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Design systems - Alla Kholmatova

I really love this book. A must read for anyone working on design systems. Fantastic work @craftui.

Adactio: Journal—The meaning of AMP

🔥🔥🔥 “The Meaning of AMP”

Does Anyone Use Social Sharing Buttons on Mobile? | Moovweb

Example of a pattern that’s both annoying and useless? .6% use social media buttons on desktop, only .2% on mobile.

Bov Academy of Programming and Innovation

The @bovacademy looks intriguing—somewhere between a bootcamp (but more involved) and a degree (but much cheaper)

Untitled (https://www.drupal.org/node/2915307)

#Drupal Layout icons can be dynamically generated in in 8.5.x!

GitHub - lando/lando: You look absolutely beautiful!

Lando is a (great) "open source, cross-platform, local development environment and DevOps tool built on Docker".

One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week - Motherboard

“One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week” 😳

Untitled (https://www.figma.com/proto/OIVSH9zbbnAAyRvoFE0dmowA/Tesla-Model-3?scaling=min-zoom&node-id=193%3A6739)

(in case you wanted to play with the model 3's touchscreen interface)

Not every article needs a picture | The Outline

Not every article needs a picture. True.

Raqqa's dirty secret - BBC News

Exemplar reporting, on the IS exodus from Raqqa.

Firefox Quantum vs Chrome: Can Firefox beat Google with ethics and speed? | WIRED UK

”can an ethically-minded non-profit win the browser wars?” It’s worth a try.

Untitled (https://www.drupal.org/project/bg_image_formatter)

First stable #release available for #drupal8 #module bg_image_formatter (8.x-1.0)! More info:

This AI Bot That Messes With Email Scammers As Long As Possible Is Brilliant - Digg

This AI Bot That Messes With Email Scammers As Long As Possible Is Brilliant

A closer look at Google Calendar’s new design – Noteworthy — The Journal Blog

A closer look at Google Calendar’s new design – Noteworthy — The Journal Blog

Why I’m leaving Silicon Valley – Preethi Kasireddy – Medium

It was a struggle to hit publish, but here it is:

The relationship between design deliverables and presentation skills

The relationship between design deliverables and presentation skills

Linen Travel Towel

Spoon & Tamago's 10-Year Anniversary | Spoon & Tamago

10 years! Congratulations, @SpoonTamago

In Search Of The Perfect Writing Font – iA

In search of the perfect writing font:

How jihadism and the far right have more in common than you'd think | The Independent

For those interested:

How Elon Musk Learns Faster And Better Than Everyone Else

How Elon Musk Learns Faster And Better Than Everyone Else

Design Systems

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Swift code will run on Google's Fuchsia OS - The Verge

THEN: Google forking WebKit NOW: Google forking Swift (Inquiring minds edition.)

Marko Ahtisaari on AI music party tricks, and how music could take the place of drugs by Exponential View | Free Listening on SoundCloud

‘Marko Ahtisaari on AI music party tricks, and how music could take the place of drugs’ on #SoundCloud #np cc @moia

Web design and development articles and tutorials for advent ◆ 24 ways

2017 will be the 13th year of @24ways. Our archives becoming a history of thinking about and building the web

Icon Organizer & Icon Library | Nucleo

8000 premium icons for your next project -

Video: Point of Sale (POS) for Drupal Commerce 2

Video: Point of Sale (POS) for Drupal Commerce 2 -

Home | GROW.bio

GrowBio is live! This feels big.

Website Style Guide Resources

Passed 500 resources on 🎉

A Sankey Diagram I made of Canada's Population Breakdown : canada

A population breakdown of Canada, by province and major cities. (source: )

Untitled (https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/9/16752594/japan-drone-patrol-office-overtime-work-culture)

uh huh

Why Dating in Your 20s Is Terrible

“Everyone wants love. And no one wants to admit it.”

