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Nice to meet you! My name is Gueorgui, and I'm a photographer, designer, and engineer living and working in London, UK after living in Russia, France, Germany, and Japan.
In my work life, I'm running a tiny creative studio called A Possible Space (https://a.possible.space) together with my wife.
I'm interested in the intersections of art, tech, society, and in working for an ethical, sustainable future.
Day 74 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: learning about accessibility features and in particular the incredibly powerful VoiceOver feature.
Chess diagrams are broken on Wikipedia in Safari, both on Mac and iOS :(
Sometimes a photo just demands to be framed. #theDarkroom @Tingyi 👸🏻
Here's a puzzle from the book I'm working my way through, "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess". White just moved their Queen to F7. The only way for Black to escape a mate is to move their King away to H8 (trust me on this). Can you find the combination of moves that'd accomplish this?
A reminder that the ⚔️ Merveilles Chess Club is a thing: https://lichess.org/team/merveilles-chess-club
It'd really be super to have more than two members, so that we could maybe run some tournaments, or even play in some events as a team! Please join, all levels are welcome!
Day 72 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: writing encrypted JSON of location points to disk, reloading on app relaunch, protecting with FaceID.
complaining about js
Do we really, really, _really_, **really** need so much complexity just to render a list that comes from a database on the server side? React, redux, sagas, yikes... #theVent
Day 71 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: Fetching a list of nearby places of interest for each marker from the Wikipedia API
I'm half-way through this book and it's blowing my mind every couple of pages with the brilliance of the chess.
There's something magical about its aesthetic, too — cheap paper, cheap blurry printing, extremely lo-fi layout/typography, and yes: it's printed with flipped pages, so you read right-hand pages only, reach the end of the book, flip it over, and then read the second half.
Gueorgui 于啟
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Hey I'm going to be doing my first ever "live" set next month.
It's virtual and proceeds go to the National Suicide Hotline.
Unfortunately I need (want?) about $300USD worth of gear to perform the way I want to.
I'm not asking you for money because there are lots of people who deserve it way more than I do.
But my music is free and #CreativeCommons so if you could share it with people you think would enjoy it, and I get more downloads, it justifies me spending the $300USD+.
Day 70 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI: More MapKit fun, adding locations to a map and starting to build UI to add notes for each. Getting more comfortable with going back and forth between UIKit and SwiftUI.
What I love about Merveilles is that even "drama" leads to thoughtful discussion and gets addressed in what feels like a productive manner. 
It turned out that this is a “trailer” for a novel. I’m not usually into suspense/war novels but I suspect I will read this one!
I guess real love is when your partner takes a picture like that of you and you not only don’t mind but also like it quite a lot. ❤️
Photo by @Tingyi
#theDarkroom
Reading this tonight — surprisingly gripping and thought provoking. Well done WIRED!
