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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.

(500) https://conference.knowledgegraph.tech/

@eaton Have you checked out - I'm just getting looped into that community. I bet folks there might have ideas/thoughts.

(429) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn3sK4WiviA&feature=youtu.be

Just watched “On the rocks” and realized how much I miss movies, cities, meeting new people. And how much I wanna be like Bill Murray when I get old.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Village 'humiliated' by Borat satire

Wait, where is cancel culture? To say Sacha Baron Cohen's earlier film was racist and inexcusably exploitative is an understatement. It was cruel. He went to a dirt poor village in Romania, paid them a pittance and duped them into this. I'm not over it.

[A] Podcast Series: Towards a Smarter World

NEW PODCAST: #ContentStrategy starts with people. Hear @carriehd explain the ways of getting the right information to the right people, while meeting audience needs and the business goals. #contentmodeling

Building a world class design team

Phenomenal World | Data as Property?

Data as Property? Scholars, activists, technologists and presidential candidates have all proposed data governance reforms to address the social ills generated by the technology industry and develop true alternatives. Interesting essay via @syllabus_tweets

Adactio: Journal—Portals and giant carousels

The Session

Untitled (https://www.protocol.com/discord)

I wrote a lot of words about Discord, which I think looks a lot like the future of the internet

The “if there’s time” line - Andy Bell

Back on a paper bullet journal but this methodology is still proving to work well while my brain is completely melted by pandemic panic

Mule Design Studio

This was our very first website:

Introducing “Ions”, an extension to the Atomic Design – Chris Cid ∣ CJCid

AI camera mistakes referee's bald head for ball, follows it through the match. : technology

“AI is going to take over the world!!!” AI:

(500) https://meaningness.com/eggplant/probabilism-crisis

Statistics and the replication crisis

Folding Torch - Takibi Fire & Grill - Snow Peak – Snow Peak

Middle Camping Hatchet with Short Handle Camping Axe | Etsy

Caught in a Storm - 4 days solo bushcraft, camping in heavy rain, portable wood stove, canvas tent - YouTube

http://nagualero.com/gear-i-use

山と道 U.L. HIKE & BACKPACKING

TRAVEL TUMBLER 500ml / 17oz – KINTO USA, Inc

Merino Hoody | Mountains and Roads UL HIKE & BACKPACKING

¥ 16,00

Psyllium: What Are the Health Benefits?

Context and caveats - Andy Bell

On: Context and caveats By ⁦@hankchizljaw⁩

Untitled (https://medium.com/@heyyoudvd/curation-should-be-a-feature-not-a-user-interface-ae52384bc30c)

“I don’t want recommendations. I want content that I want. In other words, I want a content library.” Me too

User Goals | Usability & Web Accessibility

Journey Maps & Personas | Usability & Web Accessibility

The power of unfinished · How to get more done, uplevel your craft, and create work that gets noticed · Adrian Z

New: The Power Of Unfinished • how to get more done and create work that gets noticed #ux #design #productivity

Daring Fireball: The Daring Fireball Election Desk Is Calling It: Biden Wins

★ The Daring Fireball Election Desk Is Calling It: Biden Wins

(429) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng6k7anxlWU

The day after the 2016 election I was in Berlin giving a talk about the bias towards bad quantitative data. You can still watch it if you love to see a combination of hangover, despair, and irony.

I'd like to try Container Queries!

Well, the cats outta that bag... yup, Chrome is working on ***CONTAINER QUERIES***. Squeee. If you'd like to sign up to test the prototype (when it's ready) and suggest new features, fill out this form!

How to Make Design Approval Painless - Boagworld Show

It is time for us to change the way we involve clients and stakeholders in the design process, How to Make Design Approval Painless

(500) https://cmsui.org/

The CMS UI Database: Cool project by @gadgetopia.

Untitled (https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-best-artificial-intelligence-intentions-are-hitting-corporate-walls/)

A recent in-depth analysis looks at the pressures and compromises faced by today's #AI teams. Accenture AI's @bobirakova and @ruchowdh explain.

18F - Product Manager (IT Specialist) | Join the Technology Transformation Services

18F

(500) https://articles.uie.com/the-salesforce-team-model-for-scaling-a-design-system/

The Design Systems team designs, builds, and maintains tools that help document visual systems and abstract design patterns, and enables more effective design communication.

