I had fun creating Notion-style avatars of the family using their new Notion Faces tool. What a clever idea, to take their branded illustration style—which they’ve consistently used since day one—and open it up for anyone to create their own portraits.

Over the break, I rewatched the Japanese television mini-series Going My Home. Written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda of Shoplifters fame and starring Hiroshi Abe and Tomoko Yamaguchi, it’s low-key, charming, and quite possibly the best show I’ve ever seen.

A few favorite quotes:

If you don’t look for them, you won’t know if they are there or not.

It’s those things you just glance at that can be what’s important.

This world isn’t made up with just what you can see with your eyes.

This new year’s resolution: be more grateful, patient, and kind.

Past resolutions:

1. focus (2016)
2. take action (2015)
3. stay inspired (2014)
4. go with the flow (2012)
5. connect with people more (2011)
6. don’t be lazy (2000)

I’m diving into Next.js, and absolutely love it. To me, it’s as if they’ve anticipated every pain point of web development—things I don’t want to deal with, like configuration, performance, asset optimization, and deployment—and found an elegant solution.