A Gen-X/Millennial cusp (Xennial), currently a creative technologist at Havas Lynx Group.
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1970-01-01 08:00:00
One of the main issues I have come across in the last three years of building marketing emails is that mobile responsive versions of emails are treated as an after-thought.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Jakob’s Law states that visitors to your website spend most of their online time on other peoples websites. Who spends the most time on your website? – you do. Whether you’re the developer, designer, or MD, no-one spends as much time on your site as you think they do (or wish they would).
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Everyone who ever got that haircut in high school just wanted to be cool. Look back at photos of some of the decisions you made in the name of “fashion” and you’ll understand the title of this article. We’re talking about the downside of cutting-edge technology.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Google (other search engines are available) loves content. There’s a whole industry (or at least a facet of digital marketing) that has sprung up around Content Marketing that puts emphasis on copy-rich pages to draw consumers in.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Minimalism is an interesting thing – far from meaning as stark as possible, minimalism is the idea of removing anything unnecessary for base level functionality. Imagine a human face. Now remove all of the details you can until it still resembles a human face.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, websites ran the gamut from the bland to the Flash™-y and everyone wanted to make them better. Way back in them olden days, there were so many ways to improve the hideousness that some websites were, and so the web design industry flourished.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
In an ideal world, everything we build would be perfect; gorgeous code, on time, and under budget but most of us don’t live in a Disney utopia. Unfortunately, the real world chips away at our resolve and something has to give.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Can your UI harm your UX? Let’s find out…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
The laws of physics, those undeniable laws of the universe that we can’t help but abide by, make round soap bubbles. They make green grass and wet water and rainbows that can only be seen between 40 and 42 degrees. These are templates crafted over millennia that just simply work.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Using numbers in the title of a blog post is an excellent way of giving the (potential) reader an estimate of article length. 6 reasons… will take less time to read than 22 reasons… The nerds behind blogging platform Medium determined that the ideal blog post length is 7 minutes.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
At the end of my third year of high school, the lockers were cleared out and any unclaimed stuff was up for grabs. I inherited a copy of Use Your Illusion II on vinyl – only one of the two LPs (I still have it today) and I bloody loved it.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Like a lot of teenagers, I worked in a Maccies one summer and I was struck by how awesome the sauce dispenser was.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
The "Cinematic Experience" is a myth.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Gutenberg comes with an awful lot of default components most of which will never be used in our websites. Here's how to disable the ones you won't use.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Different devices have different capabilities, using mobile to describe both narrow screens and touch screens is confusing and leads to assumptions that come back to bite us.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Fix this common React error without dependencies
1970-01-01 08:00:00
It is commonplace for designers to style both links and buttons to look like “buttons”. But just because something looks like a button, doesn’t mean it is a <button>.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
In an effort to remove unnecessary references to slavery and replace them with more inclusive terms, many companies are opting to replace the term `master` as their main git branch name.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I'm not a fan of chaining together lots of commands and, it turns out, neither are NPM!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Convert a JavaScript number to a human-readable number the easy way.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Having multiple almost identical components is just very bad and wrong - let's fix it properly!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
We tend to think of accessibility as being something we add to websites to help the disabled. This is a mindset we need to get out of.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
If you get a CSS value but you want to do maths with it, what do you do? Let's find out!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Sometimes you just want to serve a static site without installing all kinds of stuff
1970-01-01 08:00:00
"filename exceeds the maximum upload size for this site" 🙄
1970-01-01 08:00:00
AKA Move the first item in an array to the end repeatedly
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Why the rush? Whether you're faking an API response, introducing deliberate cognitive drain, or simply want to slow things down this function has got you, baby!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Today I had to send an "ID" in the body of my POST request. It turns out that the API doesn't care what the value is - it just needs to be alphanumeric, exactly 18 characters long, and not already in the system.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I occasionally find myself dumping stringified JSON into a <pre/> tag in my markup. It inevitably looks horrible. Here's how to prettify your JSON.stringify() output.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I have a decent laptop and I'm lucky enough to have a strong, reliable internet connection. Not everyone does.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
My other half is featured in the May edition of Pharma Times Magazine
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I don't mean to imply that I cut corners and churn out shoddy code. I just hate doing repetitive tasks that bore the bejesus out of me.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
We all love writing code - that's why we're doing this - but sometimes we can seriously over-engineer things.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Forgotten the password to your local CMS? Can't email a password reset? Here's my tried-and-tested solution.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Semantic HTML is the process of using HTML5 tags to reinforce the meaning of the information contained within a webpage or application.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
If there's one thing I've learned, it's that your code will go wrong. You need to accept that and catch your damn errors!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
How to create a global .gitignore file to define a list of rules for ignoring files in every single Git repository on your computer
