Sarah Canary is an odd book, in the best possible way. On the one hand, it’s a relatively straightforward narrative. An adventure story set in the Pacific northwest in the late 19th century. The…

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer. “A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully.�…

I’ve long been envious of my friends with sweet sleeve tattoos. It’s a cool place for a tattoo. You get to see it yourself a lot. Some of it sticks out from a rolled-up shirt-sleeve which…

Greetings, Good Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🥏 Master type and lettering designer, Simon Walker, made The Cover Let…

India tech friends: I just bought my ticket to IndiaFOSS in BLR Sept 26-27: fossunited.org/indiafoss/2026 Want to meet? Email me: sive.rs/contact…

For most of my career I ran a very small company. When you run a tiny company your resources (both time and money) are limited, and you want to use them on the things that will have the most impact. Y…

I'm supposed to be slightly vertically inverted right now, sporting blue shades like a three dollar Bono. My mouth pried open, completely numb, with fingers and tools occupying what little space…

Is design ready to put aside its fascination with process and operations and return to actual product invention? Big Medium’s Josh Clark and Veronika Kindred joined service design legend…

My good friend and web design hero Ethan Marcotte has redesigned his personal site for the second time in a little over a year, and it’s a thing of beauty. Every last bit of it is thought…

I spoke (a lot) at Microsoft Build in San Francisco!…

Looking forward to getting to Amsterdam tomorrow morning. Can’t wait to meet people for the next three days. Are you there? Reply via Emai…

The Man-Machine delivers a captivating audio-visual, retro-futurist ode to a connected Europe. Deep techno, joyous melodies, and a…

This is the home of the Tiny Awards, which, since 2023, has celebrated the best of the small, poetic, creative, handmade web. The Tiny Awards exist because we thought it was important to shine a spotl…

There are about a thousand and one debates about the ecology of AI, the ethics of AI, the governance of AI. As the technology advances, the debate with the slipperiest footing is on the actual efficac…