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AddAbsolutely fantastic article that calculates the amount of photons that reach the eye from a single, printed letter.
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 way of teaching the complexity of typography. A similar approach could be used for other design topics as well.
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
An attempt to explain some programming paradigm visually.
Liquid glass is bad.
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.
Productivity did not go up
Interessant, over een uitgestorven vorm van het Nederlands.
Very detailed explanation about how to develop software using a screenreader.
Fun exercise that compares internet speeds to nerve-speeds in animals.
A simple, understandable and affordable font licence
A tool to see if your HTML form is well formed.
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
It's easier to do sloppy work nowadays.
A good alternative to wetransfer
Erg goed verhaal over het weigeren van LLMs en het opzetten van een LLM-loze schrijversclub
Interesting observation that the idea and the form of a quick sketch changes.
Observations about shrinking time, the idea that the computer didn’t give us more time, as promised, but instead filled our lives with micro tasks. We should leave the clock at the door in many situations, like the art/design classroom
Vocabulary of any tech hype, really, not just AI.