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AddI don’t agree with this quote, as someone who uses code as a design tool, but …
But readable type, intuitive navigation, and smart color choices start in design, not in code. Developers build the product, but we set the foundation. It’s time to own that responsibility.
… but I really like the website and I think it is a great idea for a book.
When people say it’s hard to leave insta or whatever, this is a good link
A tool to see if your HTML form is well formed.
Form labels and what they do
Interesting: programming is not about finishing a product, it is about making, understanding and working with the thing. So programming is not about the end result, it is about the experience. Reminds me of chronos vs kairos.
A comment on the value of estimating the carbon footprint of websites.
Tips for enterprise UX. If we do this at CMD, this could be interesting
Oef, wat zijn digitale directeuren toch belachelijk voorzichtig.
A furious, very well written reply to an ableist and arrogant linux developer.
Very interesting article about the idea that designer should make (hone) their own tools. Some quotes:
It is precisely the task of designers (graphic, industrial or whatever) to discover new possibilities.
Limitations and demands imposed by a client are easier to accept than the arbitrary limitations of your digital tools.
After all, programming graphic programs is much too important to leave to programmers.
Explorers, and that is what they are, do not want to do the same thing twice.
Nice docu. Interesting insights about how to run things, and how to do inclusion.
validation and error messages
I want to start using the temporal API for my clocks.
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.
Erg mooi artikel over hangjongeren.
Very, very nice article about the independent web. For my students.
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
A beautifully illustrated visual essay about AI and art.
Hilariously detailed article about hacking a vacuum cleaner.
Kritiek op westerse oorlogstaal wordt gezien als naïef, maar er is een blind vertrouwen op een industrie die geld verdient met het uiteenrijten van lichamen.
Laten we weigeren onze kinderen op te offeren in naam van een natiestaat
One of many people warning for a bubble
Zeer uitgebreid artikel over Malcolm X