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Sometimes a URL has a trailing slash, sometimes it doesn't. If we can't be certain, we need to handle either eventuality.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Sometimes you just want to serve a static site without installing all kinds of stuff (2022 Edition)
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Sometimes you can't use the inbuilt sync to transfer your extensions from one VS Code to another. Learn how to do it programatically.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
One of the downsides to Controller/Reducer-based state management is that a single piece of state needs to be passed from Component to Component up and down the cascade - regardless of whether that component needs the state or not. Zustand promises to alleviate that.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Using table is very good and right for displaying data. But what if you have too much data?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
It's nice when your API returns JSON because JSON. But what do you do when you get HTML back instead…?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I've seen a lot of headings related horrors in my time building websites. Let's learn how to do it properly.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I have decided to not use a CMS for this site. If you're wondering why, read on...
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Could this misspelling be on purpose? Let's find out!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Everyone knows the hardest thing in frontend development is centering something within an element…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Havas Lynx Group (the company I work for) has been ranked as one of the UK's best places to work. Cool!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Semantic HTML provides many elements we can use instead of rolling our own. Introducing <details>
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I'm not sure Old Fashioned is accurate terminology…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Viewing an entire conversation in the MilkTea app is kind of unintuitive. Let's figure out how to do it!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I have been trying to cut down on the amount of American music I listen to.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I wrote a while ago about automatically shitposting to Twitter and I wondered how long it would last. Now I know!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
My laundry detergent frustrates me. It's an analogy. For internet security. Obviously.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned the origins of the costume
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was skimming through my RSS feed the other day and there was an article about someone I know by someone else I know.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
The other day I had cause to get a spare set of door keys cut which left me with a dilemma…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Regex is useful but difficult to read and write. What can we do about that?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned the new way to style a dialog's backdrop
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I've been building things for the internet for a quarter of my life!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I hate public speaking but I managed to overcome my nerves long enough to present to a roomful of people and it wasn't terrible!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was trying to find a specific quote that I half remembered and search engines weren't helping. ChatGPT should be good for that, right?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Proper or improper use of punctuation can change the entire meaning of a sentence.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned that Street Lane is not a tautology
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned that an open source no-code database exists
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Setting up Obsidian as a content management system for my own website
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned South Korea counted age differently.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned the final words of John Booth
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Five really good sci-fi films that you should watch or re-watch this weekend
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I love my font dearly and window shopping isn't cheating, right?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about Touchégg
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Cut through the noise in your console with a friendly emoji
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I am looking for a cloud-based, open-source note-taking app.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
From the dizzying heights of a reduced electric bill to the soul crushing lows of getting a cold, it's my last week in review!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Services can be taken away for any number of reasons…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about Ísbíltúr.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Ticket Offices at railway stations are closing in the UK because people don't use them.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about the Magdeburg Unicorn
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I used to enjoy a doom-scroll over a morning coffee until, well, man-baby…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
A product strategy is the set of unique steps you can take to give your product a durable competitive advantage. — Dare Obasanjo
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Full Stop was painted in 1961 by John Latham. It ostensibly consists of a black circle on a white page.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about the backronym dictionary
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I got a new toothbrush! Is it any good? Let's find out…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about this French football video
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about the ship in two centuries
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There are some websites I come back to time and time again. This is one of them; Andrew Hedge's Aspect Ratio Calculator
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Added functionality to find and replace certain Obsidian markdown with Nunjucks templates and HTML
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned what the Luddites can teach us now
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about this amazing building
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned how to prevent Nunjucks from rendering my code examples
1970-01-01 08:00:00
From the destroyer of worlds to wholesome local fun, here is what happened this week
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Usually known for their zany antics, these comedians have shown they can do subdued and sinister just as well.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned what it's called when you censor profanity with punctuation 🤬
1970-01-01 08:00:00
If the change you're thinking of was easy to make, it would have already been made! — Pavel A Samsonov
1970-01-01 08:00:00
"To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognise is the correct, appropriate thing to do."
