Jason Beaird
@jasongraphix.com
Amateur adult, novice dad, humble husband & professor optimist. Senior Product Design Manager based in Orlando, FL. 🌴 jasongraphix.com
Time to let the kids shave off my November beard again. Unsurprisingly, they attempted a 6️⃣7️⃣ this year.
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Time to let the kids shave off my November beard again. Unsurprisingly, they attempted a 6️⃣7️⃣ this year.
The weather was perfect for this year’s Falcon 5k. Adelyn didn’t train at all, so we took it slow and had fun.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The weather was perfect for this year’s Falcon 5k. Adelyn didn’t train at all, so we took it slow and had fun.
Creative Mornings Orlando is always inspiring, but it was especially refreshing to hear stories from students and recent grads at today’s “Rising Creatives” event.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Creative Mornings Orlando is always inspiring, but it was especially refreshing to hear stories from students and recent grads at today’s “Rising Creatives” event.
creativemornings.com/cities/orl/b...
creativemornings.com/cities/orl/b...
Tonight’s random vibe coding project success, presented without context.
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Tonight’s random vibe coding project success, presented without context.
Experimenting with agent mode in ChatGPT Atlas is a good reminder that designing web experiences that are intuitive and accessible for all humans makes them more usable for everyone, including the robots. Watching Atlas work is like facilitating a user research session.
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Experimenting with agent mode in ChatGPT Atlas is a good reminder that designing web experiences that are intuitive and accessible for all humans makes them more usable for everyone, including the robots. Watching Atlas work is like facilitating a user research session.
Just put a fresh set of caster wheels on my old standing desk. After about 5y, the tread wore off one from my original set. Still love being able to roll my desk around.
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just put a fresh set of caster wheels on my old standing desk. After about 5y, the tread wore off one from my original set. Still love being able to roll my desk around.
I Installed a closer on the door of our new home office today. I was a bit nervous as it was my first time having to drill and tap machine screw holes, but it turned out great!
October 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I Installed a closer on the door of our new home office today. I was a bit nervous as it was my first time having to drill and tap machine screw holes, but it turned out great!
I took my youngest daughter to see Alex Warren perform at UCF last night. A few weeks ago, my oldest and I went to Benson Boone at Kia Center. Middle school girl dad life is out of the ordinary, but mystical and magical.
October 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I took my youngest daughter to see Alex Warren perform at UCF last night. A few weeks ago, my oldest and I went to Benson Boone at Kia Center. Middle school girl dad life is out of the ordinary, but mystical and magical.
It’s inspiring to see new signs of pride and allyship popping up around Orlando. You can paint over (and pressure wash) a crosswalk, but The City Beautiful will keep shining through.
August 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It’s inspiring to see new signs of pride and allyship popping up around Orlando. You can paint over (and pressure wash) a crosswalk, but The City Beautiful will keep shining through.
The school year begins!
We officially have two middle schoolers.
We officially have two middle schoolers.
August 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The school year begins!
We officially have two middle schoolers.
We officially have two middle schoolers.
Ames and I celebrated our anniversary with a long weekend in Tampa. It’s been great to slow down, connect, and dream about our next 22 years together.
July 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ames and I celebrated our anniversary with a long weekend in Tampa. It’s been great to slow down, connect, and dream about our next 22 years together.
This portable speaker we use for mics at the UX meetup has been out of commission for a couple months. Patched in a $13 replacement battery and it’s good as new. Gotta love an easy repair.
July 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This portable speaker we use for mics at the UX meetup has been out of commission for a couple months. Patched in a $13 replacement battery and it’s good as new. Gotta love an easy repair.
Changing solid tires on an electric scooter is not a fun DIY job. Our girls know not to drift on them now, but I ended up changing both of their rear tires early after they got out of round and very bumpy to ride.
July 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Changing solid tires on an electric scooter is not a fun DIY job. Our girls know not to drift on them now, but I ended up changing both of their rear tires early after they got out of round and very bumpy to ride.
PSA: Slack has an option in Advanced preferences to use your latest sort selection instead of forcing "relevant" every time.
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
PSA: Slack has an option in Advanced preferences to use your latest sort selection instead of forcing "relevant" every time.
Here’s what it looks like for don’t walk.
June 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here’s what it looks like for don’t walk.
It’s a sithwalk!
(Virginia Dr & N Fern Creek Ave in Orlando)
(Virginia Dr & N Fern Creek Ave in Orlando)
June 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s a sithwalk!
(Virginia Dr & N Fern Creek Ave in Orlando)
(Virginia Dr & N Fern Creek Ave in Orlando)
Not intentionally. I'm always looking for teams to add. Know of any gov design team blogs I should include?
June 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Not intentionally. I'm always looking for teams to add. Know of any gov design team blogs I should include?
Happy Caturday, Jeffrey!
June 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Happy Caturday, Jeffrey!
It’s been cooler and quieter in the office shed since I installed this Midea Duo portable AC. Our through-the-wall unit has struggled to keep up every summer. Still kicking myself for not going with a mini-split when we built the shed.
June 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It’s been cooler and quieter in the office shed since I installed this Midea Duo portable AC. Our through-the-wall unit has struggled to keep up every summer. Still kicking myself for not going with a mini-split when we built the shed.
Family beach mode activated for the long weekend. 🏖️
May 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Family beach mode activated for the long weekend. 🏖️
Traveling home from this week’s team meetup in Chicago. It was great catching up with friends in-person and the silly catapult game I planned was a success.
May 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Traveling home from this week’s team meetup in Chicago. It was great catching up with friends in-person and the silly catapult game I planned was a success.
Headed to Chicago next week for a product org meetup, so of course I planned another game and made more weird trophies.
May 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Headed to Chicago next week for a product org meetup, so of course I planned another game and made more weird trophies.
It was great to make some new friends and catch up with folks at last night’s Downtown Orlando UX Meetup.
May 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It was great to make some new friends and catch up with folks at last night’s Downtown Orlando UX Meetup.
Inventing a new punctuation mark to fight AI is either brilliant satire or the most Luddite possible response—either way, I love it.
www.theamdash.com
www.theamdash.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Inventing a new punctuation mark to fight AI is either brilliant satire or the most Luddite possible response—either way, I love it.
www.theamdash.com
www.theamdash.com