Fundamental challenges with public blockchains – Preethi Kasireddy – Medium

Wrote a post on "Fundamental Challenges with Public Blockchains"

Zyper thinks ‘micro influencers’ are the future of online advertising | TechCrunch

Zyper thinks 'micro influencers' are the future of online advertising by @sohear

Untitled (https://www.military.com/)

moves from Oracle Fatwire to Drupal 8. Chapter Three made it happen. #drupal8

(500) https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/dippers/2819169

@tedbow @ksFatima Yes, there's a sandbox:

Sleep Less & Travel More | Una Kravets

This is a college project of mine: My life mantra was: "Sleep Less & Travel More" I'm no…

Archive

@CAldenJacobs :P It was for my Mom! I stopped blogging but I kept travel writing:

MUJI Online - Welcome to the MUJI Online Store.

Instagram

I'm not entirely sure that losing feeling in my toes or witnessing my father almost pass out…

The Crunchy Rice at the Bottom of the Pot, How Different Cultures Cook and Eat It | Bon Appetit

😍

Untitled (https://www.wired.com/story/future-of-artificial-intelligence-2018/?mbid=social_fb_onsiteshare)

File under: terrifying

Why people don’t drink: It’s none of your business - The Globe and Mail

Why do some people not drink? It's none of your damn business, by @picardonhealth via…

Want to Break Out of Comparison Syndrome? Do a Media Detox ◆ 24 ways

Day 19: Want to Break Out of Comparison Syndrome? Do a Media Detox, by Denise Jacobs @denisejacobs

Men's Merino Wool & Pima Cotton Sportswear Made in USA | RAMBLERS WAY

Instagram

Future sites.

Instagram

Future site, part 2.

Google Maps’s Moat

(wonderful writeup on how Google is using data to create the best maps in the world: )

Lynn Fisher

When you have too many great design ideas and you can’t just choose one of them …

DrupalEasy Podcast 201 - Jacob Rockowitz - Webform | DrupalEasy

Woot! New @DrupalEasy podcast with @jrockowitz talking about the #drupal Webform module:

“How to Scope Work,” an article by Dan Mall

✎ New post: "How to Scope Work."

Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBXMNNSEak&list=PLsRNoUx8w3rOr8MPmT1o6xi4W0IAfZxku&index=13)

Mr. @johndhobart on using AI—and rapidly advancing tech in general—for good

Studio D 2017 End of Year Report – Studio D – Medium

Studio D 2017 End of Year Report

人类最终会走向“后文艺时代” | 第一财经周刊

Interview with CBN, and A few thoughts on a post-literate society: (Chinese)

Meet Mary Somerville: The Brilliant Woman for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined – Brain Pickings

RT @brainpicker: The word "scientist" was coined for Scottish mathematician Mary Somerville, born on this day in 1780

☑️ The Ultimate Digital Clean-Up Checklist: Are You Prepared For The New Year? — Smashing Magazine

Btw I'll be using this as a loose todo list, so if you're in the mood for some 2017 cleanup, join in!

Best Practices for Homepage Links on websites

Do you really need a homepage link on your site’s navigation? Let's investigate:

Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BdyXYkY3Wg)

@Dries @hook42inc Antonio De Marco’s talk from DrupalCon Vienna has a live demo

Untitled (http://mashable.com/2017/12/27/browser-bar-url-facebook-bad/)

Retour au browser.

“Art at scale” – iA

Here we go. First old school blog entry in years.

ECS ChatOps with CodePipeline and Slack – Keita's Blog

Wrote about what I've been up to at work recently. "ECS ChatOps with CodePipeline and Slack"

Adactio: Notes—January 3rd, 2018, 12:17am

Truncation is not a content strate

violasong – by Victoria Wang

New blog design is done (for now)! And a second meta post has been posted: #newwwyear

Car Mounting Solutions

Delays in Intel Cannon Lake processor rumored again, may impact 32GB MacBook Pro plans

@sleepy_keita For the current models.

A Focused Writing App for Windows by iA Inc. — Kickstarter

RT @tomwarren: IA writer is coming to Windows. That's worth backing on Kickstarter

W.H. Auden on the Political Power of Art and the Crucial Difference Between Party Issues and Revolutionary Issues – Brain Pickings

"Every artist feels himself at odds with modern civilization." Superb read.

Web Trend Map 2018 – iA

Web Trend Map 2018 (Don't get too excited):

Home | Laws of UX

Untitled (https://www.npr.org/event/music/567721563/jamila-woods-heavn-chicago)

Jamila Woods' work/art is so important.