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Improving UX is more than just rearranging visuals on the screen…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned that a lot of films are dubbed
1970-01-01 08:00:00
"Profits can be eroded by competition, but rents are evergreen."
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I like rock music. I play bass (badly). In no particular order, here are my five favourite rock bassists.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about this barge lift!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned Boris Kayser was bare jokes
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Juxtaposing moulded glass and un-hewn rock, Cocksedge's functional art is stunning.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Meat-free hot dogs, photography, and existential crisis of ethics (not mine).
1970-01-01 08:00:00
When programmers train themselves to develop in these environments, they are gaining expertise in adding value to a monopolist's ecosystem, locking themselves in with their own expertise. This a classic example of software freedom for tech giants and open source for the rest of us. — Cory Doctorow
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Make more movies about toys! No. Make more movies by and about women! — Randall Park
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Gain access to secret wisdom with this one amazing life hack
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned why concertina leaflets are called Leporellos
1970-01-01 08:00:00
…it probably isn't going to have the impact people seem to be expecting… — Gary Marcus
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Several years ago at Microsoft, I saw an observation that there were 3 primary business models in big tech… — Dare Obasanjo
1970-01-01 08:00:00
In my experience, 95% of all VC funded competitors in our areas will vanish when you are playing the long-term game and just wait long enough. The other 5% will become so expensive that they end up as enterprise systems for a very exclusive audience. — Bastian Allgeier
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Replacing costly libraries with native APIs is one of my favourite things to do.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There are some websites I come back to time and time again. This is one of them; placedog.net
1970-01-01 08:00:00
One thing that’s worth remembering. The pandemic proved that states can meaningfully change the lives of people, providing massive resources to make change happen. They will make us pay for this. Not because there’s somehow a real debt which needs to be paid, but because we need to be made to suffer, to be shown that a better world *isn’t* possible. — Ian Betteridge
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There are some websites I come back to time and time again. This is one of them; coolors.co
1970-01-01 08:00:00
[The Government] like it when starry-eyed working-class kids who were told they were gifted in school have their optimism snuffed out as they step into the real world and find meaningful opportunities non-existent. This teaches kids to become desperate, to let go of their dreams and fight each other for crumbs. It creates the conditions for worker exploitation. — Ricky Hale
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There are some websites I come back to time and time again. This is one of them; randomuser.me
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I noticed that every time I removed images from my local device using 'Free up data', any of those images I had imported into Obsidian would disappear! This is how to fix that!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Now I have a few posts, it would be good to have some way to narrow them down when looking for something specific.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about Opiliones
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned how to tweak the search functionality
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Travis Barker postponed some gigs and fans got butthurt he was still visible. Or something.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I have no idea who, if anyone, reads this blog on the regular. Let's try to find out without resorting to surveillance capitalism!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Whilst searching for an answer to a question I had, I stumbled upon Fershad Irani's website which claims to be 'carbon-aware' but what does that mean? Let's find out!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Whether you know it or not, you're probably introducing unnecessary costs into your design and build process.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was looking online for some fairly innocuous symptoms and found the answer on Healthline. At least, I think they have what I'm looking for…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I am a big believer that a blog should be embarrassing! That’s like half the point of a blog, to be wrong about things ruthlessly, over and over again, to stumble in front of a crowd of strangers and hope that they at least smile at your attempt. — Robin Rendle
1970-01-01 08:00:00
geeks think they are rational beings, while they are completely influenced by buzz, marketing, and their emotions. Even more so than the average person, because they believe they are less susceptible to it than normies, so they have a blind spot. — Bite Code
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Last week I posed this simple question. Here are the answers, analysis, and my conclusion.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
