There's an entire product design style that's build on insufficient typographic hierarchy and their interfaces suck because of it. More design literacy. And interaction design literacy, too.

Moving web hosts to Opalstack. Nice Webfaction (RIP) vibe, easy to use, great support, and just enough power to make things easy, all at a good monthly value. Recommended. opalstack.com

Happy Bandcamp Friday from 4AD ⛺️ 4ad.co/bandcamp Available for the first time on Bandcamp we have releases from: Michael Brook Deerhunter Rachel Goswell Neil Halstead The Hope Blister Insides Mojave 3 This Mortal Coil Pixies Swallow

working on a site and one of the primary colors is aubergine, so we get to say aubergine a lot aubergine aubergine

Made an app with an AI-powered, type your app description in and we'll build it, app... and then just went and did the same thing in Excel, only better...

Love Jenga for workshops Cheap and flexible for 3d maps and activities

Does anyone know who invented the breadcrumb?

to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes

I was one of Freak Slug's top 500 listeners and they were my top artist in three separate months. It's kind cool to have a new favorite band. They come to Houston in April. Already have my tickets.

🎧🧑‍🎤🤘I love new playlist day. Dec 2025's playlist is out on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, YouTube, and LastFM so you can listen wherever you are. Grab a coffee, throw this on, and give yourself a few minutes. #Playlist #NowPlaying #Music #NewMusic #NowListening

Here's a new playlist for you ⚡️

Each year I ask myself these 40 questions. This will be my eleventh year. It's still one of my favorite rituals. It helps me see how phases of my life wax and wane. Each year new translations come in. We're up to 30 languages! Thank you to all the contributors 🥰 stephango.com/40-questions

@cwodtke.bsky.social's latest post on why good UX is still your best strategic moat: eleganthack.com/ux-is-your-m...

New ChatGPT prompt just dropped: I need a random skeet for Bluesky. Please craft a random skeet using 25 words or less

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: GnR Metallica Ministry Belly Frontline Assembly

I watched the new episodes of Stranger Things and enjoyed them very much.

Stranger Things dropping the Tiffany cassette has me all nostalgic…

Poster night is always so interesting. If you're at all interested, I highly recommend submitting a poster to the IA Conference

Today, for whatever reason, I miss mailing lists... even SIG-IA

I feel honor-bound to report, I dislike the new Bluesky iPhone app icon and their Bluesky blue make some uncomfortable. Be better, Bluesky. Be better.

A friend from another age passed away from cancer yesterday. All the memories come rushing back. What’s that saying? People come into your life for a reason, a season, or for life?

Talking to this girl from France who learned English from watching Jerry Springer and Maury. The world is a strange place.

Feeling vaguely nauseous. Go out anyway or convalesce at home?

At a restaurant. Watched a guy stare at his phone. He had a toddler who was a toddler second* away from falling out of their chair. I was so worried, I was ready to jump up and catch her. *A unit of time of variable duration based on the child’s age and distance from chaos.

Most useful error message ever

Women, fire, and dangerous things

Wrote a usability research plan. Well, kind of. I took an old one and edited it. I don't think I've written one from scratch in years. As in years and years. The craft of artisanal, hand-made, from scratch research plans has been lost by my peoples.

"Wokester Piggy" is my new band name

There’s a surprising amount of search competition for “taco cabana breakfast hours”

I got some nice workshop feedback: "...Everyone talked about how impressed they were by how much we had accomplished. Thank you for all of the thoughtfulness and creativity you put into designing our session and creating the right conditions for our team to have such a positive experience."

AI summaries at the top of—or in place of—search results are just a total mess. Useless summaries clouding access to the links I'm looking for.

Taco truck tacos for lunch.... they gave me ground beef instead of fajita, but it wasn't too bad

I often have to remind myself that I am an expert and that my rationale for something is probably good enough rather than looking for validation or support somewhere.

I made a new November playlist for you! It's half new music, half new-ish to vintage, and lasts all afternoon. It's on 8 platforms so everyone can listen: Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Qobuz, Amazon Music, YouTube & LastFM 🎧🎶🎸 #NewMusic #NowPlaying #Music shiveryourtimbers.ca/blog/schmutz...

Lunch was a caesar salad today with a Twix to cleanse the pallet. Recommended.

I finally got the November playlist out! It's on 8 platforms so everyone can listen: Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Qobuz, Amazon Music, YouTube & Last[dot]fm. Enjoy 🎤🎧🎶🎸

today we celebrate one of the best club songs of all time youtu.be/dTISF4ZwjMg?...

Auditing a pest control site and all the pictures of little bugs are giving me the heebie jeebies

I really dislike shows where the plot requires the main character do something stupid. That always feels cheap.

I love how my Indian colleagues have a tendency to sprinkle "and whatnot" into their responses. Everyone needs to do this... and whatnot.

In other news, this “Bugatti” remix is a bouncey little banger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=teN4...

Lebanon Hanover!

I think Frankenstein resonates with me because that's how I see creative acts. You assemble the most beautiful, relevant pieces and then stitch them together with as much passion and craft as you have, and somewhere along the way, it comes alive of its own accord and lives with its own free will.

Pumpkins!

'#SoftCell bandmate, Marc Almond, said: "Thank you Dave for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me. I wouldn’t be where I am without you.”' R.I.P. Dave Ball buff.ly/M52snfB

Every once in a while there’s a song that’s the perfect soundtrack to a scene in your life. “This girl called harmony” by Attrition is one of those songs for me, perfectly encapsulating my first significant relationship and first wife. It always cuts the same. m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Pv...

Got our Halloween graveyard put out

Currently watching a ninja turtles movie with ODB on the soundtrack. All the songs are old school hip hop.

And then Houston does something like this, and you’re like, “this town ain’t bad”. (I love the di name: Pachuco Boogie Sound System)