A twitter review of Patrick Giasson’s 2004 MA thesis in type design, the typographic inception of the Cheerokee syllabary.
“(…) because it’s fascinating and I think people will find it useful.”
TIL Douglas Hofstadter (yes the Gödel Escher Bach guy) wrote a whole book about the art of translation: Le Ton beau de Marot.
One theme of this book is the loss of Hofstadter's wife Carol, who died of a brain tumor while the book was being written.
Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure.
Luckily for computer enthusiasts, constraint can at times lead to immense creativity. And so the most influential operating system ever written was not funded by venture capitalists, and the people who wrote it didn’t become billionaires because of it.
🤖 Robot, a fast 1kB functional library for creating Finite State Machines.
How to Buy Clothes That Are Built to Last.
The environmental impact of our clothing choices extends far beyond our closets and buying fewer items that are more durable can lower the impact on the planet. Here’s what to look for when shopping for clothes.
If you clicked on this title with an open mind, you probably don't exist, but welcome anyway.
Congrats, I am thrilled!
The wonderful people at reality lab won this year’s Wiener Wohnbaupreis!
Es ist für uns eine große Freude, dass so ein innovatives, nachhaltiges und richtungsweisendes Projekt ausgezeichnet wurde.
Uncanny, should I find myself among those portraits…
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Gochyu Theme Detector.
What (WordPress | Shopify | Drupal | Joomla! | …) Theme is That?
Reclaim the DIY.
Why Your Company Should Stop Blogging on Medium.
Lack of ownership, poor branding, forced paywall, blocked growth.