4 hours agoRan 2.65 miles and felt great. First post-marathon run. At least I can still work up the enthusiasm to leave the hou... [link]
4 hours agoRan 2.65 miles and felt great. First post-marathon run. At least I can still work up the enthusiasm to leave the hou... [link]
“Quick, what was big about a year after tiling background patterns were discovered in 1998? I’m going to start a blog about that and be rich…”
I wish I could draw properly. :(
Beautiful little Flash golf game.
Another one for the layout toolkit.
Pretty much exactly what I was planning with the design for the lifestream app I’m building. Yoink!
Some useful psychological heuristics for assessing your UX work.
Jumping into Mobile First with both feet.
A possible candidate for inclusion in any redesign I may do, although my mind doesn’t work well with odd numbers of columns…
A possible candidate for inclusion in any redesign I may do, although my mind doesn’t work well with odd numbers of columns…
Reminiscent of Blade Runner-era Vangelis, and surprisingly listenable.
Finally, a genuinely useful piece of information design.
…exercise isn’t just about physical health and appearance. It also has a profound effect on your brain chemistry, physiology, and neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to literally rewire itself). It affects not only your ability to think, create, and solve, but your mood and ability to lean into uncertainty, risk, judgment, and anxiety in a substantial, measurable way…
The Creative Brain On Exercise | Fast Company
Good design is not an accident. It’s not something that just happens by someone getting lucky. Sure, once in a while someone stumbles upon a cool core mechanic that happens to work, but to create a solid interface that many people can use and enjoy takes real attention to the details.
Interface Design is Copywriting « Bokardo
The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination.
Making things, infinite games, and Fred Brooks
A general rule of thumb is that if you look at a section of code and think “Wow, I don’t want to try and describe that”, you need to comment it before you forget how it works.
A general rule of thumb is that if you look at a section of code and think “Wow, I don’t want to try and describe that”, you need to comment it before you forget how it works.
From Drupal’s coding standards
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