Links / Brands

• Sticking With It

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  Manuel Moreale on sticking with software.

  I coded this blog on Kirby back in 2017, and it’s still on it, 8 years later. I’m writing this blog post using IA Writer, an app I’ve been using since April 2012. That’s more than 13 years ago. And the same story applies to pretty much all the apps I use the most: I’ve been using Sublime Text since 2013, Transmit since 2016, and Codekit since 2014.

  What he loves about sticking with tools, or software, for the long run, is that he gets to know the people behind them. I can appreciate that. I for one am just glad when people make well-designed software that is built to last; when they charge for it from day one, and are able to continue putting time and effort into developing or maintaining it.

  Software I’ve used (and paid for) for years includes iA Writer, Todoist and Lunch Money (referral link). Letterboxd too, although that’s more a social network, less a tool.

  My last site ran on Framer for three-ish years. Let’s see if this one, coded with Eleventy, is around in this shape five years from now.

• Temper Studio

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  A friend recently forwarded me Temper Studio, a new tennis brand dropping one product per month during their “rookie season”. As a somewhat obsessive tennis player, I’m a sucker for this (I don’t need these things, but maybe I do?), and my finger’s been hovering over the purchase button for a while now.

  The main reason I’m linking to them here is their photography. They were taken by Manuel Peric, and they’ve clearly put a lot of thought and effort into creating photos that make you feel the game; a breath of fresh air in a time where many are trying to cut corners and using AI to produce similar (yet soulless) imagery.

  I love how they presented their ball collector, in all its glory.