Sam Tackeff 👋

If you don't have enough time this week.... quit something. Seriously. I love updating my "not doing" list. Do you have one? It's liberating.

@checkpluss *or rage bait

@checkpluss "fun"

Why?

Intercom announces the FIN OF AN ERA #GigglesInPolyglot

@stephsmithio Hit 50% of my city last week which is pretty fun!

@stephsmithio CityStrides ◡̈

request for app: one where you can upload your walking/running records and it maps out what streets you have or haven’t been to and maybe even builds new routes for you. I have a silly dream one day to explore every street in a few cities but it’s impossible to track

@SahilBloom Running in circles in front of my house.

What's one thing you find exciting that most people find boring?

@Ed_Dale @bertramfrenchie Thank you, Ed <3

@alphaprep @bertramfrenchie He was the best Sam! Much love

Bertram the Frenchie, age 11 and two weeks, has crossed the rainbow bridge. He had a very nice final afternoon on a perfect sunny spring day, getting outside to porch sit in his new galaxy harness, snuggling his humans and giving lots of kisses, and most importantly voraciously eating some of his very favorite food: chicken! and cheese (some of his Trader Joe's Unexpected Cheddar Shreds.) Known by many different names, including Bertram, Bubba, Bubba Bean, Sweet Bean, Sweet Potato, Sunpatch Boi, and Baby Bean, to name a few, Bertram was a very happy pup who really brought joy to everyone's world. Named after his human great-grandfather, with whom he shared some personality traits, it ended up being a coincidental delight that he also shared a name with a well-loved butler character (played by Kevin Chamberlin) from the Disney TV show Jessie, much to the delight of pretty much everyone under the age of 25. He was loved by so many, and loved us all right back. In his vibrant life, Bertram was particularly fond of his daily walkies and his MANY many* friends around the neighborhood and around the world! He never turned down a good treat – okay, sometimes he did, let's face it, he had high standards! – but particularly liked visiting his many shop friends on Walnut and Austin, including at Henry Bears, Dogish, AnkFit, the former Craft Beer Cellar, and the Rockland Trust Bank. He loved the outdoors, and was happiest when grass rolling in the fields, saying hi to kiddos at the high school, sitting outside of Starbucks or on the front porch to greet the neighborhood, traipsing through the woods, on the trails at Wellesley, wading in Bulloughs pond (or the opportune deep puddle), snacking on lemony weeds, running on the beach in Rye, seeing all of his friends at the dog park, and directing us to all of his favorite buddies houses: canine, feline, and human. Bertram was not a morning dog, but instead preferred getting cozy in one of his many beds and in front of a heater, or snuggling up directly so that his snoozles could appropriately hit the Zoom microphone. He enjoyed lounging in the "leg canoe". He loved having visitors over so he could let them pat him for as long as they wanted. He never missed a good warmth opportunity, and in his later years, was fond of letting you know that it was sun patch (or fire bed) time, and "we really should *all* be in the other room right now." Unsurprisingly, on that note, Bertram had a very strong point of view about pretty much everything. (A family trait!) Bertram was not a toy obsessed dog, although he did have a few favorites as a puppy, including his pig, and his hedgehogs, and was a big fan of a bully stick. Not one to destroy a toy or rip anything to shreds, he had one notable exception early in life where he went to town on an LL Bean Wicked Good Slipper. Just couldn't control himself! But would you blame him? He very much enjoyed practicing his tricks skills, including sitting, shake, and spin, and was a skilled communicator, particularly by tapping a person (or the refrigerator) with his paw to let people know his ardent desires. One of his earliest tricks was as an escape artist: managing at mere months old to parkour over a gate, or unlatch a double latched crate! Fortunately he was never one to wander away, as he much preferred the company of his people to traveling solo. (And would always make sure his whole traveling party was together - no pup left behind!) One of his most important jobs was surveying the neighborhood from his ottoman at the window, and was known to many at night as the bat-dog, where his silhouette was formidable and the comfort to many. He was a very big fan of the small humans in his life. Waving to him daily was part of our small human neighbor's nightly bed time routine, and he loved going over to play with his littlest buddies. He was also a fan of FaceTime with his littlest friends all over the world. He deeply loved his family, and was the love of our lives. Like so many of our loved ones, Bertram lived life until the fullest until the very end, where he was diagnosed suddenly with fast-moving cancer on his last day. Dogs make us better people, and while he had a truly great run at life, it never feels like enough. Bertram is joining his many friends over the rainbow bridge, including his human grandfather, Matt, for some spareribs and many skritches in the great beyond. In lieu of traditional condolences, Bertram would have very much liked you to go out and treat yourself to a little ice cream or snackie, so please do that in his honor!

@maiab sorry for this curse 😅 🤣

ugh I should really start a new company eh

@canva Ah thank you! Would love if you could keep me posted ◡̈ will send special vibes to whoever is working on this fix!

@alphaprep Following up on your issue regarding emojis in your downloaded PDFs, Sam. This issue was already escalated to our team. For now, you can try using the Emojis within Canva or use the Elements tab.

There's an annoying @canva regression where emoji no longer render in PDF downloads. Was working in early March, broken sometime before I did flyers for April. (This was one of the best things they had fixed a few years ago, and now we're back to the dark ages 😭)

@jerryjamesstone I think 2010 Earthquake Twitter was my favorite Twitter

@alphaprep Yah, its funny how platforms can be so similar and diff at the same time

Earthquake!

@0xgaut @lessin Guy next to me at the start line of a 50k trail race was wearing them 🤣

I think it would be impressive for Crocs to launch a supershoe and someone to break 2:00 in the marathon with them

Okay looks like it’s Tassel and includes a suite of ticketing, and all sorts of graduation ops.

At a Northeastern graduation and *very curious* how much this AI name announcement software costs. They train the names but it’s definitely hit or miss. The part that is super odd is that if it matches some naming pattern the AI “accent” tries to match native speaker?

@canva Broke sometime between Feb 23rd and March 23d!

@canva The problem is upon pdf download. PNG downloads of same image are supporting. But the PDFs strip.

@canva @brettdash_ I think this is a regression in the past release. I've been able to download emoji (which I've added from the iOS picker not the canva app) to PDFs for a few years now, but in the past month it broke.

Good question, Brett! Emoji rendering can shift when exporting or printing, and we totally get why that's unexpected. This usually comes down to how different devices and printers interpret emoji formats. A few things to check: • Use PNG format when downloading for the best emoji rendering. • For print, emoji appearance can vary by printer. This is a known limitation. • If emojis look stretched or replaced, try using a text-based alternative instead. More details at: canva.com/help/add-emoji… Give that a try and let us know what you find. We'll take it from there.

Can someone explain to me why @canva (for the love of god) cannot properly download an emoji in a graphic. I mean all this AI and that is still a limitation!? pls fix