Reading Responsible JavaScript by Jeremy Wagner. | Continue reading
CSS logical properties here, they just aren’t evenly distributed yet. | Continue reading
Checked in at Fox On the Downs. Monday night session — with Jessica | Continue reading
Put into strict UX terms, some things cannot be designed in a human-centric and empathetic way. And those things should not be built.—Eva PenzeyMoog, Design For Safety | Continue reading
This NFT-crypto-web3 shite really is the QAnon of the tech world—“Trust in the plan!”, “Wake up, sheeple—the mainstream media is lying to you”, “Do the research!” (except they hate it if you actually do the research). | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. A blasht of tyoons! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Can my favourite design principle be applied to the process of design? | Continue reading
My coworker is making me sleepy. | Continue reading
It’s time to have the conversation. You’re old enough to know where stats come from. | Continue reading
The idea that it’s alright to do whatever unethical thing is currently the industry norm is widespread in tech, and dangerous.—Eva PenzeyMoog, Design For Safety | Continue reading
Checked in at Fox On the Downs. Session 🎶☘️🎻 — with Jessica | Continue reading
I wrote these words on this day in 2013, but they feel very 2021 to me:https://adactio.com/journal/6564 | Continue reading
Reading Parable Of The Sower by Octavia Butler. | Continue reading
Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Return of the session ☘️🎶🎻 | Continue reading
This is an example of a headline I would rewrite for clarity:https://futurism.com/moon-enough-oxygen-billions-people(there are not billions of people buried beneath the surface of the moon). | Continue reading
Remember when chatbots were definitely the future and that’s how we’d be interacting with everything?So wrong! The future is certificates of ownership for JPGs generated by planet-killing magic beans, verifiable with a shared spreadsheet. | Continue reading
Medium is a roach motel. Your words deserve a better home.https://twitter.com/matlock/status/1458402577603776512 | Continue reading
Reading Design For Safety by Eva PenzeyMoog. | Continue reading
Two JavaScript frameworks—Svelte and Astro—share a philosophy, but take subtly different approaches. | Continue reading
From the birth of the web to the browser wars. | Continue reading
A Netflix series today reminds me of something from 15 years ago. | Continue reading
Today is World Digital Preservation Day.https://adactio.com/tags/digital,preservationOn a related note…Here’s where you can donate to the Internet Archive:http://archive.org/donate#WDPD21 | Continue reading
A new free course on responsive web design. | Continue reading
I published the transcript of my talk, The State Of The Web:https://adactio.com/articles/18580Here’s the video:https://vimeo.com/641568337And here are the slides:https://speaking.adactio.com/nKuSkE/the-state-of-the-web | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Tunes! — with Jessica | Continue reading
There’s a video and a transcript of the talk. | Continue reading
Chrome Dev Summit starts soon and I posed a question:https://app.sli.do/event/9e3j6xhe/live/questions Given the court proceedings against AMP, why should anyone trust FLOC or any other Google initiatives ostensibly focused on privacy? | Continue reading
Someone I know is going to work at Facebook.Someone else I know wrote an uncritical blog post about “Web3” without once mentioning the environmental impact.Both make me sad and disappointed. | Continue reading
The opening presentation from An Event Apart Spring Summit held online in April 2021. | Continue reading
I sent my first tweet fifteen years ago.https://twitter.com/adactio/status/53859It’s been downhill ever since. | Continue reading
The best piece of Halloween broadcasting last night was the weather forecast on the Irish language station, @TG4TVhttps://twitter.com/CaitlinNicAoidh/status/1454908285560233988 | Continue reading
Reading back over this candygram I wrote for @JasonSantaMaria’s site ten years ago and getting all nostalgiac:https://v5.jasonsantamaria.com/articles/monkey-nuts-barmbrack-and-apples/ | Continue reading
Checked in at Fox On the Downs. Sunday roast — with Jessica | Continue reading
Just heard the very sad news about @BillWScott.Such a lovely chap! I have very fond memories of chatting with him after seeing one of his excellent talks back in 2008: https://adactio.com/journal/1426 | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. It’s been quite a while since we last had a session here! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Six more episodes for your listening pleasure. | Continue reading
Reading Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor. | Continue reading
Checked in at Clayton Crown Hotel. Afternoon session 🎶☘️ | Continue reading
Checked in at Clayton Crown Hotel. Matt Molloy and Sean Keane 🎶 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Clayton Crown Hotel. Return To London Town 🎶🎻 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at ODEON BFI IMAX for Dune: The IMAX 2D Experience. D U N E — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Royal Opera House. Ballet time! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Just had the first @SalterCane practice in 18 months this morning—that felt good!(I noticed that @SeaPowerBand were back in the practice space too.) | Continue reading