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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.

  • Girls In Their Married Bliss by Edna O’Brien Jeremy Keith

    I really liked Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls so when I saw a copy of Girls In Their Married Bliss for £1 in a local charity shop, I snapped it up even though it had the worst cover you could…

    Today · 05:20
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    • Radiant Star by Ann Leckie
  • The Right to Resist Optimization Josh Clark

    “If machines are great at the things we’ve long thought to be uniquely human, maybe we’ve been misunderstanding humanity all along.” This weekend I picked up a physical copy…

    Yesterday · 08:35
  • Thing that I am now invested in: this woman has spent 30... Jason Kottke

    Thing that I am now invested in: this woman has spent 30 weeks secretly training to beat her brother (a former competitive player) at Dance Dance Revolution. The showdown is today……

    Yesterday · 08:17
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    • The video rental store as “third place” . “Decades...
    • The End of Google Search . The internet giant is...
    • Media Matters : “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired a...
    • Fun little review by Marcin Wichary of a 1984 flying...
    • I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces...
    • I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for...
    • 25 things that explain America , including personal...
    • How Does an Enigma Machine Work?
    • How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood ....
    • This guy hooked his hamster’s wheel up to Strava —...
    • Astronomers have measured the size of the largest galaxy...
    • “ In this video , I’ll take you from farm to...
    • The Computer That Helped Win World War II . “…it...
    • How to Store Ebooks in Instagram Reels and Other Covert Data Storage Tricks
    • Lidar and other discoveries continue to show that the...
    • Heading On Out…
    • This is an old list but still interesting: the 12 most...
    • Tressie McMillan Cottom’s reading list for fighting back...
    • Emily Wilson takes another crack at a critique of...
    • Surfing Alaska’s Turnagain Arm (home to a twice-daily...
    • In recent years, science has been learning more and more...
    • Huh, here’s the trailer for a new director’s cut (of...
    • Are You Good at Mowing Lawns?
    • “ poetry camera is a new way to see your world....
    • The Phone in Your Hand . “A layer-by-layer teardown of...
    • An 8K Cinematic Tribute to the Artemis II Mission
    • The Past Catalog Archive is a throwback to fun & modest...
  • Matthias Ott Speaking at TYPO3 Developer Days Marc Thiele

    As part of the beyond tellerrand partnership with TYPO3, TYPO3 invited me to curate a few slots at this year’s developer days. For one of the slo…

    Two Days Ago · 10:27
  • Studio Notes #96 Dan Cederholm

    Grand risings, my friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 👾 Coral Pixels is a new color font that's inspired by “…

    Two Days Ago · 07:43
  • Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Zinkraft John Boardley

    Read the book, Typographic Firsts Massimo Vignelli was canonically adamant that a contemporary designer only requires a handful of typefaces and should “trash the rest.” He was talking abo…

    Three Days Ago · 21:25
  • Outburst Chris Coyier

    Just had a little trip up to my favorite city of Juneau, Alaska. So lovely. Here’s just one story from the trip. There is a Big Thing going on there right now which is essentially an impending f…

    Three Days Ago · 14:32
  • OTP replay: “One time” doesn’t always mean one session WonderProxy

    Something made me pause! This was when I noticed something strange. I had entered the exact same OTP code three times across different browser sessions. Now that is a critical red alert!…

    Four Days Ago · 07:00

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