March 18, 2018
Level up your terminal game with iTerm2’s Hotkey Window and text settings
Occasionally, I’ll be talking with someone as I’m on my computer, and I pull up my terminal to enter a git command or something similar. If they use the terminal a lot but haven’t seen or tried the “hotkey window” in a terminal before, they sometimes…
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December 15, 2017
Make the macOS command line super convenient with aliases
You may already know that the command line allows you to interact with the core of your computer via the “bash” shell (I’m resisting the urge to get into etymology and a description of shells, but if you’re curious, check out the “More Reading…
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September 16, 2017
Five tips for beginners to start having fun with lettering and calligraphy, with (almost) no budget
I just got a message from a friend from my freshman year dormitory at the University of Minnesota: hey, i thought you would maybe be the guy to ask about this sort of thing. For a weird period every day, i’m a high school art teacher, and the first…
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September 14, 2017
Use Drawbot with GitHub and VS Code
My TypeMedia class is taking our first forays into Drawbot, a program that allows you to make drawings and animations programmatically with Python. To me, it feels a lot like CodePen for Python. However, there are a few things that Drawbot doesn’t…
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September 13, 2017
Handle events in Gatsby React Components
My initial question: I’ve recently been working on a blog using GatsbyJS, which is based on React. The main challenge I have with it right now is how to the use javascript to manipulate the DOM in react. I know basic javascript, but my basic…
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September 07, 2017
TypeMedia class introductions + hot tips™ to giving a good self-intro presentation
Today, September 7th, we met (most of) our teachers and had a walk through the calendar for the year and of the course expectations. Then, each student presented for 10 minutes to explain who they are, where they come from, what work they have done…
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