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Jaz Brooks

@jazb.bsky.social

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💀🦋 Freelance designer and front-end developer. Art, photography, endless books. Interested in lots of random things. Neurodivergent. Surrey, UK. Was jaz_design at the old place... https://hocus-focus.co.uk/ https://jazdesign.co.uk/

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · Nov 28

Hello, yes I am a freelance web designer and developer with over 20 years experience. I like art and photography and books and I'm neurodivergent. But perhaps the most important thing to know is that I have a tattoo of Mr Blobby in my armpit.

Photograph of a tattoo depicting Mr Blobby as Florence Pugh in her Midsommar flower dress. A papier mache Mr Blobby looks on from behind.

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 11h

My brain every time someone says they made something with AI...

A still of Homer Simpson saying "A three-chambered peanut, Marge, look what I did!"

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 2d

Extra things which make death harder:

* ambiguous sentences on registry office websites when what you need to do is time sensitive,
* funeral directors/transport keyword stuffing location pages, despite not being nearby, so you can't actually get to the information you need

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Mat “Wilto” Marquis @wil.to · 3d

This is it. 86,791 words. 836 emdashes. 625 `const`, 141 `let`, 16 `var`. One (1) reference to the pause music from Battletoads for the NES.

Spread the word: JavaScript for Everyone launches tomorrow.

A Majora's-Mask-style "Dawn of The Final Day. 24 Hours Remain" title card, but using the JavaScript for Everyone Atari-style type and branding. The background is made up of two low-angle perspective views of rectangles on grids that meet at a sharp line, resembling a horizon.

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 3d

OH MY GOD SOMEONE ELSE WHO REMEMBERS THIS

Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 7d

I’m no longer speaking at @webdevconf.com tomorrow due to bereavement, but I am sending lots of love to everyone there. Very sorry to miss it and hope you all have a fantastic time ❤️

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 9d

Zelda Williams: “And for the love of EVERY THING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line”

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Robin Williams’ Daughter Tells Fans to ‘Stop Sending Me AI Videos of Dad’: It’s ‘Gross’ and ‘Not What He’d Want’

Zelda Williams tells fans not to send her AI recreations of father Robin Williams, calling them "gross."

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 10d

Friiiidayyyyyyyyyyyy!

WDC @webdevconf.com · 10d

WDC2025 takes place on Friday!

We don't have any official plans for Thursday night. If you're in Bristol the night before why not hop on our discord and see who else is around?

discord.gg/c2X7p8Mq

We have a handful of tickets left for the conference and we'd love to see you there!

webdevconf.com

WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK

WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.

webdevconf.com

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henry ✷ @strange.website · 10d

this talk i’m giving at @webdevconf.com next week isn’t even good but the slide fonts are so fucken heat you’ll think it was. tickets still available and the lineup is stacked, come through.

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 12d

It is very hard to write a talk without questioning all your own experience apparently 😅

Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 12d

In a world of new phones. Replaced my iPhone 12 Pro Max with a 17 Pro. Much prefer the smaller phone. Camera seems like a big improvement.

Also got a Pixel to replace my work phone, wouldn’t choose Android but need one for testing. Still prefer the iPhone but it does have some nice features.

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 14d

This pink berk (the sculpture) just sold for £19,000 at the Gromit Unleashed 3 auction, all raising money for the incredible Grand Appeal charity - raising money for sick children and their facilities. 💖💖💖

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 20d

TWO WEEKS

WDC @webdevconf.com · 20d

2 WEEKS!

WDC2025 is taking place on Oct. 10 2025. We're really looking forward to seeing you in Bristol for what will be another awesome day of talks!

webdevconf.com

WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK

WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.

webdevconf.com

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 21d

Last night I published a mega-blog all about how I built my first life-size virtual pinball machine as a total n00b! It's a big bugger so put the kettle on and give it a read: blog.jam-factory.com/making-a-vir... #vpin #virtualpinball

Behind the scenes - Making a virtual pinball table (Part 1)

I drastically underestimated just how deep this rabbit hole goes. Three weeks ago my knowledge of virtual pinball was just 'Pinball FX 3' on the Nintendo Switch - a great game that lets you run the Sw...

blog.jam-factory.com

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 22d

We’re live!! My brand-new course, “Whimsical Animations”, is now available. 🥳🎉

whimsy.joshwcomeau.com

I’m so excited to share all of my animation tools and techniques with y’all. 😄

Whimsical Animations

Learn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one!

whimsy.joshwcomeau.com

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 26d

We definitely haven’t been encouraging this… 👀

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 27d

Uh oh, a little test and a quick experiment with lights and a playfield swap has got me staring down a new rabbithole of designing my *own* virtual pinball table!

Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 29d

Good use case! I use them as sort of soap dishes for things from Lush, and as little water dishes for the birds.

Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 29d

a mascot is standing in front of a store window with a sale sign

Alt: Mr Blobby is standing in front of a store window with a sale sign

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · 29d

Mr Blobby will never die Scott

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · Sep 16

Pre-orders for Mindful Design are available now.

Get a pre-order copy for £149, saving £100 off the full price of £249 for two weeks only.

Pre-orders close again after September 30

Mindful Design

A high quality, expansive video course that will elevate your design skills to a level you never thought was achievable.

piccalilli.link

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WDC @webdevconf.com · Sep 15

We're just over 3 weeks away from one of the biggest and best WDC events we've had!

We hope to see you there!

webdevconf.com

WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK

WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.

webdevconf.com

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · Sep 15

Ta-da! It worked! My homemade 3D printed button enclosure for my home virtual pinball machine is up and running!!

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · Sep 15

@johnmu.com Spotted you in Salma’s thread. Sorry to ask but we’ve been losing our minds! Would you expect a change from .co.uk to .com to take over 3 months for big G to pick up? Not ranking for brand name - it used to be amazing. Thank you!

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · Sep 15

If you work this out please let me know! Have a client with the same issue.

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Jaz Brooks @jazb.bsky.social · Sep 12

One of the things I find hardest about being freelance is taking time off, especially when I don’t have plans. Well, now it’s my mandated week off, that I was meant to have in June. Started it by binge watching Grey’s Anatomy in bed and eating chips. It’s gonna be a good week!