Tom Creighton
@tom.party
Software designer. Making blogging more social https://peep.pub Occasional typefaces at https://joyride.studio – He/him. http://tom.party #hamont
A hot riff on Motter Tektura, possibly my favourite typeface ever; instant buy www.futurefonts.com/element-type...
Element Type - Future Fonts
License in-progress typefaces by Element Type.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A hot riff on Motter Tektura, possibly my favourite typeface ever; instant buy www.futurefonts.com/element-type...
Me, checking out the guy who showed up to our sword fight with a pen: uh oh
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Me, checking out the guy who showed up to our sword fight with a pen: uh oh
Me, to a musician who’s just been turned into a piano by a witch: Sing us a song [whispering] you're the piano, man
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Me, to a musician who’s just been turned into a piano by a witch: Sing us a song [whispering] you're the piano, man
Me: So I look at this device that shows me the worst things in the world constantly
Person who travelled forward in time from the Middle Ages, nodding: due to thy ſinfulneſs
Person who travelled forward in time from the Middle Ages, nodding: due to thy ſinfulneſs
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Me: So I look at this device that shows me the worst things in the world constantly
Person who travelled forward in time from the Middle Ages, nodding: due to thy ſinfulneſs
Person who travelled forward in time from the Middle Ages, nodding: due to thy ſinfulneſs
Future historian: and they called this device a ‘phone’
Future student: interesting, so they phoned each other with this?
Future historian: haha absolutely not
Future student: interesting, so they phoned each other with this?
Future historian: haha absolutely not
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Future historian: and they called this device a ‘phone’
Future student: interesting, so they phoned each other with this?
Future historian: haha absolutely not
Future student: interesting, so they phoned each other with this?
Future historian: haha absolutely not
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Get your typing fingers nimble, the #ATmosphereConf call for proposals is open!
ATmosphereConf 2026 Call for Proposals Now Open
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December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Get your typing fingers nimble, the #ATmosphereConf call for proposals is open!
I have fond memories of eating the inexplicably-named Watergate Salad (aka ‘green stuff’) at my grandparents’ house as a child. As an adult, I’m excited to perpetrate this food crime on my own family.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I have fond memories of eating the inexplicably-named Watergate Salad (aka ‘green stuff’) at my grandparents’ house as a child. As an adult, I’m excited to perpetrate this food crime on my own family.
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one strategy is to keep doing your thing much longer than anyone thought you would
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
one strategy is to keep doing your thing much longer than anyone thought you would
3yo: my doggy flies over the ocean / my doggy flies over the sea
Me: actually those are much better lyrics
Me: actually those are much better lyrics
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
3yo: my doggy flies over the ocean / my doggy flies over the sea
Me: actually those are much better lyrics
Me: actually those are much better lyrics
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The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick
File under ‘you can just do things’: a tiny menubar app that checks my local commuter rail station for the next departure time.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
File under ‘you can just do things’: a tiny menubar app that checks my local commuter rail station for the next departure time.
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See Red Women's Workshop poster, 1975
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
See Red Women's Workshop poster, 1975
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SOCRATES: No god is a philosopher or seeker after wisdom, for he is wise already; nor does any man who is wise seek after wisdom.
PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom.
DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers
PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom.
DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
SOCRATES: No god is a philosopher or seeker after wisdom, for he is wise already; nor does any man who is wise seek after wisdom.
PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom.
DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers
PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom.
DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers
There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
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crazy idea: not buying a deceptively marketed humanoid robot that doesn’t actually work as intended and instead hiring a skilled human worker to do some of your household chores and paying them a living wage instead
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
crazy idea: not buying a deceptively marketed humanoid robot that doesn’t actually work as intended and instead hiring a skilled human worker to do some of your household chores and paying them a living wage instead
Developers: I’m just going to hydrate the skeleton
Necromancer: whoa, whoa, what
Necromancer: whoa, whoa, what
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Developers: I’m just going to hydrate the skeleton
Necromancer: whoa, whoa, what
Necromancer: whoa, whoa, what
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ANDREW DICE CLAY: *reading one of my emails on stage* LET me KNOWWW. if that time WORKS. FOR YOU. *does a weird little hunch thing* NO! WORRIES! IF! NOT!!!
ME: *to myself, in the audience* this is humiliating, why did i agree to this. ive gotta stand up to him.
ME: *to myself, in the audience* this is humiliating, why did i agree to this. ive gotta stand up to him.
July 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
ANDREW DICE CLAY: *reading one of my emails on stage* LET me KNOWWW. if that time WORKS. FOR YOU. *does a weird little hunch thing* NO! WORRIES! IF! NOT!!!
ME: *to myself, in the audience* this is humiliating, why did i agree to this. ive gotta stand up to him.
ME: *to myself, in the audience* this is humiliating, why did i agree to this. ive gotta stand up to him.
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There's a type of guy whose only contribution at work is sheer volume of outputs, whether or not they serve any purpose. AI tools ask us, "what if everyone could be that guy?"
It would suck! A lot!
Scaling up trash only makes more trash. Work that doesn't pave a road to a better system is waste.
It would suck! A lot!
Scaling up trash only makes more trash. Work that doesn't pave a road to a better system is waste.
All your problems are people problems (Don't Just Do Things, Part 2)
If you want to do strategy, you must be willing to do process transformation first.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There's a type of guy whose only contribution at work is sheer volume of outputs, whether or not they serve any purpose. AI tools ask us, "what if everyone could be that guy?"
It would suck! A lot!
Scaling up trash only makes more trash. Work that doesn't pave a road to a better system is waste.
It would suck! A lot!
Scaling up trash only makes more trash. Work that doesn't pave a road to a better system is waste.
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“We've normalized software catastrophes to the point where a Calculator leaking 32GB of RAM barely makes the news. This isn't about AI. The quality crisis started years before ChatGPT existed. AI just weaponized existing incompetence.” techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe
The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.
techtrenches.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“We've normalized software catastrophes to the point where a Calculator leaking 32GB of RAM barely makes the news. This isn't about AI. The quality crisis started years before ChatGPT existed. AI just weaponized existing incompetence.” techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-...
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The kind of culture war I can get behind 🎨 💃 🎭
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Why we’re blowing a generational moment for Canadian culture
We’re checking the origins of our groceries, but where’s the love for the sector that truly defines who we are?
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October 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The kind of culture war I can get behind 🎨 💃 🎭
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d72afc6...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d72afc6...
My friend Ash put a lot of thoughtful words to something I've been thinking about a lot lately ashfurrow.com/blog/work-at...
Work At Your Spikes
I want to discuss my career trajectory and a chronic issue I’ve identified with my job satisfaction since becoming a staff developer. It’s been subtle and I didn’t notice it for years. Maybe this will...
ashfurrow.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My friend Ash put a lot of thoughtful words to something I've been thinking about a lot lately ashfurrow.com/blog/work-at...
This is very silly ... and yet, the heart wants what it wants www.nativeunion.com/products/pop...
POP Phone
Thoughtfully designed for more meaningful conversations, the POP phone helps you disconnect from distractions and reconnect with people. Its USB-C connection works effortlessly with your smartphone, l...
www.nativeunion.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is very silly ... and yet, the heart wants what it wants www.nativeunion.com/products/pop...