[SC 2.4.4] Nothing like putting together a really good spreadsheet
There's nothing like putting together a really good spreadsheet, and reader, I did exactly that this week.
Logitech Options+ Alternatives for MacOS
The Logitech cert expiring thing is just, like, too on the nose as a metaphor for the contemporary state of tech.
A Letter of Feedback To Anyone Who Makes Software I Use
"I know how easy it is for you to ship slop, why should I take the time to formulate careful feedback on your careless output?"
WikiFlix
A Netflixy-style UI for public domain movies.
These dogs can learn new words just by eavesdropping
Clever girl.
Death to Scroll Fade! ⚠️ WARNING: Vestibular trigger
I have been squirreling away a link an example of the worst, most baffling application of this technique that I've yet to come by.
CSS sucks because we don't bother learning it.
YUP
VoxCSS
And speaking of, here's a CSS-powered 3D voxel grid generator.
“Food JPEGs” in Super Smash Bros & Kirby Air Riders
Bless the people of the world who do stuff like this.
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
"Can Apple and Google even identify their values beyond their commitment to “shareholder value”? What’s your fucking endgame here, guys?"
The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe
What I love about this is that if you worked at Apple and pointed it out to the designer who did it they'd likely paint you as a stodgy curmudgeon and not a team player.
Amazon AI tool blindsides merchants by offering products without their knowledge
Another on the long list of things that a healthy society should have shut down.
Postal Arbitrage
"As of 2025, a stamp for a letter costs $0.78 in the United States. Amazon Prime sells items for less than that... with free shipping! Why send a postcard when you can send actual stuff? "
Viral Chinese app “Are You Dead?” checks on those who live alone
"Reddit users had mixed feelings about the app, with some saying it is a great idea, while others called it a sad take on today's world, where an emergency of a person living in solitude could go unnoticed."
Three accessibility assumptions
Yet another post that articulates why I pinch the bridge of my nose so much at work.
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
"But if they missed the fact that I was an anti-ICE journalist who didn’t fill out her paperwork, what else might they be missing? How many convicted domestic abusers are being given guns and sent into other people’s homes? How many people with ties to white supremacist organizations are indiscriminately targeting minorities on principle, regardless of immigration status? How many rapists and pedophiles are working in ICE detention centers with direct and unsupervised access to a population that will be neither believed nor missed? How are we to trust ICE’s allegedly thorough investigations of the people they detain and deport when they can’t even keep their HR paperwork straight?"
The Worst TV Season Of All Time
We need the equivalent of Newton Minow's speech, but for web experiences.
Work-As-Imagined Solutioneering: Ten Traps Along the Yellow Brick Road
"So, next time you notice a ‘problematic solution’, either developing or deployed, perhaps it is worth trying to understand how it came to be."
How early accessibility solutions evolved into core UX design principles
Defintely one to bookmark to show others.
Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals
Be the villain.
‘Abolish ICE’? Many Democrats are ready to fund it — with conditions
Every one of these people don't deserve to represent us.
Joe Gebbia’s National Design Studio offers a rebrand of government services, solving a problem no one actually has
Now that's a headline.
