Japanese web design: weird, but it works. Here's why. (Via reddit.com).
Relevant: Why Japanese Websites Look So Different.
Or: Why western websites look so different #ftfy
Relevant 2: The peculiar case of japanese web design.
How not to use box shadows.
So you think you know box shadows huh? I bet you didn't know they could do this.
Social Computing, before the Internet.
Today, of course, security is absolutely essential. But the luxury of working without it back then resulted in a huge productivity gain, enabling us to do early experimentation with ideas that otherwise were destined to seem impossible for another few decades.
Recreating the THX “Deep Note” in JavaScript (via bytes.dev).
I recreated the iconic THX "Deep Note" using JavaScript and the Tone.js library. Here's how I did it.](keliris.dev).
Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Psychology of a market cycle.
I’ve never seen anybody use a GUI in a clever way. Ever. There’s no cleverness to it. No, like, “Oh my god, you should see the way Adam clicked that mouse. Oh my god. Guys, guys, guys, guys, come on! Check it out: Adam’s going to click the button! Oh my god! That’s amazing!” It just doesn’t happen.
In defense of an old pixel.
Klasse fuer Alle – Weiterbildung für Alle, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien.
Die Klasse für Alle ist das Weiterbildungsprogramm der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien. Es richtet sich an alle, die sich für die Infragestellung, Neugestaltung und “Wieder-Verzauberung”* unserer Gesellschaft interessieren. Die Dringlichkeit der aktuellen existenziellen Gefahren erfordert gemeinschaftliches Handeln und Dialog. Wir laden Menschen jeden Alters, unterschiedlichster Kulturen und Herkünfte, aus allen Berufsfeldern, mit oder ohne Vorbildung und den diversesten Fähigkeiten und Interessen ein, mit uns an einer lebenswerten Gegenwart und Zukunft zu arbeiten.
* Relevant: Re-enchanting the world – Feminism and the politics of the commons.
Internationally, we have four recognised global commons: the high seas and deep seabed, outer space, Antartica, and to some degree the atmosphere. All of these have issues with their governance, but they are a step forward. As we face the critical challenges of the coming few decades, we need to begin thinking about upgrading global commons to properly planetary commons24, and internet infrastructure understood broadly should be one of them. Without coordination we won't solve the climate and biosphere crises, and with captured infrastructure we cannot coordinate in intelligent and resilient ways.
Relevant: We Need To Rewild The Internet.¹
¹ Unfortunately, this article starts with the very disputable claim, the German word “Waldsterben” (forest dieback) was coined in the “late 18th century” – while even the WIkipedia source clearly states it came up in the 1980s. This is also how I remember it, growing up with the increasing fear of a landmark of German mythology dying due to predatory exploitation of the planet’s eco system. The German article about Waldsterben is even more explicit: “Als Waldsterben (auch: neuartige Waldschäden) werden Schädigungen des Waldes bezeichnet, die seit etwa 1980 großflächig auftreten.”
Admiral Grace Hopper’s landmark lecture is found, but the NSA won’t release it.
In a vault at the National Security Agency lies a historical treasure: two AMPEX 1-inch open reel tapes containing a landmark lecture by Admiral Grace Hopper, a giant in the field of computer science. Yet this invaluable artifact remains inaccessible, trapped in an obsolete format that the NSA will not release, stating that the agency is unable to play it back.