The Analog City and the Digital City — The New Atlantis

Still thinking about @LMSacasas's framing of the "digital city" and the "analog city" as a way to think through online life and political consciousness. Taylor, Birkerts, Postman, + more here:

Report a Problem

Untitled (https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S490)

TIL a bill proposing a tax credit for those who volunteer time to open source has been introduced in the NY State Assembly every legislative session since 2009 but has never made it out of committee:

Why Congress should invest in open-source software

I'd love to see OSS included in Congress' definition of "infrastructure" next time they make a major infrastructure investment

2019 favorite RSS subscriptions — Dan Romero

Iceberg Canvas

The "iceberg" model: a powerful way to think about systemic change. We tend to focus on events above the waterline but the key levers for change are mental models at deepest level. Here's an "iceberg canvas" to help identify each level: By @Sys_innovation

UX Frameworks – Make sense of mess and get that spark, faster.

Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/business/biontech-covid-vaccine.html?smid=tw-share)

Muslim immigrants behind the vaccine that could beat COVID-19? You love to see it: "Also in 2019, Dr. Sahin was awarded the Mustafa Prize, a biennial Iranian prize for Muslims in science and technology."

(1) Beautiful Curated Items for Your Home and for You – itemerie

accessiBe - Wikipedia

I didn’t think that my first mention in English Wikipedia would be under a “Controversy” heading, but thinking again, that makes a lot of sense in context: 🤪

All-in-one visual testing and review platform | Percy

London Review of Books

Information architecture - Wikipedia

Camerata | GeePawHill.org

Shopify Partner Town Hall—Future of the Online Store

🗓 Save the date! Our last #ShopifyPartnerTownHall of the year is coming up this December 3/4 Come wrap up the year with us and stick around for a long-awaited announcement on Sections Everywhere 🤩 Register now >>

Untitled (https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-4653-thinking-big-working-small)

Some teams end up leaving their waterfalls for whirlpools. They iterate to nowhere in particular. There's no real strategy, and no holistic end-to-end thinking. For them, it's a random walk (punctuated by stand ups and sprints)

The Content Strategist’s Reading List - Brain Traffic

What you know about information architecture, might be wrong

From the archive: What you know about information architecture, might not be true - #Over10YearsBlogging

Introduction to Accessibility – Digital.gov

Yubico | YubiKey 5C NFC | Two Factor Security Key | USB-C & NFC

DivvyHQ: Voted the #1 Content Marketing Platform for High-Volume Teams

Untitled (https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-1653-the-boring-bits)

Many teams treat the meta-work as something you do on top of the "real" work. There's no time. But if you keep at it -- take the leap of faith, and carve out the time and energy -- there's a good chance your team will benefit.

The First 85%

Fourteen years ago, I wrote about "The First 85%." I still believe in this idea, and we're addressing that at Episerver with a new connection to @DivvyHQ.

Untitled (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/us/wifi-dead-zones-schools.html)

“‘It’s not fair,’ said Shekinah, 17, who, after weeks trying to stay connected to classes through her cellphone, was finally able to get online regularly again last month through a Wi-Fi hot spot provided by the school.” —

A Model for WordPress Accessibility | Adrian Roselli

Login • Instagram

getting back to sharing design research via Instagram stories ⚡️⚡️ 🏎 🏎

macOS icon pack - beautiful open source icons for Big Sur

@sdw is your friend.

Subnet routes and relay nodes - Tailscale

I've been using Tailscale to connect to my personal machines, but I just discovered subnet routing -- which means I could ostensibly connect a whole AWS VPC to Tailscale...

Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

OKAY it's HERE 😛 ~ the ultimate doc for ~ ✹ ✹ CrEaToR iNsPo ✹ ✹ featuring links to websites, sounds, interactions, and portfolio links ~~ I will be adding to this doc so BOOOOKMARK IT ~~

8 - Custom placeholder markup when leveraging #lazy_builder in elements - Drupal Answers

#Drupal people, does anyone know how to alter the Big Pipe placeholder? It's a span everywhere but it'd be useful to be able to add custom markup per block (not just CSS styling) to avoid CLS or add skeleton 'loading' content. I found but nothing else.

Untitled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMer7YJYYSc&feature=youtu.be)

For all your Jonesing For Hanging Out In A Coffeeshop While You Read needs, via @sparrowpost

Ethical Frameworks for AI Aren’t Enough

We need metrics, but we also need to increase the concentration of moral & ethical thinking on technical teams. We need to figure out how to hire, train, and retain talent to that effect. That's how you find and prevent harms that metrics don't capture.