Mark Bowley
@markbowley
Learning by making stuff Independent designer Prototypes & side projects: ✋ hndmark.com ⭐️ winnny.com 🙎♂️ userrstory.com 🧰 minitools.carrd.co markbowley.com
I've added 2 features to my Statsss app: – Upload background images – Change the canvas ratio
The obvious build was a tablet with a web app Easier to make, easier to update, easier to ship I didn’t want that (please… not another phone or tablet app) Nobody at an event wants another screen to tap They’ve probably used twenty of them today already moremaking.substack.com/p/why-i-did...
UK friends, there's free shipping this weekend on Teemill if anyone fancies one of these tongue-in-cheek vibe coding t-shirts 😁 tokengoods.teemill.com
I made Sheet Gallery as I wanted an easy, live gallery from a list of image URLs in a Google Sheet - no uploads, no CMS, just links and a Sheet sheetgallery.netlify.app
Free UK shipping on Teemill.com this weekend – and I’ve got a #vibecoding collection ready to ship... 😁 tokengoods.teemill.com
I created a way to display any images in a responsive grid with lightbox + filtering — Just add image URLs to a Google Sheet — No image hosting or uploads needed Creates an HTML page ready to host free on Cloudflare, Netlify etc
Happy Friday! I started the week with 30 users of my Chrome extension Something seems to have happened since then...
I've started writing on @Substack, under the title More Making — A newsletter about creating more online, less being consumed online Join me at moremaking.substack.com
My @hndmark tool is really coming together You can now simulate writing on a piece of paper, with markup, with just a few clicks All highly human, to counter the AI slop...
I'm not a fan of the cute mascot trend, I think it sets the wrong expectation and behaviour "...what better way to cut through than to create a cute and cuddly, anthropomorphic mascot?" From: Why big tech is betting on cute mascots - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/articl...
Added some baked-in imperfections to Write mode on @hndmark Hand-written font alone doesn't quite cut it No, it adds gaps, tilts and mis-alignment
I’ve added a new feature on @Hndmark – create hand-written quotes or thoughts for social...
Uptake on my little Chrome extension made for @typefully is going well Try it at fullyfed.crd.co
Winnny.com sends a weekly reminder to add or review your small victories
You’re crazy If you upload fill page PDFs to Claude, you’re using 1.5–3k Claude tokens It can be as low as 200 for the same text uploaded as markdown How to stop burning Claude tokens tokensave.netlify.app
Read something good and want to share on @Substack Notes? Copying it, switching tabs, opening Notes, creating a draft, pasting it in... too many steps Subnoted does it with 1 click – Highlight text on any page – Click the icon – It opens in the Substack Notes composer
This feels like a cheap, gimmicky email subject line. I get what they’re going for, but calling it “easy” just isn’t accurate.
Even better → 1K page views/uses on @userrstory since launch a month ago 🔥 x.com/markbowley/...