Journal
Notes on building small things, and on what breaks.
What each tool is for, what it costs, and the defects worth writing down. There is a feed, and no newsletter attached to it.
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A number, not a lecture
tab•tally counts your open tabs and says so once. Two permissions, no site access at all, and the reason for that is a rejection back in May.
tab-tallyextensionschrome-web-store
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Screen time that blocks nothing
Most website timers are blockers with a chart attached. site•stay measures and then says nothing, and the difference matters more than it sounds.
site-stayextensions
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A sticky note that needs no login
Every note app wants an account first. page•pin writes to your own browser and asks for nothing, and here is exactly what that costs.
page-pinextensions
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The dot nearly went missing
Cutting a typeface down to size, and the one character that would have taken the brand with it.
designtypography
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Six planners, one planner
Every structural check passed. Then somebody actually looked at them.
plannersdesign
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A test that could not fail
The document checker returned nine out of nine against a file with nothing in it.
gatestesting