Why make software?

Choosing what to read isn't always easy. Alan Jacobs recommends reading for pleasure and indulging your Whim.

Reflections on CSS masonry's early origins and the slow evolution of the web.

James Bridle on the value of randomness, and how modern computing is fundamentally incompatible with the very idea of it.

What do we lose when we default to crafting our written words using purely digital tools?

From smartphones to cars, some technologies can exert exclusive control over entire aspects of daily life, and not always for the better.