Less, but better? Not this week.
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“The word ‘computer’ only really slid over to mean ‘a machine’ in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, once we started building mechanical and then electronic devices to do that work instead [of people]. We did not name the machines after some abstract idea. We named them after the humans they were replacing.”
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Good UX is what companies do when they have to. A company that has your stuff locked away doesn’t have to.
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By controlling what I listen to, and the order in which I listen, I’m slowly designing an infinite collage of my evolving musical tastes.
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What a ride that was.
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Of books and conferences past: A maker looks back on things well-made but no longer with us.
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Why did leading designers in 2000 look down their nose at the web? And are things any better today?
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The bots who shit in your sandbox are bigger, brassier, and better than ever!
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I’m designing for the web. The infinitely flexible web.
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A business world with deeply misguided priorities—exemplified by horror stories from the worlds of tech, gaming, and entertainment—accounts for much worker unhappiness and customer frustration.
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