I'll never understand and more importantly never forgive how we got from "invention of the touch screen" to "all touchscreen UIs are buttons".
A touchscreen is the WORST possible thing you want to operate a button on — touch thrives when the UI is built on swipes and gestures.
On Pinterest’s native app, the interaction is beautiful, thoughtful, and well designed. A radial menu opens as the photo is highlighted. The buttons are the perfect dis...
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"text": "On Pinterest\u2019s native app, the interaction is beautiful, thoughtful, and well designed. A radial menu opens as the photo is highlighted. The buttons are the perfect distance from your thumb. Everything has haptic feedback. It\u2019s excellent.\n\nThe web is a 3 dot menu to a bland list."
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leaving on an international trip in 2 days, and def not prepared as far as work/cleaning house/packing. Can't believe I used to spend 1/4-1/3 of the year abroad. 😂 this pandemic has turned me into a homebody.
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"text": "leaving on an international trip in 2 days, and def not prepared as far as work/cleaning house/packing. Can't believe I used to spend 1/4-1/3 of the year abroad. \ud83d\ude02 this pandemic has turned me into a homebody."
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Such a great example how to respectfully disagree with somebody, while still admiring them. Why can’t we always do that? Also, an excellent interview on the situation with Russia. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/s…
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“[Russia] … got like civilian trucks and cars now on trains coming in to try to replace some of these heavier trucks that have been lost to Ukrainian counterattacks…” cnn.com/2022/03/11/pol…
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"text": "\u201c[Russia] \u2026 got like civilian trucks and cars now on trains coming in to try to replace some of these heavier trucks that have been lost to Ukrainian counterattacks\u2026\u201d cnn.com/2022/03/11/pol\u2026",
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"text": "Took the plunge and got a season ticket package for the Hollywood Bowl for 2022. So excited to go back! It\u2019s been far too long."
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"text": "When they said \"remote work\", I took that damn seriously. \ud83d\ude04\n\n(P.S. It's amazing what you can do with a folding chair AND a folding desk! \ud83e\udd13)"
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"text": "Redwood after the fire. Amazing how it grows back it\u2019s burnt-off branches. @ Boulder Creek, California instagram.com/p/Ca-b5soPG9ov\u2026",
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Progressive Generation is applying the concept of Progressive Enhancement to the systems you use to produce HTML.
There is much wisdom in the web’s long-standing ethos of starting with the simplest & most widely-compatible approach, and then gingerly feathering in complexity.
Just what is a “Next-Generation Progressive Site Generator”?
Introducing Bridgetown 1.0.
Progressive Generation + Progressive Enhancement for a Progressive Web whic...
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Now that event organizing/activism is back to being in-person or hybrid, I forgot how much of my volunteer life was just scheduling meetings and confirming spaces...
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Seriously, Apple could require people to connect their iPhone/iPad to a Mac, press twenty buttons, type ten passwords, burn newt entrails at midnight, and whatever else…before activating a Terminal…
…and that would STILL be freakin’ awesome. I want a native CLI so-o-o bad.
Ranking of Kings is amazing. The characters, the storyline, the plot are complex but still clearly understandable by kids. What a wonderful show. I wish it was around when I was a kid!
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