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👏 @gruber on Facebook complaining about Apple doing the right thing: "The idea that we don’t dare do anything good for privacy that might reduce the efficacy of user-tracking ads because “pity the poor small businesses” is sophistry."
Three types of people who hold power in an organization: • Decision-makers – must be consulted or can make decisions themselves • Gatekeepers – control access to time or data • Makers – produce rare and valuable assets Great post from @tomcritchlow
Another shoutout to @dpatil for "Move purposefully and fix things" Also very important, but I think that purposefulness needs to come with a huge dose of diverse collaboration and pumping the brakes.
Low-Contrast Text Is Not the Answer
In one of the personally wilder turns in an absolute absurd year @Outlier is on the New York Fashion Week calendar:
AI content-deletion on social media platforms could stop journalists investigating war crimes, report: - via:@pressgazette
In the "where have you been all my life" category: @newsproduct launches a much-needed platform for product thinkers, "the missing link to creating sustainable journalism in the digital age." Especially excited to see @becca_aa leading the way. Congrats!
Refreshing:
The first tip: get some data. 🙌
- A purely browser-based privacy-first video tool capable of performing tasks like converting, compression, etc. without uploading your files using #WebAssembly.
Did you miss Kris Vanderwater of @acquia presenting "Your data model is terrible! Let me show you why." at #MidCamp 2020? Well good news for you, the recording is here:
modular, systematic order
Infographic: 50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World
A great user experience only comes about through constant diligence and attention. If the organization isn’t paying attention, it’s unlikely they stumbled on one by chance.
Ecosystem maps can make the complexity of large organizations' content publishing efforts more accessible without getting bogged down in the details. @JoshLTong's new post looks at how to generate and use them…
Hey nerds, if you need a half-hour away from everything: Start reading this article on font-fallbacks, pause midway through to refill your coffee or tea, and then keep reading. Go slow. 🛻🪰🥷
💖 Ayo I made a new website! With my coworkers @FacultyCo! It's sick! And I'm proud of it! I'd love to hear what you think! 💖 👨🏼💻
“The past, present and future of UX writing and content design”—whew! This interview was the first time I’ve gone on the record about several of these topics. Thanks to @JasperPlatz at @stringshq for writing it all down so I didn’t have to. 😇 Enjoy!
Enabled native lazy-load by default for images
Earlier of piece of mine that touches upon the misleading use of the word "community" that often dominates the way Facebook talks about itself. Communities have reciprocal rights and responsibilities. Facebook groups are in-group/out-group strife engines.
CSS Guidelines (2.2.5) – High-level advice and guidelines for writing sane, manageable, scalable CSS
✍️ New post about @beep’s latest talk: On the Design Systems Between Us
Sliding Scale of Giving a Fuck
Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:
Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:
Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:
Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:
Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:
Using a Schema.org-First approach to build a single source of truth and a unified Content Management System #schemaorg #schemafirst #cms #API
From the archive: Accessibility is not what you think - #Over10YearsBlogging
"[C]ontent is not a feature. Content cannot happen after everything is designed. Content is what fuels the user experience. And you’ve got to start with it early." YAAAS. 👏 Check out this interview with @halvorson for more content zingers.
“We’d love to believe design speaks for itself, but a large part of the job is helping others hear its voice. Persuasive rationale—the why to your work—is what turns a great document into a great product.” @Cennydd #OldGold
Gonna try and get the ball rolling on coding out the new portfolio site design on Twitch in a little bit here! Would love to have you join us 💛
Perhaps the most abused and misunderstood word in the creative world is ‘strategy’ What does it even mean to be ‘strategic?’ @andybudd breaks it down in a way that no one else could. Do read.
A few days ago I celebrated my ten year anniversary as a blogger. To celebrate I decided to write the story of my career over the last decade and the roads that led me to my recent decision to leave my full time role with Etsy.
Economists at the World Bank understand the value of data: . It's an honor to be part of the World Bank Annual Meetings today, and for @Mapbox to join the Development Data Partnership. thx you @DevDataPship @WorldBank @mikel @ianschuler @developmentseed
Big thanks to @shawnmmccabe and @AcroMediaInc for identifying ways to mentor new #Drupal contributor "Vishalghyv" in the context of enriching the fraud detection / prevention measures of Commerce 2.x. 🥳
Ever needed to convert HTML to Markdown? This little app by @domchristie does it so well! It's the only one I found (online) that let me convert my code blocks to fenced code blocks and specify my preferences re: bullets, headings etc. ❤️
My next Training Course, Listening Deeply, is coming up fast!
“When teams adopt Agile, the first attempts often involve doing the same things you’ve always done, just faster. This never works out well. You can’t do eight weeks of research in two weeks. Don’t even try.” — @jseiden
A good explanation of what typography on the web is like for Japanese.
Fantastic article and intriguing call to action. Thanks @morville! 💬"Information architecture is the design of language and classification systems to change the world." #IA #UX -
New article: My Chatbot is Dead · Why yours should probably be too #ux #design #monostudio
The online ad industry is a massive con job and it's does tremendous damage to the climate because of its hugely wasteful activities.
Still love this ravpower charger. Have been using it as my main travel charger for 18 months. 45W seems to be a sweet spot for power and size. This is the most portable, flattest charger I’ve been able to find:
This rollout was a huge team effort and I’m so excited about the future it’ll enable. Expect to see more when we rollout Polaris v6, including a public Figma UI kit, but for now, here’s more about the update.
attention. theft. (more here if that term intrigues you )