blog.jim-nielsen.com — Unresponsive Buttons on My Fastest Hardware Ever
This is one of those small things that drives me nuts. Why? I don’t know. I think it has something to do with the fact that I have a computer that is faster...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — A Brief History of App Icons From Apple’s Creator Studio
I recently updated my collection of macOS icons to include Apple’s new “Creator Studio” family of icons. Doing this — in tandem with seeing funny things like...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — Study Finds Obvious Truth Everybody Knows
Researchers at Anthropic published their findings around how AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills: We found that using AI assistance led to a...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — Saying “No” In an Age of Abundance
You’ve probably heard this famous quote from Steve Jobs about saying ‘no’: People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — The Browser’s Little White Lies
So I’m making a thing and I want it to be styled different if the link’s been visited. Rather than build something myself in JavaScript, I figure I’ll just...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — The Don’t “Contact Us” Page
Nic Chan comes out as the whistleblower on how many “Contact Us” pages are made (spoiler: they’re designed to keep us from contacting anyone). A “fuck off...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — You Can Just Say No to the Data
“The data doesn’t lie.” I imagine that’s what the cigarette companies said. “The data doesn’t lie. People want this stuff. They’re buying it in droves. We’re...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — CTA Hierarchy in the Wild
The other day I was browsing YouTube — as one does — and I clicked a link in the video description to a book. I was then subjected to a man-in-the-middle...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — New Year, New Website — Same Old Me
I redesigned my www website. Why? The end of year / holiday break is a great time to work on such things. I wanted to scratch an itch. Websites are a worry...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — Easy Measures Doing, Simple Measures Understanding
In his talk, I like the way Jake Nations pits easy vs. simple: Easy means you can add it to your system quickly. Simple means you can understand the work...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — In The Beginning There Was Slop
I’ve been slowly reading my copy of “The Internet Phone Book” and I recently read an essay in it by Elan Ullendorff called “The New Turing Test”. Elan argues...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — The AI Security Shakedown
Matthias Ott shared a link to a post from Anthropic titled “Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”, which I read because I’m...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — A Letter of Feedback To Anyone Who Makes Software I Use
I don’t much enjoy being a lab rat to your half-baked ideas. I can tell when your approach to what I use is: “Ship it and let’s see how people respond.” Well...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — Creating “Edit” Links That Open Plain-Text Source Files in a Native App
The setup for my notes blog looks like this: Content is plain-text markdown files (synced via Dropbox, editable in iA Writer on my Mac, iPad, or iPhone)...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — To Make Software Is To Translate Human Intent Into Computational Precision
In “The Future of Software Development is Software Developers” Jason Gorman alludes to how terrible natural language is at programming computers: The hard...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — Leading Global Research and Advisory Firm Recommends Against Using AI Browsers
I recommended against using an AI browser unless you wanted to participate in a global experiment in security. My recommendation did come with a caveat: But...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — You Might Also Like: My Notes Blog
If you subscribe to this blog, you must like it — right? I mean, you are subscribed to it. And if you like this blog, you might also like my notes blog. It’s...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — The “A” in “AI” Stands For Amnesia
My last article was blogging off Jeremey’s article which blogged off Chris’ article and, after publishing, a reader tipped me off to the Gell-Mann amnesia...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — It’s Uncomfortable To Sit With “I Don’t Know”
Chris Coyier: There’s the thing where if you’re reading an article in the newspaper, and it’s about stuff you don’t know a ton about, it all seems well and...
blog.jim-nielsen.com — Icons in Menus Everywhere — Send Help
I complained about this on the socials, but I didn’t get it all out of my system. So now I write a blog post. I’ve never liked the philosophy of “put an icon...