Louie Mantia, Jr.

Designer • Artist • ダイナマイトボイス™

@parakeet • @junior • @crown • @magicpassport

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2024-06-24 00:04:40

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@npub1p6m…vr32 VERY VERY PARTICULAR CROWD

2024-06-23 06:59:07

lol a strange ten year old just barged into my home and was like “DISNEYLAND!”

2024-06-22 23:45:34

A couple years ago I made these three wallpapers with classic Star Wars villains hiding in the stars. Kind of subtle, but kind of not ?? https://lmnt.me/blog/wallpapers/galaxy-of-villains.html

2024-06-10 16:01:40

Seeing lots of hype about this WWDC and iOS announcements, and while I am about to go to sleep, I wish you all well, and I look forward to waking up in the morning and discovering how next year I might use my devices near-identically from this past year.

2024-06-10 07:22:40

I HAVE A HEADACHE AND I’M ANGRY BECAUSE I’M TRYING TO DO CSS

2024-06-10 05:46:04

The computer industry is better when it thinks “how can we accomplish this thing people need?” instead of “what can we use this technology for?”

2024-06-09 15:44:07

Sometimes I pause when I start writing a “tech news commentary” kind of blog post because that’s not who I want to be. I don’t value that kind of content much myself, so I want to dig deeper and find what I’m really after if I write about something that happened in the at industry.

2024-06-09 15:24:08

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@npub1edx…7wj0 I meant that you do not need to tell me you dislike the ending. Generally speaking, I find it a bit rude to use someone’s replies to say you don’t like something.

2024-06-09 11:04:01

hbd donald duck
https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/112/585/856/686/410/021/original/a0024fae9766e640.png

2024-06-09 09:25:35

More people should watch Battlestar Galactica.

2024-06-08 23:15:47

Well, if it isn’t the extremely iOS 6 app icon I made for an app called Well. One really silly thing I did with this icon was create the shape of the well based on where the icon gloss shape would be. From 12 years ago: https://lmnt.me/intro/portfolio/well.html

2024-06-08 23:10:21

Another small icon set from 2006 for Pirates of the Caribbean. There are about a million ways I’d draw these differently today. 😅 https://lmnt.me/blog/icons/pirates-of-the-caribbean.html

2024-06-08 13:21:36

📝 Not Traditional
https://lmnt.me/blog/not-traditional.html

2024-06-08 04:06:35

Yes, sure, you can value your own creations at whatever amount you want. I don’t take issue with that. But you can’t expect someone to pay what you value it at.

2024-06-07 16:10:32

Sometimes I think about the Delta app icon debacle where Adobe got all up in their stuff and threatened them, and instead of closing the gap to form a full actual Greek delta (Δ), they cut half of it off and tilted it, making a more complicated mark.
The answer was right in front of them, and it’d be a great option to make the icon an actual typographic delta because doing so is harder for any company to claim ownership of while also looking nice.

2024-06-07 15:51:01

I spend more time than I care to admit trying to understand what happens with Humane from here. No company needs anything Humane has, so I struggle to understand how they’re valued at even one dollar. No company needs what they built, their employees, or their user base. Those things do not augment any existing business.
It’s clear just from the rumor they’re searching for a buyer that Imran wants out but I’m not convinced they can or will sell to anyone for less than more than they’re worth.

2024-06-07 15:45:01

Apple does not need to announce anything related to AI, actually. I don’t care if their developer conference is after Microsoft Build or Google I/O. I don’t care if those other companies announced AI shit.
No one is switching away from using Apple products because those other two have built some AI bullshit no one asked for. I think, perhaps, the opposite. So— Apple doesn’t have to do anything. In fact, if it doesn’t announce any AI things, it’s probably better for them.

