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“Google Fonts resources will be redownloaded for every website, regardless it being cached on the CDN. Self-host your fonts for better performance. The old performance argument is not valid anymore.” 👍🏻 Learned this a long time ago from @zachleat ’s work
This got buried earlier this year (story came out just as Covid was breaking in the West), but the invisible ways our digital behaviors contribute to climate change is one of the most important (and increasingly-relevant) issues of this decade - (1/2)
Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want - by Nicholas Epley
This is unfortunate. I use the @goodreads API to publish my reading list on my personal website. I will likely abandon Goodreads over this, unfortunately.
It probably isn't the case, but I can't help but think of this XKCD at times like these.
Really enjoyed these slides on reframing digital marketing by @willak. H/t @tomcritchlow for the share:
Great post by @nJim talking about the connection between the content models that drive a site, and the tailored editorial affordances that can make those models easier to manage!
Years back, @webmeadow built this gloriously explainable CKEditor toolbar for one of our clients () — it let them build longform case studies w/embedded structured modules, with the same conventions they'd use to insert images or links.
Ran this webinar last week and I thought it was decent ... more examples than usual. Available on demand. Framing outcome-driven product bets link:
iPhone 12 Pro Camera Review: Glacier Each year I look forward to Austin Mann's iPhone camera review to see where he went (Glacier National Park, MT). This year is no exception.
The poor, where the e-waste is dumped, suffer unquantifiable and sometimes irreparable damage. Many materials used in mobile devices have carcinogenic properties when mishandled, and in some instances complications like mercury poisoning can arise.
* In 2023, the cost of ad fraud will balloon to $100 million per day. * About 18% of all ad impressions are never viewed by real people
Fairness research in ML remains largely rooted in Western concerns: the injustices, datasets, measurement scales, & legal tenets used. These infrastructures, values, & legal systems cannot be naively generalized to non-Western countries -- @autopoietic
That whole 7 +/- 2 argument for navigation, items in a list, menus, etc., is bunk. Original research paper: Miller talks about abstract concepts (linguistics, chunking) not visible item counts. Anyway, debunking resources: 🔖
That whole 7 +/- 2 argument for navigation, items in a list, menus, etc., is bunk. Original research paper: Miller talks about abstract concepts (linguistics, chunking) not visible item counts. Anyway, debunking resources: 🔖
@blankenship @ChappellTracker Several years ago, I riffed a bit on a new app icon for them with @craigmod, and we were deeply passionate about making this magical Earth bambino the app icon. They didn’t agree, unfortunately.
Have you seen good examples on (native) mobile planning/spec docs? I'm putting together a template along the lines of ones I've used/seen used when doing RFCs (). If there are existing (public) examples, I'd love to point to them.
Make your content accesible by writing meaningful image descriptions, or alt text, with this great in-depth article from @access_guide_ 👉
The most difficult thing for a design executive to accept... ...is that they must be an executive, a business leader, first, and a design leader second.
Powerful feminist voices have been denying trans women’s experiences or painting them as menaces. But we should remember that violence against vulnerable people starts by labelling them as a threat.
More anti cookie banner momentum: Cookie banners are awful. Using inessential cookies is more awful. Cookie banners aren't even necessary or legally required (even in the EU, unless you're using creepy cookies and violating member state regulations).
According to the Quran, ritual prayer - salah - is supposed to "prevent immorality and wrongdoing" - إِن الصلاة تنهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر. But that's only if you're doing it right - most of us aren't, and are in denial that it's not working.
What’s neat is when your page is deleted from Wikipedia they talk about why you’re not worthy, I almost like this better
On this day in 1990, the day the world's first website and server went live at @CERN.
Glasses. Needs more research.
On privacy: "When a company does the right thing for its users, EFF will stand with it, just as we will come down hard on companies that do the wrong thing. Here, Apple is right and Facebook is wrong." (Yeah, but what about those small businesses?!)
This post by @colly is 💯. Comparing personal sites to tending a garden is spot on. Even though I'm on holiday for Christmas break, I'm looking forward to spending some more time working on my site. It's so relaxing and satisfying
Only recently started using JetBrains Mono as my code editor font, and I love all the details. The use of ligatures to combine glyphs is a joy:
On the limits of user-centered design, and how we might integrate systems thinking into our practices to create ethical systems that work better for everyone. It was a pleasure to write this with @devinmancuso, @lishubert, and @DianaSonis
The Ethics of AI, a free online course created by the University of Helsinki.
📢🧵 My writing has a new home! It's called The First 1,000 Days. Think reproductive rights, pregnancy, childhood, parenthood. And also play & love. I'm building it with ❤ while officially jobless. So please subscribe and let's create it together! +
I’ve only seen one writer, @eric_seufert, give thoughtful analysis of how Apple’s iOS 14 privacy changes will impact the app advertising landscape. Every other journalist has basically been regurgitating talking points from the same players.
DNA is the legacy code of earth-resident life, evolved over billions of years of development, made with rarely refactored cut and paste parts, rife with abandoned features, and possessing an epic lack of documentation. But it works.
📺 Two hours of me talking about 🌏 cults, 🌊 death, 🔥 an unrequited crush, 🌬 rationality, 🌌 and blueberry jam. An AMA skillfully facilitated by @ssica3003, with excellent questions and discussion from all participants—thank you!
Forgot one! 🔊 White noise machine is great once you get used to it, prevents unwanted wake ups due to household noise/city noise etc. I like this one:
Advanced Tech is *not* a Substitute for Policy/Regulation Case study on what causes tech companies to act faster: 5 years of warnings about escalating genocide vs. threat of significant fine? (A: the fine) Many AI ethics issues are Human Rights issues
I forgot I wrote this 18 years ago for the Wall Street Journal: "The Web runs on love, not greed."
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Quick review: ‘ ‘Architects After Architecture: Alternative Pathways for Practice’, edited by @roryhyde @HarrietHarriss and @marcarobe