Tom Resing

@tomresing

Content designer at Microsoft. Content design, Microsoft products, books (mostly anti-racist learning), cats, basketball (mostly San Antonio Spurs), and AI. I won't like or repost when alt text is missing.

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Tom Resing@tomresing· 24d

Curios. Almost works on mobile but seems to need a keyboard

My clod city. Asking me if Tasha, threaddy, or tom orsborn are my favorite moot

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 12

Checked in on my longest living house plants yesterday. Happy the hydrangeas are blooming at least! I’m plant challenged. Been using an app that reminds me to water and feed them and prompts for check-in notes every once in awhile.

A hydrangea on a deck with a pink flower

Another with many more leaves but less flowers

A small plant in a pot on a windowsill next to an oven thermometer

Another, this one is an orchid with no blooms

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 12

Looking up Anunoby’s pay and Noticed that the Knicks have only 1 player in the top 25 salaries this year. Spurs have none yet but what are those other teams doing? From @basketball-reference.com www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/pl...

A table from Basketball‑Reference listing the NBA’s highest‑paid players for the 2025–26 through 2027–28 seasons. It shows ranks, player names, teams, and salary figures. Stephen Curry is ranked No. 1 with over $59M in 2025–26, followed by Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokić. Salaries for stars such as Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jimmy Butler, Jaylen Brown, Devin Booker, and others appear in descending order. The table includes team abbreviations (e.g., GSW, PHI, DEN) and multi‑year salary columns, some highlighted in green.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 7

Microsoft AI promotes Responsible AI in training new 1st party models. Shows some respect for the rights of publishers. I hope the full list of training sources might be published despite the last sentence of the following note from the technical paper on MAI-Thinking-1 microsoft.ai/pdf/mai-thin...

2.4.1 Data Sources, Licensing, and Governance
Thepubliclyavailableportionofourdata iscollectedinaccordancewithapplicable termsofuseandindustry
standards for web controls. For web data, we use a proprietary crawler that respects the Robots Exclusion
Protocol (robots.txt) and related meta-tag and HTML controls, enabling site owners to manage how
content on their sites is accessed and used. We also exclude sources that violate Microsoft Responsible AI
policies or appear on the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Notorious Markets list.
Our training corpus also includes datasets acquired from third-party providers through commercial
agreements. Third-party datasets are subject to diligence processes to assess data fidelity, ownership, and
applicable usage rights, and are governed by confidentiality terms and conditions. Knowledge cut off dates
for the various sources are shown in Tab. 4.
We did not use private customer data or data from Microsoft products and services for pre-training,
exceptwhereusershaveexplicitlyoptedinorwhereuse iscoveredunderapplicableagreements,withrespect
for user opt-outs. Prior to training, our entire corpus is processed using PII-risk and safety filtering; details
on these steps can be found in Appendix A. For privacy, legal, safety, and competitive reasons, we do not
disclose the full list of datasets or data providers.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 2

Sorry @atmo.quest I like the idea. However, your app wants to manage my whole Bluesky account. Even knowing you have good intentions, that’s too big a risk. I would sign in if I could choose more limited access. @graham.systems and I discussed a similar issue with @stream.place earlier today.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 2

Loving the stick figure drawings in this talk! Missed the Facebook Island one but the theme was that it’s really hard to leave Facebook, by design using human connections as a kind of blackmail “leave and I’ll take away your connections!”

Brittany in front of her drawing of the atmosphere. Pictured are many, connected islands. Bluesky is the biggest. Also pictured are tangled leaflet streamplace and grain

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 2

Amateur stick figure artist @brittanyellich.com now presenting @cascadiajs.com about @atproto.com 1 week into her new role at @bsky.app after some time at @github.com and a presentation at @atmosphereconf.org earlier this year. Representing @pdx.atproto.camp with others who took the train here

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 2

Learning how to make bad language models from @mollyjeanbennett.bsky.social at @cascadiajs.com Leading with humor. Great audience response!

Molly on stage in a colorful outfit. The screen shows a thumbs down above the word bad

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 2

Alex Hinson adds AI suggestions to his Strudel code with a small, local AI model. Make music through code quickly and privately. #CascadiaJS

Alex on stage with the word Strudel on the screen behind him. He’s wearing a grey cap with the letter S on it.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 2

Filip Sodić starts with designing types well. Then the engineering becomes straightforward. Typescript provides the type system to compress what’s in your head to types before code and docs. #CascadiaJS

A wider angle of the stage at Town Hall. Filip Sodić looks at the types shown on the screen with tests marked out in red with a function shown, as well.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 2

Francesco Ciulla, an expert on Rust, tells the JavaScript crowd that Rust matters when web becomes infrastructure, where predictability matters. #CascadiaJS day 2 morning keynote number 1

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 2

I’d like to know the story behind the mushroom and flower illustrations at @cascadiajs.com They’re nicely done! Day 2 opening keynotes about to start.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 1

Had a nice chat with Willam from @expo.dev during the break from talks at #CascadiaJS. They help mobile app developers update apps without requiring updates through the App Store The cofounder of Expo will talk about a way to structure markdown instructions for agents later today.

Me and William in front of their booth. I’m wearing a brown hooding and a black cap. William’s in a grey expo t shirt.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 1

CascadiaJS session two. Love that the third speaker of the day @jdsteinbach.com shared his @bsky.app handle on his speaker profile. Also, James wore shoes that match his topic, CSS colors. Love the red All Stars. I used to play basketball in black canvas Chuck Taylors when I was a kid.

