# week 2 of 2024 ![[860daf4e03ba50fd63682223d17403bb_MD5.jpeg]] _[nicky.blender on instagram](https://www.instagram.com/nicky.blender/) she makes the cutest 3d illustrations using blender. such wonderful cozy graphics. plenty of little demo process videos too._ --- I'm trying to resurrect my habit of curating the interesting things I find on the web. This is mostly for myself but sharing publicly in case someone else finds it useful. > Consuming content online is, for the most part, a mindless act. But creating content forces you to reflect, to introspect, to look at yourself and the world around you in different ways. > > — [Manu Moreale](https://manuelmoreale.com/create-more-consume-less) Hoping this process of curating helps me to build better habits in building my own content as well. I tend to collect a lot of stuff but have gotten lax on processing and creating new. Maybe writing summations and organizing these posts will get me back into the practice of publishing new content. **current backlog** - I have over 100 _unsorted_ articles and snippets saved in my obsidian vault. There's a lot of good stuff in there that I need to deal with sooner or later. I'm curious to see if saying this publicly is enough to shame me into dealing with my unprocessed backlog? _probably not_ --- ### big find ![[5a461c571345567ddf5a5c8f84a3f13c_MD5.jpeg]] [Good Enough](https://goodenough.us) seems like a cool group of people making interesting things. I like how they started their group without a product or goal or direction. They have spent their first year [creating a bunch of experiments](https://goodenough.us/blog/2023-06-20-cosmic-maelstrom/) in hopes figuring out what where they want to work. Love that idea of [learning in public](https://mister-chad.com/creativity/learning+in+public). So I've decided to start putting some of their projects to use. I've migrated my [neat things blog](https://mister-chad.pika.page) over to their free [Pika](https://pika.page) blogging system. Chances are, this is where you are reading this post. Pretty awesome so far. I'm also using their free simple contact form [Letterbird](https://letterbird.co). Spent yesterday setting up the [contact page](https://mister-chad.com/random+stuff/website+tests/contact) on my website. Couldn't get the embed script to work so using an iframe for now. It works good enough for what it needs to do. --- ### design-related stuff [ColorDesigner](https://colordesigner.io) is a great collection of interactive tools to build color schemes and gradients and other cool color things. [Tell Better Stories](https://www.betterstories.org)gives you the principles of storytelling to be better a storyteller. Worth digging into each of the nine defined principles. [Sublime](https://sublime.app) is a new service for public clipping and curating content. Still in closed beta so you can't use it yet. You can browse what current users are collection though: [design](https://sublime.app/design), [simplicity](https://sublime.app/simplicity), [curation](https://sublime.app/curation). Can simply search for topics to see what else you can find. --- ### other neat stuff [Noizer One](https://noizer.vercel.app) is an online sound generator for ambient background noises. Can mix tons of different sounds like Cafe, Street, Playground, Waves, Birds, Rain, etc. Added to my growing list of [ambient and chill beats](https://mister-chad.com/graphic+design+resources/ambient+sounds). [How do video games work?](https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/how-do-video-game-graphics-work/)is a solid breakdown of the different techniques and technology used in creating graphics. [St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City gets a digital twin.](https://mashable.com/video/vatican-city-peter-basilica-digital-twin-3d-mapping) Architectural preservation with 3D mapping.