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AddThe 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.
Wonderful, the old Japanese calendar was divided into 72 seasons, each of a few days. I wonder if something like this could be made for my backyard, for instance.
Natural colours, coloured landscape in Amsterdam
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.
Very interesting article about the work that went into creating Words of Type.
This is an incredible resource: many (really, many) words that letter-professionals use explained in quite a few languages. Wow!
PNG got an update with HDR as the most important update (I guess)
So there is no scientific proof that hsl is easier to use. But it does resemble the way human describe colours, much more than rgb.
Geweldig verhaal over een geweldige kerel. Onder andere over dat zaken doen niet per se alleen maar over zoveel mogelijk geld verdienen gaat. Wat een fantastische kerel, wauw.
I 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.
The idea that product (design) teams need a vision to work towards. The examples are a bit outdated (a car and a cruise ship should not be the ultimate goal anymore), but this is something our students should probably learn. And something we, as a school, should do as well?
All the details about ‘Coding Independent Code Points (CICP) for color space identification’
A furious, very well written reply to an ableist and arrogant linux developer.
Not sure what the real source is, but work less.
A beautifully illustrated visual essay about AI and art.
Interesting case where a new feature is added to software because chatgpt tells people it exists while it doesn’t
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?”
A tool to see if your HTML form is well formed.
A simple, understandable and affordable font licence
Nice and thorough. Footnotes are style and should be used, whenever you think you should use them. Design them, and do so with attention.
Another super relevant set of guidelines to work with
It's easier to do sloppy work nowadays.
Brilliant research into making stepped gradients with CSS. Looking forward to an easier implementation, one day,
Numbers about the idea that people do not want AI.