Here is a new Webbed Brief: https://briefs.video/videos/what-is-react/

That is all, cheers

New video "What’s The Deal With Large Language Models?” is here: https://briefs.video/videos/whats-the-deal-with-large-language-models/

You'll also notice some other changes on the website:

1. Transcripts for all the main videos, some with "director's notes"...
2. I hooked up Teemill so you can see a selection of the latest mechandise from the shop.

This is my most ambitious video yet. I scored it first, with a fully-fleged soundtrack, then did the animation (to match the beat in places!)

Dear Webbed Briefs aficionado,

Here is a new video about accessibility overlays: https://briefs.video/videos/what-are-accessibility-overlays

If anyone knows anyone who wants to buy or use an accessibility overlay, maybe play them this first.

Also, follow front-end.social/@heydon. That's usually where you'd hear about new videos and T-shirts and stuff first.

Dear Webbed Briefs aficionado,

Now I've managed to remember the name of the app I use to send out email updates, here is one!

Good news! There are multiple new videos available for you. I am working hard on trying to release more frequently, as well as improving the aesthetic. Here are some direct links:

• What Is Web 3.0?
• Choose your loading indicator
• What is self-documenting code?
• I am leaving

What with moving house, having a midlife crisis, dealing with evil planning applications, obsessing over a conference talk, various corporate design system shenanigans, and having another midlife crisis, it has been a long ting between videos once again.

However, here we are. Pure hatred for the ridiculous “treatments” of text inputs by people who should know better got me over the line phew.

Here it is: https://briefs.video/videos/what-happened-to-text-inputs

With love — Heydon

Hello and greetings, it has been a while!

Enjoy the completely not contentious new Webbed Briefs content! Here it is: https://briefs.video/videos/is-html-a-programming-language

And here’s the full version of the DJ Shadow cover/reimagining you hear in the background: https://soundcloud.com/heydonworks/building-steam-with-a-grain-of-salt

Love — Heydon xxxx

Just a short email to say a new interlude video is up, based around some more generative music I made. Open Collective subscribers will have received a 20 minute mix of the music in 24 bits.

Hi friends/folckxxs/fauna,

The new video How Do I Draw A Line just premiered at the Web Directions Hover conference. Note the weird pauses I put in to make folks believe their stream was broken LOLOLOL.

Anyway, it was a good time, and now you can too. It covers horizontal rules, SVG, linear gradients, custom properties, Houdini Paint Worklets and a little tiny bit of WebGL. And of course there are monks, Pez dispensers, Elmo, and Jonathan Cash. That’s just standard.

Hello, friends and fauna!

Today I’m releasing a 10 minute interlude video. I listen to and write ambient music/sound a lot. It helps me relax and focus. It masks the clamour of the world around me.

For those who support me on Open Collective, I aim to make even longer mixes of the generative music I’m creating available (as a perk).

Hi Sub(marine)s!

I have just released my most ambitious video yet: Why The IndieWeb?

This one is scored using generative noises and bleeps placed over a, erm, throbbing microhouse rhythm. Which is a thing in web design vlogs now (since I started doing it in this video).

I hope you enjoy it and thanks again for subscribing. And to those who are considering supporting on Open Collective, I will have some perks sorted ASAP. I'm looking to include:

Some of you received an email from me earlier today typeset with a horrible, ugly, no good, very bad font. Completely illegible 😬

My apologies and I believe I have fixed the glitch now. The new briefs.video video Is Progressive Enhancement Dead Yet? is available now!

Hi y'all / youse / folxxx / fauna,

I just released a new video called Is Progressive Enhancement Dead Yet? on briefs.video.

It would make me a very happy land mammal if you could:

• Watch the video (yes)
• Subscribe to the RSS feed if that’s your thing
• Spread the word by retweeting this wee tweet
• If you’re able, support me on Liberapay or Open Collective. These things take a solid flippin’ week to make 😭