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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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  • West of England Design Forum 🇬🇧 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 12:00
  • If I lived in LA, I would go to this concert at the... Jason Kottke

    If I lived in LA, I would go to this concert at the Hollywood Bowl: Music From the Films of Wes Anderson. “Over three nights, musicians including Beck, Jenny Lewis, Jackson Browne, and Mo…

    Today · 13:38
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    • Disclosure Day surely sets a world record for the number...
    • Walter White’s Big Hat
    • “Film posters inadvertently photographed by...
    • “If Platner’s past rhetoric about and treatment of...
    • A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night...
    • New Ambient Album From Marconi Union
    • The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech . Like:...
    • Commodore (you know, the 64 folks) is releasing a flip...
    • How The Heck Do Solar Panels Work? “Every hour,...
    • Mad Max creator George Miller wants to make one more Mad...
    • Randomly thought of Brendan Dassey today. He’s...
    • The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By...
    • Telescope Ranchers
    • How to get out of bed . “There is no 28 point shot...
    • DJ Shadow and the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be...
    • On Inherent AI Risk: “Extinction-Level Capitalism”
    • Paul McCartney on Song Exploder . I think he was with...
    • The Knicks Starting Five Painted on One Dollar Bills
    • Sports but make it wealth inequality :...
    • The world’s first trillionaire is a killer . “A...
    • Two competing (?) thoughts kept going through my head...
    • Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood...
    • US Authorities Investigate Huge Etching of ‘8647’ on...
    • David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his...
    • Ian’s Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For...
    • “This song has no instruments in it.” This is cool: a...
    • This is clever & depressing: the Apocalypse Early...
    • A Hand-Drawn Visual Guide to Chili Peppers
  • Mini-apprenticeships with master artists in their studios, worldwide Tina Roth Eisenberg

    VAWAA makes my heart sing. Imagine traveling to spend time with an artist, where they spend time teaching you their craft. In their home. Their studio. Mini-Apprenticeships with master artists. I love…

    Today · 12:09
  • Jakob Nielsen: ‘Buy the Book Already’ Josh Clark

    Usability legend Jakob Nielsen offers a thorough review of Sentient Design (plus a detailed comic-strip summary!). His conclusion: “Buy the book already.” Jakob’s review focuses e…

    Today · 06:39
  • Enhancing with CSS Grid Lanes Jeremy Keith

    CSS Grid Lanes has started to ship in browsers. It’s in Safari and behind a flag in Chrome and Edge. It enables masonry layouts, where items get packed together in the most efficient way possible…

    Today · 04:03
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    • Speaking in Dublin
    • A tale of two browsers
    • Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
  • KeyCon 2026 recap Cassidy Williams

    I spoke at KeyCon, a mechanical keyboard convention!…

    Three Days Ago · 18:00
  • The Raven Tattoo Chris Coyier

    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…

    Four Days Ago · 10:49
  • Studio Notes #88 Dan Cederholm

    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…

    Four Days Ago · 07:45
  • tweet Derek Sivers

    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…

    The Other Day · 21:34

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