API calls take time and cost money, not to mention the environmental impact. Here's how to reduce the number of requests in a simple crawl function.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
My other half gave a talk on user experience in the complex world of pharmaceutical communications.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There are some websites I come back to time and time again. This is one of them; cubic-bezier.com
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Someone online recently was quite disparaging of me working for Big Pharma which prompted me to write this explanation.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Sometimes I want to grab some stuff from a website and it's quicker to write a script to do it than format copypasta.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Brevity has its place, but asides and conversational style and inconclusive ponderings all have their value too. At the very least, they feel like they are written by humans for other humans, instead of by influencers for the algorithm or sponsors. — Tracy Durnell
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Hey knitters! Look! The thing you didn't know you needed but 100% need!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
If your goal is to make as much money as quickly as possible without any commitment to long-term sustainability, you don't ask the hard questions, and you don't listen when other people do. — Dana Fried
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There are usually two choices when you need functional code to complete a task — import a package or write your own.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
We purchased some goods from a well-known online retailer the other day. They arrived in a surprisingly bad state for a giant global logistics company…
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Some things I would consider critical aren't possible in Figma yet are in CSS.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Baby turtles, vegetarian curry, and soul crushing embarrassment.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I don't know what it is that stops me from reading non-fiction but I just can't do it. I try and I try but I always fail.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Matt Stevens has an ongoing series designing classic book covers for good movies. They are gorgeous.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
One of the greatest things the internet has given us is a post-national connectivity. We can speak with people in other nations as easily as we can with our neighbors down the street. The only real impedances are timezones and language barriers; the latter is being broken by AI, and the former is greatly aided by asynchronous communication. No visas are required to discuss, collaborate, and share ideas. In a world where most people have cameras and connections, nobody needs to be seen as inhuman. — Ben Werdmüller
1970-01-01 08:00:00
They say the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, the second best time is right now
1970-01-01 08:00:00
So your new site has gone missing. All you have is this error. What do you do?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about this calligraphic art form
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I saw a post earlier where the poster was complaining (not unjustly) that they don't want robots to help with their writing, they want robots to help with menial housework.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned if a service dog approaches you alone you need to follow them.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I use a Kobo eReader. I like to highlight passages. It's a faff exporting them. This makes it easier.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about this gorgeous bird
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Not all 'work' happens when your fingers are on the keyboard (or however you work). Sometimes work happens in your head while you're walking or making a drink or in the shower.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Steve Coogan stars as renowned molester in this toothless BBC dramatisation.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
After one bad and several mediocre experiences, I don't know if 'Search' is fit for purpose anymore.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
We've got a few vintage cameras knocking around that we really should use more. But buying film and getting it developed and then scanned is both expensive and time consuming.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
The problems of today’s web are not technical in nature. The problems of today’s web won’t be solved by technology. If we’re going to solve the problems of today’s web, we’ll need to do it through law, culture, societal norms, and co-operation. — Jeremy Keith
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was just required to solve a CAPTCHA for the first time in a while. I struggled.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Like a lot of people in office jobs, I work remotely for some of the week. This means there are days when I'm at home and my colleagues are in the office. Sometimes there are Very Important Meetings™ on those days.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about this mirror beetle
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Introvert. I do not think it means what you think it means.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
As we head into my favourite season, I'm starting to think of what tunes I'll be rocking out to (at my desk, obvs).
