👋 Product Designer: people think I use colors and fonts to make things pretty ¦ Creative journal: https://kyleio.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mww2nl33m22dNew post: 𓐂 September learning log 𓐂 Free time to focus on side projects, job-hunting, and new visual inspiration for my swipe file https://kyleio.com/p/learning-log-260902 Oct 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mww2nl33m22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3msc76vquwk2r💪🦅🗳️✅🔵04 Aug 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc76vquwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3ms7w3fqfxc2vNew post for the * * dog days of summer * * July learning log: building a new app, finished a good book, and watched a great talk on creativity three times. And as always, new visual inspiration from my swipe file. https://kyleio.com/p/learning-log-2607/04 Aug 2026 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7w3fqfxc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mq7syetaoc2xNew post · · · June learning log: completed a big trip and a bigger hike, read three great books. And as always, new visual inspiration from my swipe file · · · https://kyleio.com/p/learning-log-2606/09 Jul 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7syetaoc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mnrw2gmkzc2rAmazing idea: crankgpt.com – like a steampunk version of the matrix ~ via Robin Sloan's pop-up newsletter, https://www.robinsloan.com/winter-garden/june/ https://crankgpt.com/08 Jun 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrw2gmkzc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mnlfn3t4dk2z🤯 today I learned about the Taco Bell 50k… https://racketmn.com/my-top-2-strengths-are-running-and-consuming-taco-bell-what-you-learn-running-the-twin-cities-taco-bell-50k06 Jun 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnlfn3t4dk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mlevqj6vh22hNew post ~ ~ April learning log: hit a major running goal, made it through a busy, busy month at work, and read two great books. And as always, new visual inspiration from my swipe file. https://kyleio.com/p/learning-log-2604/08 May 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlevqj6vh22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mhb6gngqls2j@ftrain.bsky.social 👋 hey, in the last two episodes of the podcast, the intro music plays again about halfway through. This week, it starts at 14:53.17 Mar 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb6gngqls2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mh6p2p3hfc22Wrote a TIL* on Claude.md files. Mostly documenting it for future me, but thought others might find it useful: https://kyleio.com/p/til-claudemd/ *really, it's more of a 'this weekend I wrapped my head around', but: TWIWMHA… yikes).16 Mar 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6p2p3hfc22https://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mgaourrb4s25New post—February learning log: launched an ambient drone generator and a 2000's-era blog archive. Read two great sci-fi-ish books. And as always, new visual inspiration from my swipe file. https://kyleio.com/p/learning-log-2602/04 Mar 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaourrb4s25https://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mg6bl5niuk2cLaunched a project I've been crafting since January. Massive Bloom is a browser-based tool for creating evolving, atmospheric drone sounds and textures. Every composition generates a unique URL you can share or save. Turn it on and listen to it evolve: massivebloomsound.com?p=covers-lit... https://massivebloomsound.com/?p=covers-little-destiny-gourmet-also-make-boiling-bunker-submit-girl-mango-above-barrel-awesome-abides03 Mar 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6bl5niuk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mf47aepl5s2aStumbled on a classic version of liquid glass on an old apple domain… clean up the border radii and bring it back, tbh #designsky18 Feb 2026 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf47aepl5s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mdyygz6l6c2oNew post—January learning log: building an ambient drone generator inspired by Fred again, refining my workflows for @mikker.dev's LeaderKey app, and visual inspiration from my swipe file. https://kyleio.com/p/learning-log-2601/04 Feb 2026 04:00 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdyygz6l6c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mcgn7uggj22fEno on starting without knowing where you're going https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLSgQUTRJe6 via https://bsky.app/profile/undermanager.bsky.social15 Jan 2026 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcgn7uggj22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3mbwgwzv6z22nNew post – December learning log: A family celebration that started with the Titanic and ended in a castle, building tiny but useful tools, reading, and collecting visual inspiration. https://kyleio.com/p/learning-log-2512/08 Jan 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwgwzv6z22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3m7454a2sh22vI've been busy making just-for-me projects and wrote about a few of my favorites https://kyleio.com/p/tools-i-use-everyday/03 Dec 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7454a2sh22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3m5uodexskk2hNew project! When you need a break from doomscrolling, scroll cats: endlessmewscroller.pages.dev https://endlessmewscroller.pages.dev18 Nov 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5uodexskk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3m5ic75zwy22qInspired by RSS readers like Hindsight, created a automated daily email digest of the RSS feeds I follow, all powered by GitHub Actions https://github.com/kylejohnston/rss-email-digest This was my first test of Claude Code superpowers by @s.ly – seriously impressive!13 Nov 2025 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ic75zwy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3m3gjl3u7uc2lAmazing. https://youtu.be/hbO1z13WP8o?si=b8z0ktV6zLhnLXXu18 Oct 2025 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3gjl3u7uc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3m2k4nc5s7c23Someone at work had a great prompt to share the earliest example of your design work you can find. I learned the Wayback Machine supports Flash, so I was able to see one of my first portfolio sites from 2002 which included an ad I designed as a student06 Oct 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2k4nc5s7c23https://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3lzog4m5us224Wrote a review of a great new book, Creative Intelligence, by @brilliantcrank.bsky.social tl;dr - buy it, you won't regret it! https://kyleio.com/p/creative-intelligence-review/ #designsky25 Sep 2025 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzog4m5us224https://bsky.app/profile/kylejohnston.bsky.social/post/3lydslfahcc2sWrote a post on how Liquid Glass in iOS 26 could be improved by borrowing design cues public bathrooms. #designsky https://kyleio.com/p/public-bathrooms-and-liquid-glass/08 Sep 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:3lcddeo5ilf6vkekrliikm73/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydslfahcc2s