Henry Wilkinson
@wilkinson.graphics
Designer who knows some things about web archives, OpenStreetMap enthusiast, occasional maker of music.
Prev @webrecorder.net Currently @EQTY
Prev @webrecorder.net Currently @EQTY
New blog post! This time, a reflection on the Wikireader: a dedicated gadget from 2010 that lets you read a text-only version of Wikipedia. 15 years later and it still works better than ever!
wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-12...
wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-12...
I Like The Wikireader
What's 2010 is cool again!
wilkinson.graphics
December 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
New blog post! This time, a reflection on the Wikireader: a dedicated gadget from 2010 that lets you read a text-only version of Wikipedia. 15 years later and it still works better than ever!
wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-12...
wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-12...
Everyone else is posting their word clouds, but I'm keeping the streak alive!
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Everyone else is posting their word clouds, but I'm keeping the streak alive!
Musicbrainz Picard doesn't write release and track relationships so now I need to go back and re-tag my entire music library to get those sweet details about who played what instruments on which tracks.
...But because they DO write a unique ID to each file this should be a simple bulk edit!
...But because they DO write a unique ID to each file this should be a simple bulk edit!
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Musicbrainz Picard doesn't write release and track relationships so now I need to go back and re-tag my entire music library to get those sweet details about who played what instruments on which tracks.
...But because they DO write a unique ID to each file this should be a simple bulk edit!
...But because they DO write a unique ID to each file this should be a simple bulk edit!
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Fran Sans — a typeface inspired by San Francisco light rail displays — is gorgeous and this excellent article really shows you how deep a typography designer will go 👏👏👏
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography #design
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography #design
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fran Sans — a typeface inspired by San Francisco light rail displays — is gorgeous and this excellent article really shows you how deep a typography designer will go 👏👏👏
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography #design
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography #design
Playing around with gaussian splats! The end result is cool, but the structure-from-motion camera visualization was pretty neat too!
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Playing around with gaussian splats! The end result is cool, but the structure-from-motion camera visualization was pretty neat too!
The year is 2025. I still cannot right click an image in a google doc and hit "Download" to save it to my local computer.
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The year is 2025. I still cannot right click an image in a google doc and hit "Download" to save it to my local computer.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 t.co/4P9GUkl8m0
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 t.co/4P9GUkl8m0
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We're accepting new writing for Orbital Studies, a literary science magazine cultivating a poetic orientation towards the world revealed to us by science.
Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World*
Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com
Please share! We pay all contributors.
Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World*
Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com
Please share! We pay all contributors.
❧ Orbital Studies Magazine ☙
Ways of Seeing the Objective World
orbitalstudies.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We're accepting new writing for Orbital Studies, a literary science magazine cultivating a poetic orientation towards the world revealed to us by science.
Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World*
Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com
Please share! We pay all contributors.
Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World*
Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com
Please share! We pay all contributors.
Affinity is free, I have thoughts! If you want to know what they are you can click this link: wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-11...
If you don't want to know what they are, you can do other things! Ride a bike! Watch the sunset! The world is your oyster!
If you don't want to know what they are, you can do other things! Ride a bike! Watch the sunset! The world is your oyster!
Affinity is Free! ...But at What Cost?
My thoughts on the state of graphics software in 2025
wilkinson.graphics
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Affinity is free, I have thoughts! If you want to know what they are you can click this link: wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-11...
If you don't want to know what they are, you can do other things! Ride a bike! Watch the sunset! The world is your oyster!
If you don't want to know what they are, you can do other things! Ride a bike! Watch the sunset! The world is your oyster!
A freebie for any PMs at Google: Now that newsletter subscriptions are big, you could bring back Google Reader as part of Gmail with a dedicated newsletter reader inbox view and also make RSS cool again while you're at it.
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A freebie for any PMs at Google: Now that newsletter subscriptions are big, you could bring back Google Reader as part of Gmail with a dedicated newsletter reader inbox view and also make RSS cool again while you're at it.
