---
title: "Bryan Maniotakis — Design Director"
description: "The personal blog of Bryan Maniotakis, Design Director."
url: "https://bryanmanio.com/"
---

# Bryan Maniotakis

The personal blog of Bryan Maniotakis, Design Director.

## 2026

- [I built a chess puzzle plugin for Kobo](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/i-built-a-chess-puzzle-plugin-for-kobo/) — 13 Oct
- [All aboard the voice to text train](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/all-aboard-the-voice-to-text-train/) — 6 May

## 2025

- [The art of noticing](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/the-art-of-noticing/) — 3 Dec
- [How I approach motion in product design](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/how-i-approach-motion-in-product-design/) — 8 Aug
- [All hail the space bar](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/all-hail-the-spacebar/) — 9 Jul
- [One iOS automation that everyone should be using](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/one-ios-automation-that-everyone-should-be-using/) — 15 May
- [I made my bookmarks public](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/i-made-my-bookmarks-public/) — 28 Apr
- [It's time to switch browsers...again](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/its-time-to-switch-browsers/) — 13 Mar
- [Connect Logitech Circle View doorbell to HomeKit](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/cant-connect-logitech-circle-doorbell-to-homekit/) — 13 Feb
- [Simhub stuck on searching for device](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/simhub-stuck-on-searching-for-device/) — 3 Jan

## 2024

- [An AI note taking tool paradox](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/my-ai-note-taking-tool-paradox/) — 12 Dec
- [My Favorite Config 2024 Videos](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/my-favorite-2024-config-videos/) — 21 Aug
- [Cloudflare can now block AI bots from scraping your site](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/cloudflare-can-now-block-ai-bots/) — 3 Jul
- [Loop is my new favorite Mac window management app](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/loop-mac-app-window-manager/) — 19 Jun
- [Monthly summaries were a bad idea](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/monthly-summaries-were-a-bad-idea/) — 17 May
- [March '24 Summary](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/march-24-summary/) — 6 Apr
- [My default list of browser extensions](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/default-browser-extensions/) — 3 Apr
- [Obsidian just ate my article](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/obsidian-just-ate-my-article/) — 28 Mar
- [The Raycast 2FA app is a game changer](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/raycast-2fa/) — 19 Mar
- [February '24 Summary](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/february-24-summary/) — 5 Mar
- [How to fix bookmarklets in Arc browser](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/how-to-fix-bookmarklets-in-arc-browser/) — 16 Feb
- [Selling my first domain name for $10,000](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/selling-my-domain-for-10000/) — 14 Feb
- [Moving email newsletters to RSS to keep my sanity](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/email-newsletters-to-rss/) — 13 Feb
- [What I'm choosing to write about](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/what-im-choosing-to-write-about/) — 9 Feb
- [How to quickly add RSS links with Raycast](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/quickly-add-rss-links-raycast/) — 8 Feb
- [Default apps for 2024](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/default-apps-for-2024/) — 28 Jan
- [Notion is overwhelming](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/notion-is-overwhelming/) — 25 Jan

## 2023

- [Webflow kind of sucks for blogging](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/webflow-kind-of-sucks-for-blogging/) — 30 Dec
- [Migrating from Google Photos to Apple Photos](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/migrating-from-google-photos-to-apple-photos/) — 8 Dec
- [What makes a good designer?](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-designer/) — 28 Nov
- [Add new Webflow member to Mailerlite/Mailchimp](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/add-webflow-member-to-mailerlite-mailchimp/) — 26 Jul
- [How to add ads.txt to a Webflow site](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/ads-txt-to-webflow/) — 26 Jul
- [Automating Instagram captions using ChatGPT](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/automating-instagram-captions-using-chatgpt/) — 1 May
- [Make something wonderful](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/make-something-wonderful/) — 24 Apr
- [Replacing Dropbox after 15 years](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/ditching-dropbox-after-15-years/) — 19 Apr
- [macOS Dock Improvements](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/macos-dock-improvements/) — 10 Apr
- [5 month niche site update — not as profitable as I thought](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/5-month-niche-site-update/) — 5 Mar
- [4 month niche site update — traffic going up!](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/4-month-niche-site-update/) — 7 Feb
- [Common design review questions](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/design-review-questions/) — 3 Feb
- [3 month niche site update — a slight slowdown](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/3-month-niche-site-update/) — 4 Jan

## 2022

- [Instagram vs TikTok engagement with a brand new account](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/instagram-vs-tik-tok-engagement/) — 8 Dec
- [2 month niche site update — an expensive start](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/2-month-niche-site-update/) — 1 Dec
- [How I grew an Instagram account to 100k+ followers (while ignoring it completely)](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/growing-instagram-account-to-100k/) — 25 Nov
- [1 month niche site update — we're off to the races](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/1-month-niche-site-update/) — 1 Nov
- [Inktober 2022](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/inktober-2022/) — 31 Oct
- [Starting a niche site from scratch](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/starting-a-niche-site-from-scratch/) — 11 Oct
- [Back to blogging (with the default WordPress theme)](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/blogging-with-the-default-wordpress-theme/) — 5 Oct

## 2018

- [The next chapter in my career](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/the-next-chapter/) — 4 May

## 2015

- [6 favorite albums, in 6 different genres](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/6-favorite-albums-in-6-different-genres/) — 7 Aug

## 2014

- [Tokyo — A shock to the senses](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/tokyo-a-shock-to-the-senses/) — 8 Jun
- [Kyoto — A brief taste of old Japan](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/kyoto-a-brief-taste-of-old-japan/) — 6 Jun
- [Los Angeles — Mostly work, with a bit of play](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/los-angeles-mostly-work-with-a-bit-of-play/) — 14 Apr
- [Going from iOS to Android (and back again)](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/switching-from-iphone-to-android/) — 6 Jan

## 2013

- [5 of my favorite books on designers](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/5-of-my-favorite-books-on-designers/) — 8 Nov
- [How to make a repeatable pattern in Illustrator](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/how-to-make-a-repeatable-pattern-in-illustrator/) — 19 Mar
- [Olly Moss movie poster style tutorial in Photoshop](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/olly-moss-style-tutorial-in-photoshop/) — 22 Feb

## 2012

- [A look inside the Mediumrare office](https://bryanmanio.com/blog/a-look-inside-the-mediumrare-office/) — 6 Jun