Hello, Bon Vivants. Here's issue #23 of Studio Notes—quick bits delivered to you each Friday.

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I've never used one of these, nor do I even read books all that often, but the (horrendously-named) Bookie Rookie looks like a genuinely useful product for combating hand cramping while holding a book open. Especially a thick paperback.

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Here's an example of a perfectly designed website. The domain, the logo, the clear navigation, the FAQ—it is what is says it is and nothing more. May I present to you, Owls in Towels. We need more websites like this in these Dark Times.

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Creative Geekery 3D-printed a working replica of The Board Speaker from Severance. He documents the meticulous process of making it a perfect match to the prop used on the show including a mini MP3 player that plays sound bites and a camera to record reactions. He then brings the finished product into the real office building where Severance is filmed in New Jersey. This rabbit hole Inspired by this Thread by Jason Beaird.

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I watched Episode 1 of CNN's Breaking The Bird series about the history of Twitter. It was fun to see those early days chronicled officially with current interviews along with old photos and video from 2005/6/7. Saw a lot of familiar faces in the SXSW footage from 2007. That era, for me, was damned exciting. I had been working remotely with Ev and Biz and Rabble and Noah and Jack on the design of Odeo, A reporter from the BBC reached out a few months ago and the only story I could think to add, personally, was when I stupidly turned down an offer from the team to help design "twttr" as they were just pivoting to the idea that would later become Twitter. But I was also an early user (something like #3000) and immediately was drawn to its simplicity and being able to stay up to date with all my web design friends around the globe. This documentary series is proving to be a sad reminder of what was once an incredible service that I owe a lot of career success to.

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