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I love ATLA. I don't love reboots. Torn between an immovable object and the unstoppable force!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
This artifical intelligence thing isn't all it's cracked up to be
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Given the minimum and maximum numbers from a range, and the number of increments, can we work out what the numbers in the range are?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
If we are honest with ourselves about our sites, and don't model them on wild ideals, they will be infinitely more useful for our end users.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
The UK government is tinkering with the English recycling system by making it more complicated.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I don't want the web to belong to companies, who are usually right to go the safe route and make their website 'boring' but easy to navigate. I want personal websites!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Weeks make sense to us, months just don’t. Weeks are the four-on the-floor kick-drum of eternity. — Russell M Davies
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned that weight isn't real
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I loathe the term "user experience designer", because I still believe that "user experience" is just a fundamental to what you're doing, and shouldn't need stating. There is nothing but user experience design if you're building products for people. — Frances Berriman
1970-01-01 08:00:00
In a world where artificially generated content is gonna be more and more present, our analog self will grow more and more important. The more you share about yourself, the easier is gonna be to artificially replace you. — Mauel Moreale
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Concept art, unsatisfied itches, and spicy assholes. Thankfully not related.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned of these knitted sculptures
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I needed to review an old article because of a new project. I had some thoughts.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned the reason for capitalising the word Deaf
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I've never been a big fan of mechanical keyboards to be honest. I might make an exception for this one though.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Be kind to the other gardeners working alongside you, because they all care. — Michelle Barker
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I've seen people sharing lists of default software so I decided to hop on the bandwagon!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Women are already discredited, and have their ideas taken by men and passed off as their own, so having people knowing that you use an AI might also play into that narrative that you're not qualified enough. — Lee Chambers
1970-01-01 08:00:00
What was that book/film/TV Show that Google can't help me find?! Hivemind, ASSEMBLE!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about this Japanese park
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There will come a point where no job is needed - you can have a job if you want one for personal satisfaction but AI will do everything. It's both good and bad - one of the challenges in the future will be how do we find meaning in life. — Elon Musk
1970-01-01 08:00:00
How and why Google ignores one of the fundamentals of UX design
1970-01-01 08:00:00
If improvement is mandated regarding skills and a push for professional development without providing time on-the-job to achieve that level-up, it is free work. I view it no differently than being asked to work outside of normal work hours, or being asked to give up a weekend to hit an arbitrary deadline. — Anne Sturdivant
1970-01-01 08:00:00
How can we ensure our copy is suitable for our audience? Maths!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned to use automated redirects
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Exploring the internet via a browser creates a more concrete experience than scrolling through platforms like X or Instagram, where algorithmically tailored content yields paradoxically impersonal results — Ali Jaffe Ramis
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I took some photos and they weren't quite what I expected.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Google have found yet another sneaky way to gather data on who you know on the internet by abusing URL parameters.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Our annual awards ceremony happened. Did I win anything? Let's find out!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There’s no point spending all your efforts coming up with the most innovate lipstick for a pig. — Jeremy Keith
1970-01-01 08:00:00
There are some websites I come back to time and time again. This is one of them; base64-image.de
1970-01-01 08:00:00
A shopping cart made of stained glass sends a powerful message
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Now my job is less day-to-day coding, I find myself gravitating towards Svelte everyt ime I need to make a thing
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Just had a little rant about A/B testing in a meeting and it's not a terrible take so I thought I'd save it here for posterity.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Don't judge which technology other people are using — Konstantin Tutsch
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned about Swedish coffee breaks
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I heard about a news feed app with in-built social features so I gave it a whirl.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I got my latest photos back and, thankfully, any issues are due to me not the camera.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
How can people needing additional visual support leverage the benefits of digital publications?
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Instead of saving everything, the new default would be to delete everything except what matters. — Rodrigo Ghedin
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Controversial landmarks, Faroese atmospheric doom, and how I feel about Leon coffee
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as a mother, there are many situations in which I‘m happy about accessible web content — Lara Amalia
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I was today years old when I learned about Finnish goat mask Christmas trick or treat
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Advertising online can be annoying when it's done poorly. This is horrendous!
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A message from Ivan Merga, QA Manager
1970-01-01 08:00:00
As part de-Googling and part experiment, I turned off all of the helpers in my phone's keyboard settings.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Hybrid-working is bullshit, if you ask me. It’s this sitting-on-the-fence middle ground where you don’t have to declare any opinions about how people should work or how to optimise the conditions for good work to happen. Instead, you should call yourself remote-first, define when in-office collaboration is necessary, and optimise everything else to factor in geographic distribution and asynchronous communication. — Steve Messer
1970-01-01 08:00:00
No matter how much time and effort you put into designing the perfect user experience someone will use a handwritten note to do a better job.
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An early morning walk to a local park to watch the overnight frost melt.
