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“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” · STEVE JOBS

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Posts from blogs I read written in the last few days.

  • West of England Design Forum 🇬🇧 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 12:00
  • We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country .... Jason Kottke

    We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country. “Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy.”…

    Yesterday · 15:18
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    • A Shortlist of Potential Future Euro Banknote Designs
    • “ Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns...
    • The Batman Effect : people in an experiment acted more...
    • Once Upon a Time in Space
    • An Uncomplicated Man , Emily Wilson’s review of Nolan’s...
    • Astronauts returning from long missions report a “jet...
    • Trump’s Assault on Science Continues
    • Welp, right at the top of the CDC page on autism and...
    • New orca behavior unlocked. They’ve been known to sink...
    • It’s our ethical duty to understand large numbers ....
    • A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the...
    • “A beloved, useful, free website, run carefully by...
    • “In extreme cases, it can create a phantom...
    • Rebecca Solnit on the Tate brothers, The Odyssey, and...
    • What’s On the Sandwich Named After You at the Local Deli?
    • Why are American ambulances so expensive? In part...
    • We’re Squandering LEDs’ Potential to Save Our Night...
    • A Matter of Form (1984)
    • An online edition of all 85 of the Federalist Papers ,...
    • “ This map shows the predicted density of...
  • tweet Derek Sivers

    I write to see what I can write. I code to see what I can code.…

    Yesterday · 09:56
  • The new yet familiar CodePen 2.0 Dave Rupert

    CodePen v2 is now released! Because I co-host a podcast with Chris I’ve had an up-close perspective at this monumental effort over the last five years. I know how much work has gone into this releas…

    Two Days Ago · 22:50
  • Studio Notes #94 Dan Cederholm

    Hey there, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 📞 iPhone charging docks that look like old pay phone enclosures. Complete…

    Four Days Ago · 07:58
  • You lost me at “infielder.” Jeffrey Zeldman

    The instant a business guy uses a sports metaphor to make his most important strategic point, I am lost. If you want me to understand your business idea, try wrapping it in Wendy Carlos’s secrets of…

    Four Days Ago · 05:38
  • How I destroyed a 3000 $ IoT Device, and what it taught me about testing WonderProxy

    This is the story of a heuristic that I stumbled upon while testing, and the bigger lesson underneath it. Every system you work with hides a risk nobody has poked yet.…

    The Other Day · 06:23

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