august 11 etc

Originally posted at combatdavey.net

Another odds and ends post:

πŸ’»πŸ“•βœπŸ½ If you like Interactive Fiction and want to try your hand at it, I suggest messing around with Evergreen. It’s free and it was made by a buddy of mine.

πŸ’»πŸ“•βœπŸ½ That said, there’s nothing wrong with Twine.

πŸ’»πŸ–ΌοΈπŸ“· Kompressor is a free MacOS image converter.

πŸ’»πŸ–ΌοΈβœ‚οΈ Shotva exists to help you zhuzh up your screenshots.

πŸ—“οΈπŸ“–πŸ” Yes, zhuzh is a word. It was also Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day on August 19, 2020.

πŸ“–βͺπŸ›Ή Want to spend more time on Dictionary.com? Do The Ultimate 1990s Slang Quiz. Or don’t, I’m not your dad.

πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ³6️⃣ In Toronto? Like brunch? I highly suggest Ohiru, but please note that they don’t take reservations.

πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌπŸ³6️⃣ That said, Light Cafe is also very good β€”β€” and the portions are insane.

πŸ™„πŸ˜‘ Feel like being infuriated by someone who should know better but clearly doesn’t? Read John McWhorter’s opinion piece on Springsteen in the NYT.

✍🏽✍🏽 I’m taking on some new clients come September but I will still have some bandwidth. If you’re in the market for a writer with a background in journalism, advertising, AI, and UX, I’m available. Peep my LinkedIn or whatever.

Be good to yourself.

I’m out.

dave @combatdavey