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  • TypeParis Now26 🇫🇷 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 10:00
  • Cucumbers used to be called “cowcumbers” .... Jason Kottke

    Cucumbers used to be called “cowcumbers”. I’m sorry, what?!…

    Today · 12:12
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    • No reparations for Black Americans. No student loan...
    • On the heels of turning Orwell’s Animal Farm into a...
    • “Somewhere between ‘Let’s catch up...
    • The fake courtesy machine is a wooden hand-cranked...
    • Marcin Wichary on how to get more fun and utility from...
    • Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise . The Pudding...
    • “I have travelled all over the world in the last 30...
    • Watching an Art Conservator Restore a Damaged Painting
    • Marbles Squared is a puzzle game 30 years in the...
    • Ben Prunty has composed the soundtrack to a new game,...
    • Perhaps businesses are collecting too much data for...
    • Mike Monteiro on how to deal with your suddenly grown-up...
    • What’s Your Favorite Recipe?
    • I have always liked Steve Kerr, but I did not expect to...
    • Handy app: “Point your camera at anything (a dress,...
    • “In 2014, the Dutch scholar Hans Corneel de Roos...
    • Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on who should read...
    • Quaker principles line up quite well with modern...
    • The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses…...
    • The Night Witches: The Female Nazi Hunters of WWII
    • 25 Books That Capture This American Moment . They...
    • Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains ....
    • On “rich guy has an opinion” journalism ,...
    • World History Timeline
    • New York’s Neue Galerie Will Merge With the Metropolitan...
    • The Neanderthal dentist: archaeologists found evidence...
    • Sarah Rose (who is blind): “Meta glasses are...
    • How Russell Vought Became the Shadow President
    • Omg, Amazon Prime inserted an ad for Febreze in the...
    • A very good, very 2026 headline: Japan Runs Out of Robot...
  • Big AI & Design Systems Course updates! Brad Frost

    Chapters 1 & 2 of our AI & Design Systems Course are live! Our course now has over 16 hours of videos, which includes course lessons, community jam sessions, and other demonstrations. TJ,…

    Today · 08:23
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    • Grief in the AI Age
  • I think the latest Apple Keyboard was verschlimmbessert Marc Thiele

    In March 2021 I got my last keyboard. Since I don’t like the idea of dongles, I tend to get Apple’s original keyboard. I also quite like how it f…

    Today · 02:38
  • A Great Design Gathering Josh Clark

    Leonardo De La Rocha describes his takeaways from Design Futures Assembly, a remarkable gathering of the tech industry’s top design leaders. It was a small-ish invite list, just 60 of us inclu…

    Yesterday · 15:06
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    • Kirkus on Sentient Design: “Get It”
    • Reimagining the Mouse Pointer for the AI Era
  • La Pedra Go Club in Barcelona Cassidy Williams

    I visited a decades-old Go club in Barcelona!…

    Two Days Ago · 18:00
  • Establishing a weekly user interview routine Jonnie Hallman

    For the first time in years, I start performing user interviews again, and remember how valuable they can be.…

    Two Days Ago · 12:26
  • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 5/16 Rob Weychert

    Added to the music library:Camp Skin Graft: Now WaveThe Browns, U.S. Maple, The Flying Luttenbachers, Lake of Dracula, Yona-Kit, and 28 more, 1997Added to the film diary:No Way OutRoger Donaldson,…

    Three Days Ago · 22:00
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    • Hard Boiled
    • Wise Blood
  • The closing talks at UX London 2026 Jeremy Keith

    When I told you about the schedule for UX London 2026, I said: After your afternoon workshop there’ll be one final closing talk at the end of each day before we head to the bar. These closin…

    Four Days Ago · 08:59
  • Studio Notes #84 Dan Cederholm

    Greetings, Bon Vivants. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🖼️ The level of detail and intricate line work of these art pr…

    Four Days Ago · 06:00
  • tweet Derek Sivers

    Prepare your “no” and keep it handy: sive.rs/n0…

    The Other Day · 16:07

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