Dean Allen, R.I.P. – Om Malik

Rest in peace, @textism.

Untitled (https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-difference-between-the-Norwegian-and-the-Saudi-oil-economy/answer/Iyad-El-Baghdadi?share=901803f0)

My answer to What are the difference between the Norwegian and the Saudi oil economy?

Install Solr 7 for Drupal 8 Search API on Ubuntu 16.04 | Colorfield

Install Solr 7 for #Drupal 8 Search API on #Ubuntu 16.04

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto, Tell us Your Secret – iA

How to discern humans from bots and feeds:

R: The R Project for Statistical Computing

@eli_schiff With R one can find out anyway. It can be hidden. There is a lot of room for im…

Designing a Remote Project ◆ 24 ways

Designing a Remote Project by @suzehaworth

How Symptoms of ADD Change The Way You Feel and Think

I've long said that I'm "probably undiagnosed ADHD". This article nails my functioning with precision:

Schmidt's Naturals™ | Award-Winning Natural Deodorant & New Bar…

Enfin Levé Online Store – enfin leve

(502) https://www.wired.com/story/ico-cryptocurrency-irresponsibility/

Brains vs. bubbleland — Read @Joi

Kap - Capture your screen

My life just changed; this is exactly the screen capture app I've been needing

Maintaining Design Systems | Atomic Design by Brad Frost

@beep Yessir!

[NON-OUTLIER RELEASE] The Pa’lante Simple Pack V2 . . . : Outlier

Why the Web Won't Be Nirvana

RT @craigmod: A beautiful masterclass in self-delusional pessimism from 1995:

The 9 Rules of Design Research – Mule Design Studio – Medium

RT @dburka: So much timely advice: "The 9 Rules of Design Research" by @mulegirl is full of gold. Read each one twice. A++

Untitled (https://events.drupal.org/nashville2018/training/automated-testing-using-behat-mink-and-drupal-extension)

Automated testing using @BehatPHP with Mink and @Drupal extension, @drupalcon

A visual introduction to machine learning

...and if you liked that, you'll appreciate this visual introduction to machine learning, from @r2d3us.

The surreal crazy, crazy world of branding | Gerry McGovern

Maintain your brand ... or give your customer what they want? Decisions, decisions.

Untitled (https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/magazine/red-dots-badge-phones-notification.html?referer=https://t.co/cOYtYBPXEc)

"The dot is where ill-gotten attention is laundered into legitimate-seeming engagement."

Using Sub-profiles and Build Tools to Start Your Next Drupal 8 Project | Aten Design Group

Using Sub-profiles and Build Tools to Start Your Next Drupal 8 Project - #drupal

The Agony of the Artist (with a capital A): E.E. Cummings on What It Really Means to Be an Artist and His Little-Known Line Drawings – Brain Pickings

“The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.”

Drupal and Docker the easy way with Lando | Colorfield

#Drupal and #Docker the easy way with #Lando

Christian Alden Jacobs (caldenjacobs) | Keybase

Verifying myself: I am caldenjacobs on . Y0iY9YSSVRhV8d1fVRKTcwBIrXDZnHBZpHHA /

Keybase

Verifying myself: I am caldenjacobs on . Y0iY9YSSVRhV8d1fVRKTcwBIrXDZnHBZpHHA /

Clean Food: If You Want to Save the World, Get Over Yourself.

on a Chris Newman tweet run tonight bc he's not the farmer we deserve, he's the farmer we need

Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous: Paul Ford - Bloomberg

Paul Ford ⛈️ "Bitcoin Is Ridiculous."

Grace Bonney on The Art of Thoughtful Emails and Clear Communication in Collaboration – Own Your Content

Scroll all the way down to see some of @designsponge's recommended tools in this interview. Some real gems:

BURT'S BEES

I made a @BURTSBEES lip balm out of #css on @codepen 💄

A D R I A N on Instagram: “My favorite coffee place just around the corner in Tokyo. Some of the finest espresso I’ve had in a while. ☕️ ☕️ ☕️”

My favorite coffee place just around the corner in Tokyo. Some of the finest espresso I’ve had…

Untitled (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/paul-ford-facebook-is-why-we-need-a-digital-protection-agency)

Paul Ford slays more giants

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