How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search
Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of all the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. All you have to do is add "udm=14" to the search URL.
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Dieter Rams
Ten principles of good design
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
A breathtaking article on the fragility (and resilience) of the skinny tubes crisscrossing the Earth’s oceans… and the decreasing number of people who know (and can) repair them.
The Beautiful Islands of San Serriffe | From the Desk of Doug Wilson
The story of the most elaborate April fool’s joke ever printed
Some use cases for revert-layer
Did you know about the revert-layer keyword?
40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever
An oral history of Apple’s groundbreaking “1984” spot, which helped to establish the Super Bowl as TV’s biggest commercial showcase.
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2024 - Infrequently Noted
Frontend is haunted by 2013's Great Branch Mispredict
The UX of LEGO Interface Panels
These iconic, low-resolution designs are the perfect tool to learn the basics of physical interface design. Armed with 52 different bricks, let's see what they can teach us about the design, layout and organisation of complex interfaces.
UI An UX Figma resources
A fantastic list of Christine Vallaure's recommended Figma resources
Haikei
Create and explore SVGs
Playbook for universal design – Universal design methods for more inclusive solutions
Supporting the development of inclusive innovations
Preview Social Media Share and Generate Metatags
Double check your OG tags
cryptii
Web app offering modular conversion, encoding and encryption online. Translations are done in the browser without any server interaction.
Bridgy Fed
Bridgy Fed connects your web site to Mastodon and the fediverse.
A (more) Modern CSS Reset - Andy Bell
Andy Bell's reset properties revisited 4 years later.
It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks.
We all lost when the web design role was split in two.
The ideal viewport doesn’t exist
Consider the vast fragmentation of screen sizes and browser viewports.
Metra Ticket Gallery | C82
Scans of monthly train tickets Metra sells in and around Chicago by Nicholas Rougeux.
You’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your Fault - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Apparently, killing someone is basically legal if you do it with a car.
Writing by Numbers
Garry Knight: "Using AirPods as a Hearing Aid…" - Toot.Cat
A run through of how to setup your AirPods as a hearing aid
Formative posts – Eric Bailey
Here are things other people have written that have helped to shape who I am. Enjoy!
How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World
“You can say with some kind of degree of confidence what the demographics will look like,” Mr. O’Keefe said. “What the society will look like depends enormously on policy choices and behavioral change.”
Figma Typography Secrets – Seven Pro Tips Revealed - Pimp my Type
Discover Figma’s advanced typographic possibilities by utilizing the type settings.
You Deserve a Tech Union. — Ethan Marcotte
This is a book about why unions matter, and about why you — yes, you — deserve one.
it's a(door)able
A great little keyboard game. Playing time: 1 minute.
Fluid Responsive Design | Utopia
Utopia is not a product, a plugin, or a framework. It’s a memorable/pretentious word we use to refer to a way of thinking about fluid responsive design.
clamp() Calculator · Chris Burnell
Handy little tool for calculating (and understanding) viewport-based clamped values.
CSS { In Real Life } | Disentangling Frameworks
Whenever possible, the safest, and most future-proof bet is to use the native features of the web platform.
iPod.js
Byfar the best iPod simulator I have ever seen. Threw me back 20 years…