Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

Designing and building web apps and small games. Prev @square, @weebly, @getaround. Open source projects: Lightbox and Color Thief lokeshdhakar.com San Francisco, CA Joined March 2008

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

6 months ago

It's that time of year, when I'm reminded how predatory Intuit's dark patterns are in @turbotax. Any alternatives people recommend for tax filing in the US?

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

6 months ago

On the topic of clocks and watches, here is Jim Henson's experimental short, Time Piece, which I had not seen in it's entirety till recently. A mad genius. vimeo.com/483238072

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

7 months ago

Spotify PSA: If you get lost in the desktop UI and are trying to get back to the playlist you started at, there is a link at the top of the right sidebar. What a mess 😵‍💫

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

9 months ago

Incredible way to scrub through history and connect dots in your understanding: oldmapsonline.org

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

11 months ago

Put my @SwarmApp checkins into a calendar. For those of us with lousy memories, such a nice way to revisit a trip or remember that one restaurant.

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Jade Law @jadel4w

a year ago

Kojima designing the maps and camera positions for Metal Gear Solid with Lego is one of my fave behind the scenes gamedev moments

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

a year ago

Don't need, but want. Beautiful stuff from Fundamental in Berlin. fundamental.berlin/collections/all

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

2 years ago

Love seeing all the shorthand. The old school paper roller too. youtube.com/watch?v=zDiXs-…

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

2 years ago

Bret Victor dropped a talk last year that flew under the radar. It includes a long Dynamicland demo which really helps elucidate the vision for that project for me: youtu.be/_gXiVOmaVSo?t=…

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Jake Fried @jakejfried

2 years ago

One of my all-time favorite animations "Concatenation 2" by Donato Sansone, 2020

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Lokesh Dhakar @lokesh

2 years ago

After seeing one, I can’t stop seeing them at airports.

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Had no idea the Disney live action remakes had overcome the scoffs and sneers and made $$$. Expect many more. Lion King (1994): $763M Lion King (2019): $1,656M Aladdin (1992): $504M Aladdin (2019): $1,054M