Alan Houser

THE DEATH OF PHOTOSHOP ☠️

I’ve been hearing about the death of Photoshop for years.

Figma was going to kill it. Canva was going to kill it. Affinity was going to kill it. Browser-based tools, no-code tools, mobile apps, generative AI. Every few years, another very convincing...

Music has always been a huge creative influence for me.

So I started building a “LISTENING TO” section into my website — kind of a living feed of what's been fueling the brain lately. 🎧

Still working out how deep the rabbit hole goes. :D

👉 https://squareflair.com/listening-to

I’ve been noticing what feels like a pretty significant downward trend in U.S. design jobs lately.

Fewer openings. More competition. More hybrid/on-site requirements. More “one human should do the work of 7 departments” job descriptions. 😅

Curious if others in...

One underrated feature of Squarespace:

You can redesign an entire site without touching the live one.

I often rebuild sites behind the scenes, then swap them when everything is ready.

Zero downtime. No broken pages. (And no one sees the half-finished redesign.) 😍 Curious how...