That’s baseball baby
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
That’s baseball baby
My biggest baseball take is that the live organ is a lot of fun. The Jays should ditch the canned sound effects and hire somebody to play keys.
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
My biggest baseball take is that the live organ is a lot of fun. The Jays should ditch the canned sound effects and hire somebody to play keys.
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Took the A-train
Car-specific wayfinding!
Car-specific wayfinding!
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Took the A-train
Car-specific wayfinding!
Car-specific wayfinding!
New blog post! Using 3D scan data created with my phone as reference imagery for underground mapping of subway stations in #OpenStreetMap
Check it out! wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-10...
Check it out! wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-10...
Mapping Underground Structures with 3D Scans
My recent dive into indoor mapping with OpenStreetMap using photogrammetric references.
wilkinson.graphics
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New blog post! Using 3D scan data created with my phone as reference imagery for underground mapping of subway stations in #OpenStreetMap
Check it out! wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-10...
Check it out! wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-10...
"your needs are all self centred but the benefits trickle down"
Not sure how to feel about this, but I think it's positive?
Not sure how to feel about this, but I think it's positive?
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"your needs are all self centred but the benefits trickle down"
Not sure how to feel about this, but I think it's positive?
Not sure how to feel about this, but I think it's positive?
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It's pretty grim how succeeding online after the TikTokification of everything is about throwing spaghetti until the computer favors you once and then getting imprisoned by that gimmick forever as you scrounge for ways to increase the ante
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's pretty grim how succeeding online after the TikTokification of everything is about throwing spaghetti until the computer favors you once and then getting imprisoned by that gimmick forever as you scrounge for ways to increase the ante
The day has finally come where YouTube is showing channels I didn't subscribe to in the subscriptions feed. Terrible stuff.
October 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The day has finally come where YouTube is showing channels I didn't subscribe to in the subscriptions feed. Terrible stuff.
Ads? In MY SaaS?! It's more likely than you'd think...
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ads? In MY SaaS?! It's more likely than you'd think...
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Alright friends, I think we are live! 😁 I've only tested this with my own data so I have no idea if it works for anyone else but I think commitgraphghan.com is live and working 🤞👀
I'm trying the pattern out this weekend to see how awful it is to make 😂
Where are my @github.com #crochet fans at?
I'm trying the pattern out this weekend to see how awful it is to make 😂
Where are my @github.com #crochet fans at?
October 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Alright friends, I think we are live! 😁 I've only tested this with my own data so I have no idea if it works for anyone else but I think commitgraphghan.com is live and working 🤞👀
I'm trying the pattern out this weekend to see how awful it is to make 😂
Where are my @github.com #crochet fans at?
I'm trying the pattern out this weekend to see how awful it is to make 😂
Where are my @github.com #crochet fans at?
Finally got a chance to give @makham.itch.io's Pixel Composer a spin after a few years of letting them cook... This software is kinda awesome now?! Look what I can make with just 7 nodes!
September 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Finally got a chance to give @makham.itch.io's Pixel Composer a spin after a few years of letting them cook... This software is kinda awesome now?! Look what I can make with just 7 nodes!
Super cool stuff and some very nice people at Swash & Serif this year! Check out the show if you’re into letters and in Toronto, it runs until Sep. 23rd!
swashandserif.ca
swashandserif.ca
September 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Super cool stuff and some very nice people at Swash & Serif this year! Check out the show if you’re into letters and in Toronto, it runs until Sep. 23rd!
swashandserif.ca
swashandserif.ca
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I think the only two governors who ever followed me on Twitter were Newsom and Spencer Cox, and I feel bad that I’m apparently such a good “craven doofus” follow.
July 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I think the only two governors who ever followed me on Twitter were Newsom and Spencer Cox, and I feel bad that I’m apparently such a good “craven doofus” follow.