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What’s bad about mindfulness? Why do companies make everything worse? And why do we still work for them? I’ve got answers! Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
Let's make user interfaces truly colorful! Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
Nice chart with reasons why a website doesn't run JavaScript (yet). Progressive enhancement. Because sometimes your JavaScript just won’t work. Be prepared.
We need to create a professional discipline of software design. We need our own community. [...] Software designers should be trained more like architects than like computer scientists. Software designers should be technically very well grounded without being measured by their ability to write production-quality code. Best viewed at 800×600
Your go-to destination for web design inspiration. This is a place where we, as designers, can connect, collaborate, share, and get inspired.
The Component Gallery is a collection of components from the best Design Systems. It also has a handy overview with all the well-known and lesser known design systems.
This site's so good.
… and neither is your website. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
Which is the best static site generator in 2024? Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
Which is the best static site generator in 2024? Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
How we wasted years of progress, continue to waste it and how you can put a stop to it. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
How we continue to do so and how you can put a stop to it. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
Explore the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa. Apply the 'open content' filter for free images.
Arguably it's time we let go of calling it a 404, but I think it's kind of cute exactly this one is the most famous HTTP status code. A place to find all those lost pages.
This guy shows how you can learn by imitating the good way. Exploring photography through imitation! Until you're mastering a craft, imitation is a totally okay way to practice it.
Every time I open an Adobe application I get confused about what year it is and why everything is like when I was a young student. If I ever have to typeset a book, I probably will try to do it with HTML and this guide.
This series takes the magic out of web development that many can find so intimidating.
I’m a software engineer based in Berlin, Germany. My pronouns are he/him. You might be interested in my weeknotes, or perhaps my perpetual interests. In the past, I’ve worked for SoundCloud, BCG Digital Ventures, Pitch, Shopify, and others.
Having a hobby is good. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
Yep, that’s it: I like painting with watercolors. As a hobby. As a student, I thought hobbies were lame. Because:...
And why is it designers? Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
How can it be that a) all products are designed, b) designers want to create something good for the world...
If you're not redesigning design, it's not going to do much for you. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
Have you worked in digital design for a while? I bet you’ve been under pressure to apply deceptive design patterns...
If you’re good at deciding who you work for, it can avoid some serious worrying about other decisions. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
Have you ever worried about the real impact of your work? Done a project in an exploitive industry? Or worked...
They hire designers to grow. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
If you’re employed, it’s because somebody believes that spending money on your salary will lead to more profit for its...
You better pick the right one! Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
We designers like to go against the grain. We’re not like the others and definitely not like Bob from Accounting....
Every time I see leaders mess something up, I think of the ant colony. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
After I had played Universal Paperclips for a couple of hours, I thought I understood the game’s message. I put...
I made this countdown timer to run workshops, but it turns out to be popular among educators and students too.
1990s tech finally has become useful. And maybe it’s better than the yet-to-be-released NameDrop? Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
A previous employer found it important that the whole team had business cards. I had to wait a few months...
Somehow I always run into issues with other tools generating RSS feeds automatically, so I'm going to try this one to make my own template next time.
"Tool for creating proportional scales for typography, iconography, spacing, and components in design systems. "
This table lists font size values in px for your type scales at the min and max viewport widths entered above. Add a viewport width to show its corresponding font size values. I've been using this page for a while now, but Proportio.app looks like a more complete and easier alternative.
"What’s the problem with current tropes? Abstract, futuristic or science-fiction-inspired images of AI hinder the understanding of the technology’s already significant societal and environmental impacts. "
Posy makes beautiful and often nostalgic videos about things that he cares about, but very few others. And makes them interesting.
I don’t understand how it works and I haven’t found a way to make it useful, but it’s pretty and fun to play with.
I don’t want a new phone, but I’m probably buying one. Please continue to my website to read the post. Sorry about that. If you're a technical person and you know how let Astro render mdx to an RSS feed, please let me know.
My iPhone SE 2016 is a good one. It’s easy to handle with one hand. The screen is more than...
"Summary: A survey of 372 UX and PM professionals shows that duplicative work is frequent and generates confusion and inefficiency. The first four questions are discussed in this article. A companion article covers the last two. "
"There is hardly an area of work, psychological safety, growth, collaboration or equity that annual performance reviews don’t undermine. Think I’m exaggerating? Have I got a (long) post for you…. "
"1 Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night).2 On the fence about a purchase? Wait 72 hours before you buy it.3 Tip: the quickest supermarket queue is always behind the fullest trolley (greeting, paying and packing take longer than you think).4 Bring fruit to work. "
Success can come in many ways. But many aspire to have a big user base: it’s nice if your open...
“It could have been so great, but why is it so ugly and difficult to use?” people trying open source...
I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post with preview images,...
I wrote about the benefits of blogging before. That was four years ago. Now I have some things to add...
"loadmo.re is a mobile-websites showcase initiated by DVTK. The curation was initially based on our own selection and is now meant to grow through submissions from our online community. From its earliest days, digital design practice has been focused on creating interfaces for computers. "
One of the best and most inspiring articles I read this year.
I love how much we can do with CSS today, without loading a single picture.
"This article demonstrates how to use CSS transforms, perspective and some scaling trickery to create a pure CSS parallax scrolling website. If you find this article useful and want to explore CSS Parallax further, you may find my follow-up article “Practical CSS Parallax” an interesting read. "
This approach allows for some next level design options!
"With mix-blend-mode finally gaining wide browser-support, we now have access to many of most common shading techniques in CSS. With some choice images and a bit of careful layering it’s possible to build some surprisingly high-quality effects without the need for introducing any JS dependencies. "
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"Warp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern app. "
In high school I wanted to become someone who draws comics or cartoons for a living. I wasn’t too concerned...
Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so here’s what...
I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to digital...
I will now close this journal. I’m optimistic about my recovery. It seems like a good time to end this...
Okay, just because it may be fun to look back at this in 2025, here’s what I believe will happen:...
When I started this journal, it was still very unclear what it would mean to get covid. If only I...
The official test earlier this week was negative too. Most of the symptoms are gone, but some days I cough...