2024-06-01 03:50:58

Every single one of these Disney Parks app icons would benefit from that Disney banner going away. Every one of these wants to be composed differently (bigger, more centered) with the spire of the castle reaching somewhere that Disney banner currently occupies.
https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/112/538/855/413/371/149/original/9bd6083d8bac1ef3.jpeg

2024-05-21 06:19:50

I really don’t understand people who can use Safari but don’t.
Like how do you use Chrome when Google is so awful? How can you use Firefox when its page rendering is often so poor?
How do you live without iCloud Keychain? It’s all just insane to me. Safari is an incredible browser that lots of people love to not use. I don’t understand.

2024-05-09 00:30:54

“Disney Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery Announce Disney+, Hulu, Max Bundle”
Cable TV. They invented cable TV.

2024-04-26 03:12:44

I DON’T want Activity Monitor on my phone but I DO want to know what’s causing things like severe battery drain or overheating when those sorts of things happen.

2024-04-25 23:31:11

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@npub1kp3…gj22 I think Generation 3 games are really great. FireRed and LeafGreen are remakes of the original game, which is what we’re playing now. The pixel art is beautiful and the Game Boy Advance is a great system.

2024-04-13 00:14:18

Why is this personal blog’s changelog better than release notes for most apps https://pdxbarrett.com/changelog.html

2024-04-09 08:46:17

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I’m kinda iffy on the “scroll to top” button. I feel like on desktop, it’s maybe nice but on mobile it feels dumb. I could only show it in certain situations but I’m more likely to get rid of it.

2024-04-09 02:37:51

tokyo disneyland, the reigning king of disney parks for silly nonsense
https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/112/238/464/947/456/444/original/c637d275a2eca0d6.jpeg
https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/112/238/465/335/120/228/original/43abc884f6cc2d26.jpeg

2024-04-09 00:22:53

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@npub1m6j…6r7f but this happened with instagram all the same

2024-04-09 00:12:23

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@npub1m6j…6r7f Have they not seen that exact thing happen again and again?

2024-04-08 13:44:57

I don't think Mastodon is the greatest thing in the world but I don’t think I would want to trade it for Threads.
But how are people on Threads feeling? Like aren't they even a tiny bit worried it will get worse? In a meaningful enough way that they will want to jump ship? I guess I'm not worried about that with Mastodon.
Is this something Threads users think about?

2024-04-07 07:37:48

I really don't understand why we're all not micro-posting with RSS from our own individual domains.

2024-04-07 00:43:40

I know I have no influence over this at all, but I really wish people would link to an archive.org cached version of an article that they know is paywalled.
I’m tired.

2024-04-03 00:38:32

Oh, sure, “You can’t trust Wikipedia because ‘anyone can edit it,’” but let’s not think critically about trusting whatever ChatGPT says.

2024-03-29 23:38:07

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@npub1epd…vedf Alex, I’m sorry but my replies aren’t a great venue for your personal gripes. I think the best place for that is your own timeline.

2024-03-29 23:35:47

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@npub1epd…vedf What does this have to do with what I said at all?

2024-03-26 05:33:07

i may have gone overboard yesterday with the american food
but it was so good
https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/112/160/117/754/334/483/original/ef196573ecb10234.jpeg
https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/112/160/118/068/228/198/original/ebbb8e1df8b8487c.jpeg

2024-03-24 02:47:05

Hot take, they should've called the series “Mando” rather than “The Mandalorian”

2024-03-18 05:26:47

INCREDIBLE coat
https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/112/114/794/543/437/853/original/1dc62ce47550fae6.jpeg

2024-02-01 14:02:50

If you're ranking Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, and Splash Mountain, what order do you put them in? Which is the strongest? Which is the weakest? Pick whatever version of each you want, I don’t care what region they’re from.

2023-12-15 02:18:06

I am super-duper sensitive to notifications on my devices. What once seemed fine is now incredibly trivial (and therefore annoying to me).
Perhaps this started as soon as iPhone became more of a serious product, with Health, Home, and Wallet. Those notifications feel very important. And so the context of seeing very important notifications adjacent to very trivial ones make me bothered to see the trivial ones in the same space.