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If only everyone were this conscientious about their online security
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I'm not a fan of how toast notifications on Firefish look. Luckily, I can change them!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Sharing my musical round-up for the year, as is tradition…
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I follow a lot of blogs. I try to read them all but sometimes I can't. Here are the blogs I cannot bear to skip.
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Waiting to address issues has been one of the best things I’ve done for my mental health. — Curtis McHale
1970-01-01 08:00:00
It's time to put on every winter coat you've owned since '98 and tot up The Quantified Self™ Buckle in!
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Will pagination become a relic of the past?
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Are you not doing the numbers? Is there a healthier way to look at it?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I'd like to list all files related to a specific day on the relevant Daily Note. This is one way to do that.
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Re-learning photography, Irish punk music, and nightmare plushies
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was idly considering a new watch face for my Fitbit Versa 4 today when I noticed I'd fallen through a hole in the space time continuum!
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if you have to make the choice between tacky-but-usable and minimalistic-but-hard-to-use, tacky is the way to go — Niko Kitsakis
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All of these new gadgets are optimised for single people
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Icons are a common design pattern for interactivity. But should they be?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
When I read something I enjoy, I'd like a simple way to say thank you.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Technology moves too quickly to be autonomous
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I don't care how many places I can get my CNN news, it is still the same annoyingly hostile and sensational news it has always been. — Jeff Perry
1970-01-01 08:00:00
If this phrase makes your brain hurt, I can help!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I'm currently fiddling with export styles for Obsidian and converting verbose CSS to the new :is() syntax and it's so much more readable!
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I take photos of stuff. I also take snaps. What's the difference?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
A good week at work, the Grammys are garbage, and yay for the IndieWeb!
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How the French word for handyman translates to software development
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One of the advantages of living in the North of England is the weather…
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Photography in the rain, Mancunian punk, and a gorgeous keyboard
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I was today years old when I learned the name for this typographic thingummy
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I'd like to see what I posted on any given day in my Obsidian Day Notes. This is how I do that.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Sorry Millennials, Harry Potter isn't very good. Read these instead.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Gingerbread lattes, claymation, and the intoxicating combination of alcohol and throwing sharp objects
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Where I come from we have a lot of ginnels. You may call them snickets, cuts, snickleways, or simply alleys.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Google Photos has trouble with portrait images and it's not that simple to correct it
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I made a seemingly innocent change to a bit of code that caused an annoying bug.
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The (other) problem with unskippable adverts
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Between the reservoir and the fields beyond is a huge dam. This shack sits at the bottom of the dam.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Altman and his ilk believe they're the new Leonardo Da Vincis, but they're little more than petty kings and rent-seekers trying to steal the world's magic. — Edward Zitron
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Considering older adults when designing experiences and tools for healthcare professionals is vital
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Manchester has a wealth of genres in her repertoire. Why fixate on jangly indie?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
'Video is everywhere nowadays' says old man shaking fist at cloud
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Adobe Firefly wouldn't give me what I wanted. Its fault or mine?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
It’s one thing to sunset a bad or unpopular app, but Google is killing a good and well-liked one because it’s easier to show you its existing ad inventory somewhere else. — David Pierce
1970-01-01 08:00:00
On the train this morning, I finished my chapter too close to my destination to start a new one so I started being nosey…
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The best thing any designer can do is to communicate and closely collaborate with the people who are building things in the actual medium. — Brad Frost
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Upcoming changes in a major operating system allows users to further alter your design.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Caching images across Netlify builds
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Can we solve a classic programming challenge without using a "real" programming language?
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Seeing money and effort being invested in an ass-backwards fashion
1970-01-01 08:00:00
This is probably a very obvious one for everyone; the less content on the page, the quicker it will load.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I did not come up with this joke but I love it so much.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Found this painting and found hints of an interesting backstory.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned this productivity hack
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Highlights in a personal history of technology
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The adverts I see on YouTube are kind of useless.
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Rather than such software being the fruit of recommendations from therapists and psychologists, to meet real needs, tech is instead forced upon the vulnerable by a predatory market. — Julian Oliver
1970-01-01 08:00:00
I was today years old when I learned how to fix a stinky cabinet
1970-01-01 08:00:00
Camera trouble, French funk, and making full use of the garden.