- 8 Questions with: me! Talking about Canva's journey so far and how we manage growth http://t.co/NARHHlLyQ3 ->
- Whoah. Weekly front-end meetings at Canva are actually beneficial! Probably because they all want to improve and learn #CanvaTech ->
Month: August 2015 (page 4 of 14)
- Profane but compelling dressing down of Banksy's 'Dismaland' http://t.co/tBYOQwzNbX ->
- It makes me think that maybe, just maybe, when I'm feeling awful or boring that maybe I'm wrong too. ->
- What Sydney needs right now is Uber but for arks. ->
- Sous Vide Your Way to the Juiciest, Most Flavor-Packed Corn on the Cob http://t.co/LCBt8Vwc9n http://t.co/0MGFIw00aC ->
- "Can IT see my browsing history?"
Yes."Can IT read my email?"
Yes."Do you?"
You cannot fathom how little I care about your life. ->
Here’s a really cool article about the design of the “new” NASA logo seen above (which was then dropped in the 90’s to bring back the old “meatball” round logo). I like them both. The worm is the one from when I was a kid in the 80’s, so to me it feels exciting and science-y and space-y… but also a bit dated. I look at it and I think of the movie Space Camp and amusement park rides. The meatball is kinda corny, sure, but in an appealing “Buck Rogers” kind of way. It looks great as an embroidered patch. (I have it printed on a sweatshirt.)
- It brings me so much happiness that #CanvaforWork uses Pied Piper as their sample company. https://t.co/S7uYCopv07 @canva #design ->
- Success! #railsgirlssyd http://t.co/JYgK7VNSdx ->
This past Thursday and Friday, Canva held its first ever Hackathon. At first I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do for it. (I work with some really brilliant engineers, and my coding skills aren’t great.) But the sign-up sheet came out and it was clear that non-coding projects were encouraged. Then the organiser Chris Doble (jokingly?) suggested that “someone” could create cushions with commas on them. A-HA!
(The Three Commas thing is a running joke from the show Silicon Valley. As a start-up, we quote that show a lot. We even threw in some references as an Easter Egg in our Canva for Work videos.)
So I knew immediately what I would do: I’d sew up a cushion with the Canva logo and three commas, and then I’d use my LilyPad Arduino to make the commas light up. The end result turned out pretty spectacular. Read on if you want to hear how I did it.
