Mitchell
@himitcho.com
Shit collector extraordinaire and curator of interesting things.
Electronic music, design, technology, 🌈
Electronic music, design, technology, 🌈
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I kept running into the same creative wall and finally stopped to ask why. It turns out chasing originality looks a lot like perfectionism. What do you think?
New post up: thoughts.himitcho.com/chasing-orig...
New post up: thoughts.himitcho.com/chasing-orig...
Chasing Originality Is Like Chasing Perfection
The wall isn’t an obstacle so much as a signal. It’s telling me it’s time to reframe my intentions.
thoughts.himitcho.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I kept running into the same creative wall and finally stopped to ask why. It turns out chasing originality looks a lot like perfectionism. What do you think?
New post up: thoughts.himitcho.com/chasing-orig...
New post up: thoughts.himitcho.com/chasing-orig...
“Hello, my beautiful muffin gobblers”
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
“Hello, my beautiful muffin gobblers”
Is it a rule that all college bands play the same 10 songs?
January 9, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Is it a rule that all college bands play the same 10 songs?
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They’re all posting their statements on the child porn platform? That’s a wild choice.
And here are those statements!
AOC: x.com/aoc/status/2...
Bernie: x.com/sensanders/s...
Zohran: x.com/nycmayor/sta...
Rashida: x.com/reprashida/s...
CVH: x.com/chrisvanholl...
AOC: x.com/aoc/status/2...
Bernie: x.com/sensanders/s...
Zohran: x.com/nycmayor/sta...
Rashida: x.com/reprashida/s...
CVH: x.com/chrisvanholl...
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
They’re all posting their statements on the child porn platform? That’s a wild choice.
I’ve been writing more as a way to explore ideas and think with focus instead of just carrying them around in my head. My latest post is on noticing patterns in how I think and designing systems that cooperate with them.
I’d love to hear what you think, too.
thoughts.himitcho.com/making-peace...
I’d love to hear what you think, too.
thoughts.himitcho.com/making-peace...
Making Peace With How I Think
I stopped trying to fix how I think and started paying attention instead.
thoughts.himitcho.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I’ve been writing more as a way to explore ideas and think with focus instead of just carrying them around in my head. My latest post is on noticing patterns in how I think and designing systems that cooperate with them.
I’d love to hear what you think, too.
thoughts.himitcho.com/making-peace...
I’d love to hear what you think, too.
thoughts.himitcho.com/making-peace...
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there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
The need to create has been so strong lately that a basic flyer becomes a full design odyssey.
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
The need to create has been so strong lately that a basic flyer becomes a full design odyssey.
Hot take: ice cream tastes better when it's cold out.
Context: it's 11° F (-12° C) and I just enjoyed a waffle cone.
I took my time.
Context: it's 11° F (-12° C) and I just enjoyed a waffle cone.
I took my time.
January 2, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Hot take: ice cream tastes better when it's cold out.
Context: it's 11° F (-12° C) and I just enjoyed a waffle cone.
I took my time.
Context: it's 11° F (-12° C) and I just enjoyed a waffle cone.
I took my time.
I, for one, support he discontinuation of Calibri, not because it’s woke, but because it’s ugly AF
December 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I, for one, support he discontinuation of Calibri, not because it’s woke, but because it’s ugly AF
I’m not sure if I get the hype about Pluribus…
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’m not sure if I get the hype about Pluribus…
Air: Tiny Desk Concert
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Wow, I can’t believe Pantone chose Raisin-Studded Gold this year. absolutely wild. groundbreaking even.
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Wow, I can’t believe Pantone chose Raisin-Studded Gold this year. absolutely wild. groundbreaking even.
Unplugging the cat heating mat in the evening because I can’t compete with that. 🙃 Followed by guilt (with a cat laying on me)
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Unplugging the cat heating mat in the evening because I can’t compete with that. 🙃 Followed by guilt (with a cat laying on me)
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to dust off the Christmas classics:
RuPaul - Christmas Party
RuPaul - Christmas Party
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to dust off the Christmas classics:
RuPaul - Christmas Party
RuPaul - Christmas Party
Damn, this keynote I just finished designing is frankly inappropriate in how hard it goes.
No templates here… 😮💨
No templates here… 😮💨
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Damn, this keynote I just finished designing is frankly inappropriate in how hard it goes.
No templates here… 😮💨
No templates here… 😮💨
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This is what they took from us! 😭
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is what they took from us! 😭
Dude has access to nuclear codes but not a Cricut machine smh
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Dude has access to nuclear codes but not a Cricut machine smh
To people who live in NYC: does the beauty ever stop hitting?
Because while visiting I gasped every time that the Manhattan skyline popped into view and said “omg what a cute street” SO many times while walking through Brooklyn.
Do you still feel it or does your nervous system eventually adapt?
Because while visiting I gasped every time that the Manhattan skyline popped into view and said “omg what a cute street” SO many times while walking through Brooklyn.
Do you still feel it or does your nervous system eventually adapt?
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
To people who live in NYC: does the beauty ever stop hitting?
Because while visiting I gasped every time that the Manhattan skyline popped into view and said “omg what a cute street” SO many times while walking through Brooklyn.
Do you still feel it or does your nervous system eventually adapt?
Because while visiting I gasped every time that the Manhattan skyline popped into view and said “omg what a cute street” SO many times while walking through Brooklyn.
Do you still feel it or does your nervous system eventually adapt?
Wait—Canva acquired Affinity Designer and just made it free?
Great news for creatives, especially hobbyists. Adobe’s price structure and contracts are straight up predatory.
Great news for creatives, especially hobbyists. Adobe’s price structure and contracts are straight up predatory.
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Wait—Canva acquired Affinity Designer and just made it free?
Great news for creatives, especially hobbyists. Adobe’s price structure and contracts are straight up predatory.
Great news for creatives, especially hobbyists. Adobe’s price structure and contracts are straight up predatory.
I love how apps refresh your timeline if you leave for like 8 seconds. Sometimes I’m just looking something up or writing down a note. Come back and the app is like “Fuck you, that post is gone forever. Good luck trying to find it again”
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I love how apps refresh your timeline if you leave for like 8 seconds. Sometimes I’m just looking something up or writing down a note. Come back and the app is like “Fuck you, that post is gone forever. Good luck trying to find it again”
Might be late on this one, but Foundation on Apple TV is goooood. It gives me Game of Thrones vibes, but in space.
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Might be late on this one, but Foundation on Apple TV is goooood. It gives me Game of Thrones vibes, but in space.
I just finished designing the swag for our hackathon at work. I love experimenting and generating ideas, but deadlines transform that into stress, procrastination, and hyperfocus, all on a loop.
It becomes the race to good enough, and a gentle reminder of why I didn’t make design a career.
It becomes the race to good enough, and a gentle reminder of why I didn’t make design a career.
October 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I just finished designing the swag for our hackathon at work. I love experimenting and generating ideas, but deadlines transform that into stress, procrastination, and hyperfocus, all on a loop.
It becomes the race to good enough, and a gentle reminder of why I didn’t make design a career.
It becomes the race to good enough, and a gentle reminder of why I didn’t make design a career.
AWS outage is like a snow day for software developers, but you’re still expected to shovel despite knowing you didn’t cause the storm.
October 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
AWS outage is like a snow day for software developers, but you’re still expected to shovel despite knowing you didn’t cause the storm.