Close up on the converse all stars with red stars on white with black patches

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 1

Second keynote presentation at @cascadiajs.com is from Joel Hooks who believes swarms of agents are awesome. cascadiajs.com/2026/talks/a... He uses pi.dev as his agentic harness. Described it as yolo-mode at the core with no support for MCP. Joel dislikes Obsidian, likes MDX for markdown +pi-notes

A speaker in a pink shirt stands onstage at the CascadiaJS Web + AI Conference, presenting in front of a large slide titled “AI Hero Skill System: AI Skills for Real Engineers.” The slide includes a command‑line snippet and a star rating. A podium with colorful artwork is visible beside the speaker.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 1

Matt Billman CEO of @netlify.com kicking off CascadiaJS with the first keynote. He says taking Waymos around San Francisco and driving his Rivian makes him think differently about the future. Copilot in the IDE followed self-driving car experiments. Claude Code provides “universal hands-free” too.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Jun 1

I’ve got a front row seat for the first keynote at @cascadiajs.com web and AI conference at @townhallseattle.bsky.social First local, in-person conference I’ve attended where I’m not a speaker in many years, maybe more than a decade. Looking forward to something different!

A large auditorium with ornate molding and warm lighting, facing a projection screen displaying a slide for “CascadiaJS Web + AI Conf.” The slide shows two stylized yellow mushrooms with purple outlines and event details: June 1–2, 2025, Seattle, WA, and the conference URL.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Apr 29

6’5” blocks 7’2” Devin Vassell #NBa #Spurs #GoSpursGo

A basketball player in a red uniform leaps to the hoop for a close-range shot while a Spurs defender in a white jersey jumps to contest it. The ball is in the shooter’s outstretched hands above the rim, with the backboard, hoop, and an American flag visible behind them. A packed crowd fills the background, capturing an intense in‑game moment

Tom Resing@tomresing· Apr 27

Just learned that Ryan Roslansky, CEO of LinkedIn was training to be a pro tennis player when he dropped out of college to run a startup in the 90s #MicrosoftLife #OutsideIn

ryan roslansky and his coauthor annesh on stage with an “Outside in” banner behind them and amy coleman interviewing.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Apr 26

Wemby makes Clingan look small at the tip. Very physical game so far. Nice to see Carter Bryant shooting confidently from 3. Go Spurs Go!

Tom Resing@tomresing· Apr 26

Wemby looks good in warmups

Lots of players warming up on the Moda Center court with fans in the background. Wemby is shooting a free throw

Tom Resing@tomresing· Apr 26

Go Spurs Go! #PorVida #GSG #Spurs

Me in a spurs shirt outside the moda center on this sunny day in portland

Tom Resing@tomresing· Apr 26

Ngl Not sure if this is mount bachelor from my hotel

Historic downtown buildings with ornate architectural details stand in the foreground, while a massive snow‑covered mountain rises behind them, partly wrapped in clouds under a bright sky.

Tom Resing@tomresing· Apr 25

Current view They say it’s always raining in the PNW #tennis #Sun

Four open tennis courts under a sunny blue sky with tall evergreens on the side

Tom Resing@tomresing· Apr 16

Surprised by a few things that were different from MCP installs I've done in the past. * Install starts in Claude Code with the /plugin command * Sign in through /plugin, too * The install provides options to install just for you or for everyone in your repo

A software window titled “Add Figma MCP server” displays the Installed tab of a plugin manager. It shows the “figma @ claude-plugins-official” plugin, marked as enabled, with version 2.1.7 and scope set to user. The panel lists installed components including several Figma-related skills and an MCP server. Buttons for disabling, updating, or uninstalling the plugin appear below, along with navigation hints such as “ctrl+p to navigate” and “Enter to select.”

Tom Resing@tomresing· Mar 24

Love this clip of @pdstafford.bsky.social on the place AI skills rank in recent content design job postings. Puts things in perspective, for the short-term prospects without AI skills, at least. Here's the link to the post ademolaadepoju.substack.com/p/what-do-co... #ContentDesign

A horizontal bar chart showing percentages for professional skill areas. From highest to lowest: Writing Craft & UX Fundamentals (98%), Cross‑Functional Collaboration (96%), Research, Data & Measurement (90%), Systems Thinking & Content Systems (87%), Accessibility, Inclusion & Localization (78%), Tools & Technical Skills (65%), and AI Skills & AI Product Experience (52%). A red note points to the last bar and says, “The headline — but read the fine print.”

Tom Resing@tomresing· Mar 14

Glassy water on lake Washington today. after early snow there’s a little sun ☀️

Partly cloudy sky mirrored in the water. Sun light peeks through the clouds. Seattle’s skyline is tiny in the background

Tom Resing@tomresing· Mar 14

Just finished dredge. Amazing indie game! Lots of credits even for this show how big a production games are. Loved the unique story, visuals, and orchestral music in this one. #GameSky

Picture of the game with the credits scrolling. Translators showing at the moment. The lighthouse prominently featured as throughout the game

Tom Resing@tomresing· Mar 14

Happy #Caturday!

Chester the brown tabby curled up on the couch with his head on our brightly colored map of paris pillow. His white socks are showing!

Tom Resing@tomresing· Mar 13

A little snow in Kirkland, Washington this morning. Will be gone in a couple hours. Stay safe morning commuters! @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social reports that interstate 90 was closed at 7am at Snoqualmie pass