Issue 21

June 2025

Oh hey! Fancy seeing you here. It's been quite a while.

So long in fact that it's probably worth reminding you that this is Converge and you're receiving this email because you subscribed on the website. (If you've since changed your mind, you can of course unsubscribe at any time.)

So, apologies for the radio silence. It's been quite a few months since my last dispatch — projects and family commitments have left me with little to no wiggle room in recent months.

But for those wondering if this newsletter had quietly shuffled off into the digital ether, think again. I still quietly bookmark, and gather things all the time, even if it can be hard to find the time to share them sometimes.

Anyway, I hope you're doing very well and it's genuinely good to be back in your inbox, thanks for having me. So let's get to it...

Work & Projects

Shop

Art prints

Before we get into the issue, hopefully you won't resent me this minor indulgence. I've been hard at work rebuilding my online shop and adding a new collection of giclée art prints (well, some new and some returning editions).

It's going to launch later in the summer and if you have an interest in such things and want to find out about it first, you can sign up to be notified via the Google Form below.

(I'll very likely share a discount code when I send the notification too.)

🔗 docs.google.com

Remarkable

Mov

Variable font

Studio Feixen (featured in Issue 17) are back at it again, with this delightful, modular variable font they call Mov.

It has so many variants and being monospaced and built on a grid, it's a bit of a designer's dream.

🔗 fonts.studiofeixen.ch

Dream Recorder

Open source hardware

I love how wonderfully weird this project is. Dream Recorder is designed to do just that — it stores your dreams to playback and reflect on.

I also love that it's an open source DIY project with instructions on how to build your own.

🔗 dreamrecorder.ai

I can't afford this but maybe she can

Collaborative curation

My old friend Malika has been curating all sorts of brilliantly wonderful creations with her friend George Wu for a staggering (5!) years now.

If you've not followed their IG (or signed up for the newsletter) you're missing out on a visual feast.

🔗 instagram.com

Useful

Claude Code

AI coding assistant

Like seemingly everyone else I know who writes code, I am a huge fan of Claude Code from Anthropic.

You can let the AI model access your project's code from the command-line and/or your IDE and it is incredibly good, a real notch up from other models I've worked with in terms of quality and approach.

🔗 anthropic.com

Siteinspire

Web design showcase

I'm sure you all know of SiteInspire, but if for some reason you don't and you have an interest in web and UI, you should check it out.

Dan has done an incredible job of cataloguing great websites for many years now and somehow never seems to let editorial standards slip, publishing great examples week after week.

🔗 siteinspire.com

Ollama

Locally run LLMs

I sometimes get twitchy about how much data I'm sharing with a handful of US-based AI companies' models.

Enter Ollama. Ollama makes it easy to get up and running with large language models locally on your computer. Open source, private and definitely worth exploring.

🔗 ollama.com

Granola

AI notepad

I've been using Granola for months now and swear by it. If you have online or in person meetings and want them documented, it's really very useful, gathering conversations into actionable next steps and summaries.

🔗 granola.ai

Creative Spotlight

Parkopolo

Illustrator

Parkopolo is the studio of Scottish illustrator Ed McGowan. I love the playful, colourful simplicity of his work and the way he often takes complex or political subjects and puts his unique slant on them.

Just wish he sold prints I could buy for my walls.