11/17/2022
Ovi Demetrian Jr
Product designer. Coder of websites and emails. Writer of blog posts about these things, plus some stories.
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I've really been feeling this great quote lately.
10/11/2022
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The best advice to keep in mind, whether you’re starting a company or making art, via Derek Sivers.
9/17/2022
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"What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them."
— Steve Jobs, 19949/7/2022
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A good take on the motivation for doing something from Jason Fried of Basecamp and Hey Email.
8/31/2022
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Social media has made us think that people aren't being themselves online. This article makes the case that the internet may be the one place where we are able to try and be as much of ourselves as we can be.
8/22/2022
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This article about the addition of hand tracking to the latest iteration of Myst is great for understanding a bit about how the process works. It makes perfect sense for the world of Myst and is an example of how much simpler of a user interface it is than using controllers!
7/31/2022
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Blocks Edit made the list of the top most accessible emails sent out.
7/29/2022
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A walkthrough of me using the new Blocks Edit template editor.
7/11/2022
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Our goal with Blocks Edit was to make it as easy as possible to setup a CMS for any HTML email and today we're taking the next big step with a visual template editor.
7/6/2022
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On how Microsoft's Outlook is the Internet Explorer of email design and losing users because of it.
6/29/2022
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There's a pretty cool pizza place in the valley, that's really not about the pizza, that I somehow didn't know about until I went to it recently with a couple of friends. It has a fully working theater organ which was originally built in the 1920's during the silent film era as a way to add sound. It's probably the last working one in the entire US!
6/26/2022
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Ever wonder what it's like to develop a cartoon TV show for Disney and work with Standards and Practices on Disney feels is appropriate for kids? The creator of Gravity Falls shared his experience which is pretty hilarious!
6/15/2022
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If it seems easy, it’s probably because a lot of work was put in to make it look that way!
6/9/2022
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Undo and revision history: we’ve been working on this big Blocks Edit feature for quite a while!
6/1/2022
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As Apple is set to bring augmented reality to the masses with its rumored headset release this year, there’s already research being done for a new generation of how we interface with technology. Here's a nice take on the future of transhumanism.
5/22/2022
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The best part of the original Blade Runner was its soundtrack, and it’s still one of my favorite of all movie soundtracks. The composer of it was Vangelis, who died recently.
5/19/2022
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This post came out of a recent discussion I had with someone from the #emailgeeks community!
4/17/2022
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How Blocks Edit works with design guidelines.
How to: Using your design system
How Blocks Edit works with your brand guidelines and design system.
3/23/2022
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A Blocks Edit customer story for DICK'S Sporting Goods who used Blocks Edit to produce more emails than they were ever able to before.
2/16/2022
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A new service from Blocks Edit, for helping build an email design system.
1/19/2022
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A clip from The EMU Podcast interview I did on email editors, and what sets Blocks Edit apart from them.
1/18/2022
