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Daring Fireball: Dickhead of the Week: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri

👏 @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."

Why Goodreads is bad for books

Library JSON - A Proposal for a Decentralized Goodreads

Navigating Power & Status

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

Untitled (https://medium.com/@dpatil/ethics-data-science-ff21d0c29346)

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

Alternatives to Low-Contrast Text (Video)

Low-Contrast Text Is Not the Answer

a16z Podcast: The Myths of Heroes in Entrepreneurship - with Guy Raz - Andreessen Horowitz

Data, Information, Knowledge, & Wisdom

Mental Model Musings

theWay

(404) https://runway360.cfda.com/designers/willie-norris-x-outlier/ideas-for-spring

In one of the personally wilder turns in an absolute absurd year @Outlier is on the New York Fashion Week calendar:

Untitled (https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ai-content-deletion-on-social-media-platforms-could-stop-journalists-investigating-war-crimes-report/)

AI content-deletion on social media platforms could stop journalists investigating war crimes, report: - via:@pressgazette

We Are Not Users | The MIT Press

Why Designers Need to Write — Anton Sten — UX-lead

siteInspire - Web Design Inspiration

Geri Reid - UI & UX Designer, London

Geri Reid - Forms best practice

Operator says…

Teddy Baldassarre

What Is Strategy (and Why Should You Care)? - Brain Traffic

Measure conversions while respecting user consent choices

YouTube brings back more human moderators after AI systems over-censor - The Verge

Untitled (https://medium.com/@beccaaaronson/why-i-quit-my-job-to-launch-the-news-product-alliance-a3694a5f8ab5)

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!

Untitled (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/09/24/microsoft-office-2021-no-subscription-required/)

Refreshing:

How To Say No: 5 Steps To Stop Being A People Pleaser : Life Kit : NPR

The first tip: get some data. 🙌

An Introduction to Multi-Platform Design Systems | dbanksdesign

Request Map for https://www.katefarms.com on Friday the 25th of September at 5pm

(500) https://modify.video/

- A purely browser-based privacy-first video tool capable of performing tasks like converting, compression, etc. without uploading your files using #WebAssembly.

Jesse James Garrett: experience design and information architecture resources

Jesse James Garrett: ia/recon

Jesse James Garrett: Visual Vocabulary for Information Architecture

How to write concisely - DESK Magazine

Your data model is terrible! Let me show you why. | MidCamp 2020

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:

All your video needs in one place | Clipchamp

CI and CSS – iA

Design is How it Works – iA

modular, systematic order

The Interface of a Cheeseburger – iA

Infographic: 50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World

Infographic: 50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World

(500) https://articles.uie.com/a-proven-method-for-showing-the-value-of-good-ux/

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.

Resilient Web Design—Chapter 6

The Empty Box | CSS-Tricks

I have resigned as the WordPress accessibility team lead. Here is why. | Rian Rietveld

Improving a digital ecosystem through content strategy — Josh Tong

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…

Expressive Design Systems — Design System Talks

Design System Talks

Untitled (https://www.figma.com/blog/when-fonts-fall/)

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. 🛻🪰🥷

Structured Data Cheat Sheet

Faculty — Websites you can rely on

💖 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! 💖 👨🏼‍💻

Untitled (https://medium.com/stringshq/the-past-present-and-future-of-ux-writing-and-content-design-an-interview-with-kristina-167cb7953777)

“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!

Eight Qualities of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

Untitled (https://www.drupal.org/node/3173719)

Enabled native lazy-load by default for images

Why Mark Zuckerberg’s 14-Year Apology Tour Hasn’t Fixed Facebook | WIRED

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.

Blocks library | Reflex

CSS Guidelines (2.2.5) – High-level advice and guidelines for writing sane, manageable, scalable CSS

On the Design Systems Between Us · Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer

✍️ New post about @beep’s latest talk: On the Design Systems Between Us

Design Systems Repo | A Collection of Design System Resources

Alla kholmatova

Design Systems For Figma: Bringing Context To Design Systems

Cap Watkins – The Sliding Scale of Giving a Fuck

Finding balance: giving in vs standing your ground — Anton Sten — UX-lead

Sliding Scale of Giving a Fuck

Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9VCfA6JJ9U)

Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:

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

Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:

Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arMgwKY52Bs)

Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:

Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD7SecF8qWA)

Missed the Accessible UI series with @una? We've got you covered! 📝 Semantic Markup: 🎨 Color: 🚘 Navigation: 🖼 Media: 🎢 Animation:

Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZdZh-ESOHY)

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 - Schema API-First Schema-First Schemaorg-First

Using a Schema.org-First approach to build a single source of truth and a unified Content Management System #schemaorg #schemafirst #cms #API

Accessibility is Not What You Think

From the archive: Accessibility is not what you think - #Over10YearsBlogging

Untitled (https://tinyurl.com/yxnybws9)

"[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.

Untitled (https://alistapart.com/column/letter-to-a-junior-designer/)

“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

How to register layouts | Layout API | Drupal guide on Drupal.org

Beautiful Free Images & Pictures | Unsplash

Sidecar Whitepaper

Twitch

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 💛

Andy Budd on What Clients Really Want | The Hard Copy

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.

I choose me. - Abby Covert, Information Architect

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.

Be Wary of Add-on Accessibility | Adrian Roselli

Is there a silver bullet for ADA website accessibility? Sorry, but the answer is no.

The Death of Accessibility Overlays | by Kris Rivenburgh | Medium

evolt.org

:focus-visible Is Here · Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer

Untitled (https://blog.mapbox.com/development-data-partnership-at-the-world-bank-annual-meetings-fdaa93f40229)

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

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

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. 🥳

A Content-First Approach to UX Research | by Casey Capachi | Facebook Design | Sep, 2020 | Medium

Turndown Demo

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. ❤️

Slate Gray Lubek Fabric & Wood Sectional Set | Article

Course 2. Listening Deeply

My next Training Course, Listening Deeply, is coming up fast!

The Core Model – Kjernemodellen.no – Medium

Untitled (https://medium.com/@jseiden/heres-what-to-do-when-user-research-doesn-t-fit-in-a-sprint-2f8b5db7d48c)

“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

The Most Comprehensive Guide to Web Typography in Japanese | Masaharu Hayataki

A good explanation of what typography on the web is like for Japanese.

Emancipating Information Architecture

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 -

My chatbot is dead · Why yours should probably be too · Adrian Z

New article: My Chatbot is Dead · Why yours should probably be too #ux #design #monostudio

Boring by default

Ads are the oil industry of the Web - Gerry McGovern

The online ad industry is a massive con job and it's does tremendous damage to the climate because of its hugely wasteful activities.

GaN Tech USB-C Wall Charger 45W PD Type-C Charger | RAVPower

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:

RSR Pod — Eli Altman

Untitled (https://polaris.shopify.com/design/polaris-is-changing)

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.

Untitled (https://blog.usejournal.com/about-attention-theft-cf3585f8643c)

attention. theft. (more here if that term intrigues you )

Styling Complex Labels - Cloud Four

Styling Complex Labels A nice article about styling form labels to make the information easy to understand for all visitors to your site.

NPR : National Public Radio

Best redesign of the year goes to... the text-only NPR site! My source of news for the last 12 months.