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Greg Veen
@greg.veen.com
Cofounder of @smashing-app.bsky.social. Previously, cofounder of Typekit, product at Adobe, design/dev at Google. https://veen.com/greg
Perfect Halloween listen: The Claypool Lennon Delirium – Amethyst Realm.

At 5:00 the haze clears — synths and guitars drop out, and Claypool’s bass snarls, demanding answers from the spirit world.

Goosebumps!

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The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Amethyst Realm (Official Audio)
YouTube video by TCLDeliriumVEVO
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October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The Mountain West is the best. I could (and might!) spend the rest of my days wandering around here. (Pictured: Mount Thielsen in Oregon)
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There are few things as glorious as riding a dirt motorcycle into the middle of nowhere, where so many best laid plans can go awry and the nearest help is many, many, many miles away. But you ride in with friends who… oh, wait a minute… are just as crazy as you are. What could go wrong?
October 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I'm in awe of these people. "Each man carried close to 100,000 calories worth of food and planned to burn thousands from their own bodies." explorersweb.com/how-far-can-...
How Far Can You Hike With Only What’s on Your Back? » Explorersweb
Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He has created an easy-to-use formula on how far you can hike unsupported.
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September 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This is an incredibly funny, heartfelt, and well-made documentary. "Two brothers learn about competitive birdwatching by becoming birdwatchers—spending a year living in a used minivan, traveling the country to compete in a ‘Big Year'." Free to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-w...
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
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September 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Great video that argues music streaming services are totally broken for independent musicians and their fans. I had no idea about most of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=plle...
It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now
YouTube video by Venus Theory
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September 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The whining roar of the BART train on its tracks through a tunnel just now mixed perfectly with Radiohead’s “The National Anthem.” IYKYK youtu.be/NfQD1QiQ9o4?...
The National Anthem
YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic
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March 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever purchased, @monteiro.bsky.social. People, get yours here: www.mulebooks.com/design-is-a-...
January 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
In life, as in UX, always progressively disclose.
January 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm using @smashing-app.bsky.social to discover and curate news about the growing enthusiasm for the open social web movement, and now I have a way to share it! Smashing's new Feed Sharing lets you get my Open Social Web feed on Smashing or merge it into any of your own: smashing.xyz/feed?share=3...
December 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Design and build as little as possible, as quickly as possible.
November 30, 2024 at 3:14 AM
I’ve been busy working on an important problem: there's more great reading on the web than ever before, but it too often gets lost in the noise. So I'm excited to announce smashing.xyz, a community that's curating the best of the web.

More about our vision: medium.com/@otown/annou...
June 25, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Hi there.
March 15, 2023 at 4:09 AM