James R. Hull

To Jon Favreau and Dave Filloni, thank you so very much. The season finale of The Mandalorian was a dream come true. I never thought I would ever experience that same childhood delight I did 40 years ago. I was cheering and standing on my seat like it was 1980 all over again. TY!

My life is complete - Descript, the ultimate screencast/podcast/recording thingee - is now availble for BigSur. Time to get back to recording.

How many times can I watch the opening prologue to Tenet before Tuesday????!

Cloning repositories and cleaning up code on a morning walk, as you do.

Geez…Disney…😲

Cold, windy, overcast, and quarantined. It’s a Beethoven piano sonata day.

Spending the night catching up on tutorials while doing a ton of busy work (mindless data entry). I forgot what “work” was like…Bouncing between JS and Laravel, and will eventually end the night with Nuxt and Tailwind. I like the idea of keeping up with the latest and greatest

This Moment from the Waking Up app basically explains ALL you need to know about story structure and storytelling.

“Finding meaning in life is having a story to tell yourself.”

Those writing stories just want to share their meaning with everyone else.

The Mandalorian does it again!! 40-year dream come to life. 😀 THANK YOU!

Really happy with how things are turning out writing and re-writing The Manual for Subtext. Went back in and cleared up some examples I used from Raiders. The distance between an inequity and progressive complications is light-years away.

Story - The Manual for Subtext

Switching colors in Linear to match my app’s brand colors makes it all that much more real. 😊

My favorite Dr. Seuss book growing up was Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? Sa taps in on the same.

Somebody thought this would be really funny to put on my desk.

Dune and Matrix 4 same day release on HBOMax as in theaters?

Bye bye Arclight…(“When i was a kid I used to drive 35 miles to sit in a cramped seat next to total strangers just to see a new movie with decent quality”)

WB entire 21 release at home

The idea that I could build an interface—even if just for myself—so I could avoid my bank’s front-facing app, is mind-blowing 🤯

Stripe Treasury

On Elf: am I the only one who thinks all of James Caan’s scenes were shot in a totally different time and space from Will Ferrell? Even in scenes together, they don’t even look they’re in the same room.

Aaron Sorkin is incredible. Trial of the Chicago 7…great writing from beginning to end.

The best thing about 2020 is being able to skip past the B-52s when listening to the Top 100 on 80s on 8.

Can’t wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday desperation to end. As someone who makes a living off selling apps and services, trust me—if you have a great product, I have no issue paying full price. If what you’re selling is good enough, you won’t need sales gimmicks. ✌️

So super excited when I finally figure something out after beating my head against the wall all day. I can sleep now.

Probably super obvious to everyone but me, but removing any padding/margin from transitioning elements (like opening boxes inline, etc.) got rid of any “clicks” I had. I can now put to rest ulginess that has been plaguing me. 🥳

In love with last night’s Mandalorian episode even more once I realized who was playing the General.

Absolute genius. The composer behind Succession discusses his themes for the show. Inspiring to hear how the series itself ended up dictating some of the melodies. Cannot wait for this show to return.

Home office vibes courtesy of Phillips, Vari, and Apple.