gblakeman

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Grant Blakeman

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my grandfather polished his shoes every morning. i polish my phone. we're not that different, him and i.
it's friday night and my date is giving me an evil stare. and, by evil stare i mean the spinning beach ball. and by date, i mean photoshop.
i'm single and live alone, yet i still close the bathroom door when i pee, and put the toilet seat back down.

i think my mom won the war.
i want to make the movie “un-objectified” where i interview the “designers” of crappy products and force them to explain themselves.
when did designers start letting non-designers make usability decisions and tell them what to do?
someone just texted me and called me babe.

they have the wrong number,
but the sentiment is nice.
the side-effect of twitter spam is that i simply don't watch who follows me anymore. there might be awesome people hidden in the boobies.
whole foods is just a college cafeteria for adults.
i say "unbelievable" a lot when, in reality, i believe it, but i just think it's a shitty idea.
good design is a constant battle against the tyranny of good enough.
i am now that old guy who gets indignant when i can't get a seat at *my* coffee shop because of the students.

what is happening to me?
i hope hell exists for bad packaging designers.

i hope it consists of them repeatedly trying to open their own impossible-to-open designs.
couples of the world: i know you're all madly in love and stuff, but the rest of us would like to share the sidewalk from time to time.
snow day? no. unfortunately, i can work from anywhere with an internet connection. unless… brb…

[throws router in a snowbank]

snow day.
forget the ipad. can we move on to next-gen iphone rumors yet?

i'm hoping for cellular service delivered via panda bear tears. also bacon.
here's the thing about bill gates on twitter: i don't care.
the only two possible USPS package-tracking statuses:

“we've never heard of your package.”

“your package was delivered 2-3 days ago.”
when you're in instapaper and you think, “i should send that article to instapaper to read later,” you might have a problem.