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Alright there! It's been a while hasn't it, sorry about that! It's two-fold really: life and work has been really busy recently and I've fallen deeper down the virtual pinball-building rabbit hole, but more on that in a bit!

At the minute,

“Meeting detected!! Let’s start transcribing AI Meeting Notes!!“

No thanks, Notion, I’m just listing to Aesop Rock via my audio interface … 😂 (Fantastic album btw! 👉 https://aesoprock.com/collections/i-heard-its-a-mess-there-too)

[Quits Notion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

Huuuge #btconf FOMO today …… enjoy your time in Berlin, everyone! 🤗💚🎉 Cheers!

In case you love to dabble with (digital) synthesizers: you can currently buy ujam‘s STRANGER synth for $/€5 at Plugin Boutique – and you’ll get Native Instruments‘ MASSIVE for free on top. 😊 (no affiliation, just FYI)

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/12465-Usynth-STRANGER

Do you ever feel scared to share your work online? You’re not alone. In this video, we’ll talk about the fear of putting your creations out into the world — where it comes from, why it holds us back, and how to overcome it so you can grow as a lettering artist and designer. 🌱...

Man, this beauty hasn’t aged a day! I LOVE the pomposity and indulgence of Godspeed so much. 20 minute songs, unsearchable album names, album artwork with zero information on it, no press or interviews. I love it all. ❤️

What a wild start – this is going to be an amazing match now … 🤩 #PSGFCB

Core memory unlocked!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

✍️ New post: To Affin­i­ty and Beyond

#blogtober #design #tools #affinity
https://matthiasott.com/notes/to-affinity-and-beyond

If there is one thing that I’ve learned in my roughly 30 years of working with design tools, it is that they come and go and that you should always stay curious and be open and ready to learn something new. As a teenager, I made my first clip-arty design attempts in CorelDRA...

If there is one thing that I’ve learned in my roughly 30 years of working with design tools, it is that they come and go and that you should always stay curious and be open and ready to learn something new. As a teenager, I made my first clip-arty design attempts in CorelDRA...

🤯.af

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_TBaKODlw

Oooh! New Aesop Rock dropped … again?!? Yesterday already…… 🤤🤩🎧
https://pitchfork.com/news/aesop-rock-drops-new-album-i-heard-its-a-mess-there-too-listen/

The @w3c Workshop on Smart Voice Agents will be in February 2026, and the call for speakers is open until 27 November 2025. More info here:
https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/

#voice #agents #agentics #AI

I am STOKED on my latest progress with ‘GNARLYBOT’ - my reskin of the 1990 pinball table ‘Radical!’. The past 3 nights I’ve put in a tonne of work to make the playfield and plastics all custom (with still a lot more to do!) but I am really thrilled with how it’s looking!!

✍️ New post: The Mys­tery of Storytelling

#blogtober #stories #storytelling #writing #process
https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-mystery-of-storytelling

Humans love stories. Maybe that is because for thousands of years, stories were the way information was preserved and passed on to others, to the next generations. Maybe because they create community and collective culture. Maybe because they capture our imagination and spea...

Humans love stories. Maybe that is because for thousands of years, stories were the way information was preserved and passed on to others, to the next generations. Maybe because they create community and collective culture. Maybe because they capture our imagination and spea...

It’s alive! Well, a very rough first-pass at ‘Gnarlybot’ - my reskin of the 1990 Bally pinball table ‘Radical!’. Lots and lots and lots still left to do, but it feels rad to replace a few big images and see what needs attention (all of it!). Feels rad though!

Spent the whole afternoon calculating a quite complex project proposal … AMA! 🤪
(At least the music was good – and it’s satisfying to reach that moment when it looks more or less complete 😅)