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The new Apple TV intro was created using real glass apple logos, filmed as practical effects, then cleaned up digitally.

“If you embrace all the parts of yourself, you can create your own path.” ― Jon M. Chu

Can't Let Go by Kishi Bashi

The Imagineering Story remains an interesting and insightful on every watch through. Must see documentary for anyone interested in design and experience of any kind.

“With every breakthrough discovery, past and present, comes a relaxed tendency toward maintaining something proven to work. As the saying goes “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But there lies today’s threat. The next generation of Imagineers must continue that innovative spirit. Exhibit the sheer desire to obsolete themselves and advance.” ― closing narration of the The Imagineering Story documentary

Children of the Omnissiah by Guilllaume David

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy in two episodes lays out the premise of the new series, establishes the characters, and adds the levity that's been missing in recent prior series. It's a welcome change to not have the the world ending every week. Holly Hunter is a delightfully irreverent captain and chancellor, Tig Notaro is back as Jett Reno and continues to be boss in every scene she's in.
The only disapointing thing is "This ain't MY trek, it must be stopped" reactions from traditional Trek fans who are ironically behaving like the very things the Trek universe stands against.

“The world doesn't happen to you, you happen to the world.” ― A philosophy that shifts focus from being a passive victim of circumstances to an active creator of your own reality, with the power to shape your life and impact on the world.

The Lava by Equateur

Disneyland Handcrafted documentary showing the behind the scenes of creating Disneyland in 12 months. It strongly makes the point that Disneyland was not only a huge risk, it came together at the last moment with the talents of hundreds of talented artisians who were empowered to create and build. An antithesis to the focus tested and rigourously planned parks of today.

“I’ve been broke five times in my life, and one more won’t hurt.” ― Walt Disney on the Disneyland not succeeding and bankrupting both him and the company. Risks are worth taking.

Messy Hopes (dreams, flickering bright) - Extended Mix by Future Dynamic

Shrinking Season 2 I put off watching this season as I didn't think it was going to live up to the first season. Pleasantly surprised to be completely wrong as it maintains a deft touch of being emotional, deep, and genuinely funny.

“AI today is unbelievably intelligent, and then shockingly stupid. You don't get to the moon by repeatedly building the tallest building in the world one inch taller, LLMs aren't going to learn common sense by reading more things.” ― Yejin Choi

Let It Happen by Tame Impala

Tactics is the Disney Animation team that does optimisation across an entire show ranging from pipeline and workflows all the way to render efficiency and organisational structure. I'm introducing and advocating for this concept at my work.

“That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.” ― Walt Disney

Dopamine by Robyn

SolidJS is what React wishes it could be. All the best parts of react, but built on signals and with a simpler and more predictable mental model driving it.

“Accept people as they are, but place them where they belong. You are the CEO of your life, hire and fire and promote accordingly.” ― Anonymous

Captain by Carrellee

Rick Rubin explaining how perfection is not actually desirable, honesty is.

“I'm confident with artistic expression because my only goal is to make something I like, and I know that I can keep working on it until I like it. In some ways, there's no pressure. It turns out that when you make something truly for yourself, you're doing the best thing you possibly can for the audience.” ― Rick Rubin

Panoramic View by AWOLNATION

Ikea releasing a multitude of Matter over Thread devices. They're fast, reliable, and unbelievably cheap.

“One of the hardest things in animation is to hold your courage, because it goes long, it takes years. There are many opportunities to back down from the initial ideas.” ― Chris Appelhans, co-director of KPop Demon Hunters on staying true to what originally inspired the work.

More Than You by Class Actress

Ansi Screen Saver for macOS that shows ANSI BBS art from the BBS era.

“Yes I spend a lot of time in my own head. Yes I think a lot. But it's not in an egotistical kind of way, it's in a tinkering like a scientist kind of way. I'm always trying to modify. I'm trying to think how can I be better? How can I approach my own brain the way that I approach my craft of free skiing? So that I can be better tomorrow than I was today.” ― Eileen Gu, continuing to be both practical and a legend.

Absolut by Equateur, Sophie-Tith

Refactoring UI despite being seven years old this book could have been written yesterday, proving that good design is timeless. For anyone wanting to bridge the gap between developer and designer this is the way.

“Make stuff for yourself, there are probably other people out there just like you.” ― Jason Fried / 37 Signals

Run the Road by Santigold