A fantastic talk by Clay Shirky about the idea of a “cognitive surplus”. What do gin and sitcoms have in common besides being fantastic together? Watch to find out.
The subway doesn’t really work this way, but this surrealist comic is fantastic.
This video featuring the personifications of famous fonts has been making its rounds on social
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A commenter on my Problem with Patterns post had an interesting response:
“It think that what you are trying to do, identify patterns that are more interesting because they are not so much a work-around for missing language features is an interesting approach—and greatly more sophisticated that the average “critique” of patterns. And yet, would Flyweight
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I’ve been noticing websites using patterned backgrounds again. This is a trend that died pretty early, but the resurrection has been tasteful thus far. InviteShare is one site that pushes on the idea hard, takes risks, and pulls it off. I love the black translucent parts contrasted with the orange translucent parts. Also, intricate, flowery
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Changing text size in a web browser is an accessibility feature. I’ve never seen someone do this besides to read text that is too small. Anyone with sub-par vision needs your site to be accessible. Hell, I do, if I forget my glasses somewhere.
I want to bring it up because major browsers are changing the
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Some of the simple lessons I’ve learned lately.
Software features are a waste of time if you haven’t released your software yet. Not exaggerating. Literally a waste of time.
Cultural connotations don’t go away when you ignore them. You can’t reason with them. If a cultural connotation is disrupting the effect of something you’re doing, steer clear.
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