen of comments with only the pin emoji in them.
December 4, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Hahaha! Amazing. Checking out IO and thought this was some baller copywriting.

teamtito.com/io/
Heading: Jank-free Content: IO is fast. Really-fast. Built on a modern stack that leaves loading-spinners in the dust.
December 2, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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Spoon Licker!

The one Christmas ornament I call dibs to put on the tree.

We have the whole Icelandic Yule Lads set. I like the Sausage Swiper, too.

Winter in Iceland is magical. Need to go in the summer.
Christmas ornament of an Icelandic Yule Lad named Spoon Licker. A bearded man sticking his tongue out in front of a bunch of pine needles with colored lights shining on him.
December 1, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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Hope you pass the test!
November 28, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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Got my @molly.wiki sweatshirt. Tough call. Might be my new favorite. 🤔

store.mollywhite.net/collections/...
November 27, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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The graphic novel is rad! Rent/buy and read them both.
Cover image for the graphic novel version of Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Illustration of a woman standing in front of a burning landscape with the title of book over her shoulder.
November 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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"Relying on the goodwill of a handful of individuals to steward critical artist infrastructure is an existential risk."

subvert.fm

While thinking about that I bumed into this and laughed.
In FAQ area of the website, one of the quesitons asked: Is this a crypto thing? One word answer: No.
November 14, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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how you email finds me
Big Sean looking at phone, then looking up to make eye contact with no expression of any kind on his face — just completely absent of any emotion.
September 6, 2023 at 12:19 AM