A nice run-down of open-source tools for designers, via
@piccalilli.
"[...] the first few months of planning the course revolved around breaking out of the Figma ecosystem and putting as many free and open source tools to the test as we could. Now, the fact this article exists shows that we succeeded on that front, but what I honestly didn’t expect was that the experience would be so good (and honestly quite liberating) that I’d actually be switching my whole design setup to free and open source tools."
@jimmac Thanks for your work on the website. Everyone I know that I've shown in to at my local LUG was blown away by how consistent things are across everything now compared to just a little while ago
I'm Cam R. (my preferred name) and this is my PERSONAL #Mastodon account. I also identify as :neobread_flag_aro: :prami_pride_ace: :prami_pride_genderqueer: (and demigirl, can't find the custom emoji for that on my instance) with she/her pronouns. I'm sticking to Mastodon from now on since I have had mostly bad experiences with other social media platforms, the latest being Bluesky and Pinterest. By the way, this account is, and has, NOT been bridged to Bluesky since the beginning of October. I am also no longer on Bluesky (for obvious reasons). #NoBridge
I just like #art, #music, #HerbalMedicine, #WebDesign, #FrontEnd#WebDev (as a thing I like to do and learn for myself), #academic#nonfiction, #hiking#trails, #food, and #psychology / #psychiatry / #neurology (despite the fact that I don't have a college degree in any of those things. I just happen to like reading about them more than doing the actual work I guess. I won't claim to be an expert on anything I don't know well). I can't afford to take care of pets or anything else at the moment. I also may have some off days, and I cannot control those who may block/mute me as a result of my actions. This does not excuse my actions, however, and I'm committed to working on myself to be a better person.
I do actually use :linux: but mostly through live USB environments rather than installed, because some Windows applications do not work well with WINE (I use https://privacy.sexy to remove unwanted features that Windows 11 imposes, so everything's okay for now)
Cam R.'s Profile & Links
at untilted.
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https://untilted.omg.lol
Profile Picture alt text: Me trying to hold on to something to avoid falling into a small green volcano with pink lava. I'm depicted as having short hair and glasses. Made with Inkscape and GNU Image Manipulation Program.
Header Image alt text (on [email protected] bio): Blue sky and clouds on very green grass. A purple button with three hearts on each two sides appears, reading "Cam R. artist, designer, writer, hobbyist, polymath, and more"
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