Prachtige visualisaties van vogels in amsterdam

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.

It's easier to do sloppy work nowadays.

Another super relevant set of guidelines to work with

AI is an everything machine, which fits perfectly in a frictionless dystopia. A plea for more friction. I agree fully.

One of the sad stories where a lying bot affects a product.

A list of resources about minimal(ist) HTML. As with all minimalism, in a way it continues removing stuff until it is broken, and then it stops, which is one step too late. It should stop before it is broken. In this case: keep HTML readable for humans when viewing source.

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

Bovendien is het moeilijk voor te stellen hoe radicale gelijkwaardigheid eruitziet, het is onbekend terrein. Ik weet ook niet hoe een wereld zonder uitbuiting eruit zou zien, maar de huidige wereldorde leidt tot oorlog en geweld, dus het is het onderzoeken waard.

Erg mooi artikel over hangjongeren.

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.

RIP sparkles emoji

All the details about ‘Coding Independent Code Points (CICP) for color space identification’

Productivity did not go up

Interesting case where a new feature is added to software because chatgpt tells people it exists while it doesn’t

Excellent advice for creative professionals about contracts. It’s written for people who make fonts, but it’s solid advice for more creatives.

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.

Interesting tool to see how music is linked. Works the same with all kinds of creativity and art of course, we could use more of these visualising tools

Fieldsets and what they do

Fantastic collection of different times. Very inspiring

Fun exercise that compares internet speeds to nerve-speeds in animals.

Excellent resource about the UX of specific HTML elements in different screenreaders.

Excellent, excellent intelligent rant.

Hilariously detailed article about hacking a vacuum cleaner.