I miss Hong Kong or at least what Hong Kong was for me
Ilya Kaminsky from Musica Humana
@that.blue.roan Hope everyone’s having a great pride month #lgbtq #fyp ♬ original sound - :)
Morning Bell
Promise
On your own
hot air balloons
The future is a little bit sexy
Necessary
cool
“And now, a word from our sponsors.
Sometimes you are on the precipice, the moment where everything could topple. Maybe it is danger, or a hard choice, or just change (which is, in our perception, the biggest danger of all). And sometimes we are on the smooth flats, where everything is stable, and the precipice is just a tickle in the back of the back of our minds.
But deep down, we know the truth. We see it sometimes, driving at night through a rainstorm, or when the phone rings at the wrong hour, or when the plane starts to shake, there are no smooth flats. It’s all precipice. Always.
And sometimes we are facing the precipice, and sometimes we are turned away. But it is always there, and we are always teetering. And maybe the fall isn’t even the worst part. Maybe, when we fall, there is at least the relief that we know we’re falling. No more uncertainty. Maybe the worst part is the teetering, the teetering for years and years.
Delta Airlines: It’s not like you’re safe anywhere else.”
From Welcome to Night Vale, Episode 92: If He Had Lived
But I’ll argue that Accessibility is actually more important than Security because dialing Accessibility to zero means you have no product at all, whereas dialing Security to zero can still get you a reasonably successful product such as the Playstation Network.
The Flooded Grave at The Art Institute of Chicago
For those who missed the short lived life of Joon, here’s their delightful ad and safety video.
With a snazzy safety video to boot:
Rivals it’s parent airline, Air France’s chic safety video:
Music for Joon:
And Air France:
Whisper a dangerous secret to someone you care about. Now they have the power to destroy you, but they won’t. This is what love is.
— Night Vale podcast (@NightValeRadio) March 20, 2013
Not perfection, nor Florida
To go east, you must go west. To go north, you must go south. And, no matter if you’re going to heaven or hell, if you’re flying Delta you’ll connect right here in ATL.
Delta, Atlanta’s only airline.
Big Apple smiles with the squad.
Last minute motor city fun.
2018 was a fun year for me both personally and professional. I switched industries from international freight logistics to global cellular networks. I moved across the country. I now own like 8 different heavy coats.
Over the course of the past 12 months, I have had the opportunity to ship everything from new marketing sites to illustrations to physical products to my bread-and-butter of enterprise product design. Pushing the bounds of what I’ve owned as a designer in the past.
It’s been super scary and super exciting.
At work, we launched the new Hologram.io and Magic.co websites. Hologram Professional Edition debuted with a new self-serve onboarding and activation flow.
2019 looks like it’s going to be even more intense. We’ve got so much planned at Hologram and Magic — I can’t wait to share it with you all.
If you’re interested in joining me, I’m hiring.
I’m so excited to announce my new high-fashion lifestyle brand, called DSGN. (Pronounced ‘deh-sig-née’ obviously.)
My co-Chief Brand Officers and I are announcing our Winter 2019 cycle of products. Each one is crafted to enrich every part of your life.
Lastly — our highest concept product yet:
Thanks to Trevor Austin and Alex Area crafting this experience with me. You’re both so fab.
Professional photoshoot is professional
milk and honey
“Just like malware is short for ‘malicious software’, Delaware is short for ‘delicious software.’” — swarpert
If you spent the weekend watching NFL you were no doubt inundated with Verizon Wireless’s 5G network launch ads. But what’s new for customers today is not a faster network, but a slower login process… Now featuring username/password, security questions, and multi-factor codes.
The extra steps carriers are introducing to your regular log in experience feels incredibly fragmented. Let’s take a look at getting access to a Verizon Wireless account.
1. Log In
The basics of one’s Verizon Wireless account.
2. Security Question
Despite loading multiple security questions when registering Verizon will only present a single security question to you when logging in online.
3. Two Step Prompt
Now pull out your mobile phone and wait about 20 seconds for the push notification from the Verizon Wireless app.
4. Grant from Mobile App 
This entire process is slow. Every step takes forever to load. The new “prompt from phone app” flow should feel secure but it is divorced from the Verizon branding and inherently feels terribly sketchy.
“Are you attempting to sign into My Verizon on the internet?” — Cannot beat that dialog.
Google has a similar multi-factor prompt system in their Google search app for iOS. However their system feels incredibly fast. Use of delightful loading indicators and consistent branding in the user interface imbues trust.
The four major US carriers have also recently announced Project Verify to use your SIM card as a multi-factor authentication / single-sign on of sorts. I’m not holding my breath.
And to be completely clear, I’m thrilled for carriers to take security seriously. I hope that this extends to how they prevent and manage social engineering via their customer service channels. Beyond taking security seriously, it also matters how you make security usable.
(@byjeffreysun)