Blaine Solomon is a hiker, mad scientist, iOS lover, coffee addict, and nature enthusiast. Working at the intersection of technology and humanity. Laying the foundation for those who are to come. Favorite tools of Blaine Solomon: Swift 3, iOS 10, macOS Sierra, Xcode 8, Pixelmator, Flowstate, and Quotebot.We all need to track of fitness. The Apple Watch is one of the best tools for accomplishing this goal. Share your progress and activity rings with friends and family. Challenge each other to be the best we can be. Sweat the details. Literally. Distance, pace, active calories, heart rate, etc. Every step counts. Favorite games of Blaine Solomon: Osmos, Monument Valley, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Machinarium, and Portal. Founder: Overman and Mechanical Animals. Favorite quotes: “[A designer] has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry “Big things have small, ugly beginnings.” — T.E. Lawrence “Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” — Fred Rogers “A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.” — Gandalf “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
There are no shortcuts #fightforyourdreams #everystepcounts #pixelmator #dreams #fire #usestairs #takethestairs #shortcuts #noshortcuts #red (at Los Angeles, California)
Work is the soul of creation. #writeeverydamnday #creation #howtoflyahorse #curiosity #ordinarypeople #charlesdarwin #magic #soul #writer #rewriting #romantic #bleed #konradsprengel (at Los Angeles, California)
Flowstate @FlowstateApp GQ: “One of the most powerful mechanisms to spur the imagination” THE VERGE: “Among the cleanest and best designed note-taking apps I’ve ever used on iOS” DIGITAL TRENDS: “May force you into producing the best writing of your life” MASHABLE: “Kept my nose to the grindstone better than any cup of coffee ever could” VOX: “For the first time in my life, my fingers moved continuously across the keyboard for 15 minutes” BOSTON GLOBE: “Forces you into ‘the zone’ and keeps you there” JUDD APATOW: “Thanks!!!” #writersofinstagram #writeeveryday #writeeverydamnday #overcomeyourself #writer #writing #screenwriting #journal #focus #simple #text #brainstorm #note #idea #block #story #creative #new (at Los Angeles, California)
“The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time.” — Tom Cargill #ninetyninetyrule #tomcargill #code #coding #swift #programming #developer #developmenttime #computers #technology #pixelmator #ios #humans
An #unstoppable force for good #dog #cutedogs #bungee #hilariousanimals #cutebabies #thatface #theears #yoda #starwars #secretsuperhero or #secretsupervillain (at Los Angeles, California)
“A little bit forward. Every day. Even when it feels impossible.” — Michael Lopp #lifeprotips #thefutureburnsbright #climbhigherhuman #youarestrongerthanyouthink #heartofalion #michaellopp #rands #writing #creativity #movethehumanraceforward (at Joshua Tree National Park)
Battery finally died in my MacBook Air 😱😵🙄 #lithiumionbattery #macbookair #battery #technology #macos #batterydied #nobattery #firstworldproblems (at Los Angeles, California)
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