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TV Review - Lockwood & Co.

Overall, I really liked this show, it was fun, it was exciting, and I looked forward to watching as many as time permitted each day. I'm sad that there were only 8 Episodes.

The Good

The actors meshed well together, the story flowed between episodes. I originally expected it to …

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Wholesale

I've been trying to expand my Cat toy business into wholesale. It's been a challenge, but I'm hoping that the rewards will be worth it. I'd much rather do large, bulk orders to a company than managing the endless stream (and issues) of customers. Less, but bigger baskets.

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Life continues on.

While being vague, the events of the past few weeks have really rocked me. It's been hard to focus and be productive, and I've spent way too much time on the couch consuming TikTok to try and distract me.

New year, new me though. And I'm going to spend it …

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Definitely had some life changes. Need to focus on completing more small projects.

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Payment, cost of living, and fairness.

A lot of this has been inspired by Madeline Pendleton. It's really helpful having a working example of a more equitable work structure.

The basics

A few key guiding principles:

  • Everyone gets equal pay.
  • Business decisions are voted on democratically.
  • Unlimited sick/vacation time.
  • Full-time is 7 hours, 4 days …

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Benefits of a franchised manufacturing system.

I've been thinking of the strength and weaknesses of having a Pizza Hut model of small, associated manufacturing shops.

Pros

  • Fast and agile
  • Many items have small fixes
  • Builds community
  • Resilience, shops in the next town over can help with overflow.
  • Hub for teaching

Cons

  • Larger items are impractical
  • Some …

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Making Bearsif Industries into a manufacturing hub.

The idea.

A franchisable repair/manufacturing hub. Like a pizza chain, but able to build a large variety of items, or outsource to other franchises.

What the hubs are to provide.

  • Local, walk-in location.
  • Repair services.
  • Custom manufacturing.

Local, walk-in location.

Allows people to come in, talk to a knowledgeable …

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Personal Drama, missed days.

My goal was to write a post every day, which hasn't gone to well. I've missed the past few, mostly due to personal drama, which has effected my ability to think and be productive.

I'm mostly worked through it, and I'm ready to be back on track.

What I'm working …

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Short post, writing up a UI list

After doing some research, I've been wanting to design my own universal UI toolkit. Something theme-able, gives basic elements and help developers conform to good UI practices. I'm going to aim to have this library available in both A-Frame and Godot.

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Learning more about UX

Learning more about UX, going through Ultraleaps XR Guidelines

Ultraleap XR-Guidelines

Terms

Affordances - characteristics about an object that guide a user to their use. Interaction - Any touching of an object. Interactions should not require abstract gestures or poses. Poses and Gestures - Needs instruction, less effective than skeuomorphic design elements. Interaction …

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