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/about

Hi, I'm Brent

I'm a Digital Product Designer who is just as comfortable in Vim as Figma.

Right now, I'm Lead Digital Product Designer at Spanx.

Since 2010, I’ve worked for, with, at, and around tech companies in the NYC area.

I love making digital products.

/now

last updated: 12/1/2024

Doing

  • learning piano goal: 350+ practice hours in 2024

Reading

  • A draft novel book cover

    A draft novel by a friend

Playing

  • Balatro cover image

    Balatro on iOS

Watching

  • NBA basketball cover image

    NBA basketball, '24 - '25 season

/interests

  • watches
  • augmented reality
  • video games
  • writing
  • Apple
  • smartphones
  • PlayStation
  • piano
  • app design
  • photography
  • macOS
  • architecture
  • iPad
  • interior design
  • iPhone
  • web design
  • tech
  • Android
  • industrial design
  • reading
  • iOS
  • movies
  • sci-fi
  • programming
  • cooking
  • JavaScript
  • Svelte
  • Google
  • graphic novels
  • iPadOS
  • React
  • cosmology
  • mixed-reality
  • astronomy

/uses

Hardware

  • product shot of 16" MacBook Pro

    16" MacBook Pro

  • product shot of AirPods Pro 2

    AirPods Pro 2

  • product shot of Dell UltraSharp U2720Q

    Dell UltraSharp U2720Q

  • product shot of WHOOP

    WHOOP

    new

  • product shot of Dell P2715Q

    Dell P2715Q

  • product shot of LG C1

    LG C1

  • product shot of Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarer

    Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarer

  • product shot of iPhone 16 Pro

    iPhone 16 Pro

    new

  • product shot of Sony WH1000XM3

    Sony WH1000XM3

  • product shot of Keychron K6

    Keychron K6

  • product shot of Kindle Paperwhite

    Kindle Paperwhite

  • product shot of Pixel 4a

    Pixel 4a

  • product shot of PlayStation 5

    PlayStation 5

  • product shot of Synology DS212j

    Synology DS212j

  • product shot of 13" iPad Pro

    13" iPad Pro

    new

Software

  • product shot of Soulver

    Soulver

  • product shot of Homerow

    Homerow

  • product shot of iTerm

    iTerm

  • product shot of Magnet

    Magnet

  • product shot of Copilot

    Copilot

  • product shot of Hazel

    Hazel

  • product shot of Obsidian

    Obsidian

  • product shot of Slack

    Slack

  • product shot of Arc

    Arc

  • product shot of Figma

    Figma

  • product shot of 1Password

    1Password

  • product shot of Bartender

    Bartender

  • product shot of Raycast

    Raycast

  • product shot of Reader

    Reader

/colophon

whatbrentdo is a collection of slash pages designed in Figma, built with Svelte 5 and SvelteKit, and served via nginx from a DigitalOcean VPS. The source code can be found on github.

made by brent • © 2024