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E.W.Dijkstra Archive: On IPW's (EWD 867)
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD867.html

The question is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim.

In retrospect, this accident of history has been a disaster, since almost all the opinions pushed by the commercial propaganda were false, and, in addition, the propaganda has been so effective that for many those opinions have become dogmata that can no longer be challenged without committing heresy.

 
Added 5 months ago
How Functional Programming Shaped (and Twisted) Frontend Development
https://alfy.blog/2025/10/04/how-functional-programming-shaped-modern-frontend.html

For students who think they need react. Maybe a bit complex.

 
Added 3 months ago
Words of Type | Encyclopedia
https://wiki.wordsoftype.com/?view=grid

This is an incredible resource: many (really, many) words that letter-professionals use explained in quite a few languages. Wow!

 
Added 7 months ago
The Terror of Total Dasein | Hito Steyerl - DIS MagazineDIS Magazine
https://dismagazine.com/discussion/78352/the-terror-of-total-dasein-hito-steyerl/

The author writes about junktime, which I think is an even higher step from kairos -> chronos -> junktime. Who was it again who said that Kairos is village life, Chronos is city life, controlled by the clock, and then Junktime might be online life, controlled by ever presence.

 
Added 7 months ago
Font Licensing Simplified — All Styles, All Media, One Flat Fee - Otherwhere Collective
https://otherwherecollective.com/font-licensing-simplified/

A simple, understandable and affordable font licence

 
Added 7 months ago
Foundations: form validation and error messages - TetraLogical
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2024/10/21/foundations-form-validation-and-error-messages/

validation and error messages

 
Added 4 weeks ago
Contra Ptacek's Terrible Article On AI — Ludicity
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-article-on-ai/?1

A few extra arguments against LLMs. Mostly a personal answer/rant to an earlier article, and mostly pointing out flaws in the argumentation. For instance, that something was bad 6 months ago doesn't mean it’s good now. The same argument was used 6 months ago by the same people. Comparing people to large organisations when it comes to copyright Anonymous examples The fact that something gets attention doesn’t mean it’s as good as stated: see apps, crypto, etc. The fact that CEOs want us to use it, same thing, and even worse, because CEOs etc

 
Added 7 months ago
Iceland approved the 4-day workweek in 2019, nearly 6 years later, all the predictions made by Generation Z have come true.
https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/31/iceland-approved-the-4-day-workweek-in-2019-nearly-6-years-later-all-the-predictions-made-by-generation-z-have-come-true/

Not sure what the real source is, but work less.

 
Added 7 months ago
Mac VoiceOver Testing the Simple Way – Cloud Four
https://cloudfour.com/thinks/mac-voiceover-testing-the-simple-way/

A nice introduction to testing with voice over on a Mac.

 
Added 7 months ago
Search Results | BBC Sound Effects
https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?cat=Clocks

Sound effects of clocks, free to use

 
Added 7 months ago
A Useful Guide to Bad Type
https://letterror.com/articles/bad-type.html

Very useful, extensive guide. Many points apply to other fields of design as well.

Creating a tool to execute the idea means innovation. Compromising the idea to the tool leads to stagnation.

I should sit down one day with some colleagues and write a similar useful guide to bad web design.

 
Added 7 months ago
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Making Software
https://www.makingsoftware.com/

Wow, an incredible "book" about how digital things work. Can’t wait to see more articles.

 
Added 5 months ago
The sad funeral of the sparkles emoji ✨ – Goed Maken ❤️
https://goedmaken.org/index.php/2025/09/04/the-sad-funeral-of-the-sparkles-emoji/

RIP sparkles emoji

 
Added 3 months ago
GitHub - fullcalendar/temporal-polyfill: A lightweight polyfill for Temporal, successor to the JavaScript Date object
https://github.com/fullcalendar/temporal-polyfill

I want to start using the temporal API for my clocks.

 
Added 6 months ago
Berbice Nederlands: een taal in Zuid Amerika
https://neerlandistiek.nl/2025/06/berbice-nederlands-een-taal-in-zuid-amerika/

Interessant, over een uitgestorven vorm van het Nederlands.

 
Added 7 months ago
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De klok tikt door, maar we hebben de tijd - NRC
https://archive.is/tYmpb

Mooi artikel over tijd, over The Clock, over de expo in Breda, over verschillende soorten tijd.

 
Added 5 months ago
Taste at speed - by Carly Ayres and marc - Good Graf!
https://carly.substack.com/p/taste-at-speed

When anyone can produce something that looks good, the question becomes not “Can you make this?” but “Can you tell if it’s any good?” Or: “Can you make it better?”

 
Added 7 months ago
Step Gradients with a Given Number of Steps – Frontend Masters Blog
https://frontendmasters.com/blog/step-gradients-with-a-given-number-of-steps/

Brilliant research into making stepped gradients with CSS. Looking forward to an easier implementation, one day,

 
Added 6 months ago
Designing for User Font-size and Zoom | OddBird
https://www.oddbird.net/2025/07/22/size-preferences/

The missing article on font size on websites, while also taking the user’s preference seriously.

 
Added 5 months ago
Foundations: grouping forms with `<fieldset>` and `<legend>` - TetraLogical
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/01/31/foundations-fieldset-and-legend/

Fieldsets and what they do

 
Added 4 weeks ago
Beyond Bézier
https://beyondbezier.ch/

Very interesting research into the effect of the common tools used in type design. Pretty much focused on type design, but should be translatable to web design as well.

 
Added 7 months ago
Do you speak typography? » Fontstand News
https://fontstand.com/news/essays/do-you-speak-typography/

Very interesting article about the work that went into creating Words of Type.

 
Added 7 months ago
Type Foundry Directory
https://typefoundry.directory/

an independently researched and operated endeavor which primarily focuses on active, independent type designers and foundries.

 
Added 5 months ago
Overcoming Challenges in Enterprise UX by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/overcoming-challenges-in-enterprise-ux/

Tips for enterprise UX. If we do this at CMD, this could be interesting

 
Added 6 months ago
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