Links

Bookmarks and favorites, in no particular order.

Tools

Social

People

Youtube

Podcasts

Newsletters

Type foundries

Brand / Logo Design Studios

(Last updated: 18 May 2025)

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Lightroom, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and Adobe Fonts

Apple Notes

Tried many note apps, but the basic apple one works fine

ChatGPT

For helping me brainstorm ideas and copy

Figma

Figma Design, Figjam, Figma Slides

Framer

Used to build the website you’re looking at

Google Apps

Gmail, Calendar, Maps, Drive and Gemini

Moneybird

For book keeping

Sublime Text

Text and source code editor that I also use for quick note taking

Youtube Music

It comes with Youtube Premium, so I don’t use Spotify or Apple Music

People I know from the internet

(I probably have forgotten many people, but these are the ones that came to mind and have a website when I made this list)

Cameron Koczon

Runs Fictive Kin & Kinference

Chris Glass

Designer from Cincinnati, Ohio, with a very nice daily photo journal

Chris Shiflett

Entrepreneur and web developer

Dan Mall

Creative director, designer, founder, entrepreneur, and author

Hans Verschooten

Freelance web developer / designer from Antwerp, Belgium

Julia Parris

Photographer + Director, Artist, Founder of Analogisheavy

Matt D Smith

Founder of Shiftnudge

Maykel Loomans

Designer who loves to make things, build teams, and support others in doing so

Naz Hamid

Malaysian-American designer of internet things

Simon Collison

Creative director, designer, artist and musician

Youtube Shows

Greg McCahon

Greg is cycling from Alaska to Argentina sharing stories along the way

Harmen Hoek

Solo hiking videos

JxmyHighroller

NBA Basketball mixed with data

Kara & Nate

Travel and adventure videos

Kraig Adams

Solo hiking videos

Peter McKinnon

Peter teaches photography and cinematography in very well made videos

Travel For Phoebe

Solo travel vlogger

Podcasts

D-tales 🇳🇱

Dutch podcast about everything Disney

Dive Club

A podcast and article series for designers who never stop learning. By Ridd.

Full Stack Whatever

Conversations about the work behind the work, hosted by Maykel Loomans

Lenny’s Podcast

A weekly advice column about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career.

Smartless

Celebrities interviewed by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett

Verwondering 🇳🇱

De podcast over design waar je beter van gaat kijken

Newsletters

Dive Club

Where designers never stop learning 🤿

Baseline

Joey Banks writes about design systems and Figma

Dense Discovery

What’s good on the internet, thoughtfully curated.

Figmalion

News related to Figma

Halfvet 🇳🇱

Digital design met een dikke toef typografie door Jeroen Disch.

Ironic Sans

An unconventional look at culture, popular and otherwise.

Mike Monteiro

Author of “Design is a Job” and “Ruined by Design” answers questions

Process

Wesley Verhoeve writes about photography and finding your unique creative voice

Proof of Concept

David Hoang writes about creativity and experimentation for designers, builders, and entrepreneurs.

Soren Iverson

Unhinged product design concepts

Typographic Sporadic

Elliot Jay Stocks writes about typography

Brand/Logo Design Studios

Aaron Draplin

Hoodzpah

Hyperakt

Invisible Creature

Smith & Diction

The Young Jerks