Checked in at Carnezzeria. One last meal in Ortigia — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Boats. Having a beer in an alley (which somehow here is much more glamorous than it sounds) — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Casa Trimarchi. Delizioso! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Antico Mercato di Ortigia. Pesce — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Caseificio Borderi. Sandwich at the market — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Ristorante Regina Lucia. Tasting menu — with Jessica | Continue reading
Afternoon in Ortigia. ⬛ ⛲️ ⛪️ | Continue reading
Checked in at Boats. Digestif — with Jessica | Continue reading
The most cartoonish misrepresentation of progressive enhancement is that it means making everything work without JavaScript. No. Progressive enhancement means making sure your core functionality works without JavaScript. In my book Resilient Web Design, I quoted Wilto: Lots of … | Continue reading
Had a nice salad for lunch, made with this morning’s haul from the Ortigia market. | Continue reading
Checked in at Fratelli Burgio. Pistachio croissant — with Jessica | Continue reading
Reading The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. | Continue reading
Reading Make Something Wonderful:Steve Jobs in his own words by The Steve Jobs Archive. | Continue reading
Checked in at Viola Espressobar. Cappuccino and croissant — with Jessica | Continue reading
Robin penned a little love letter to the details element. I agree. It is a joyous piece of declarative power. That said, don’t go overboard with it. It’s not a drop-in replacement for more complex widgets. But it is a handy encapsulation of straightforward progressive disclosure. … | Continue reading
Checked in at The Crab Tree Inn. In deepest darkest Shoreham for a session 🪕 — with Jessica | Continue reading
I woke up today to a very annoying new bug in Firefox. The browser shits the bed in an unpredictable fashion when rounding up single pixel line widths in SVG. That’s quite a problem on The Session where all the sheet music is rendered in SVG. Those thin lines in sheet music are k … | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Good turnout for the Wednesday night session — with Jessica | Continue reading
I wrote a while back about the UX London 2023 scholarship programme. Applications are still open (until May 19th) so if you know someone who you think should apply, here’s the link. As I said then: Wondering if you should apply? It’s hard to define exactly who qualifies for a d … | Continue reading
This is how you advertise a role: https://jobs.barnardos.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/senior-design-engineer-15534/16489/description/ remote-friendly, a good cause, no frameworks mentioned, progressive enhancement! | Continue reading
Checked in at Dover Castle. Early evening Easter session — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at The Ancient Mariner. Good turnout for the session! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Wednesday night session — with Jessica | Continue reading
Looking forward to playing some tunes in The Ancient Mariner in Hove tomorrow evening! | Continue reading
More music, this time with Salter Cane. | Continue reading
Started the weekend right with a great kitchen session to celebrate a friend’s 75th birthday. | Continue reading
Checked in at The Lord Nelson Inn. Thursday session 🪕 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Wednesday night session | Continue reading
Boom! The Clearleft podcast is back! The first episode of season four just dropped. It’s all about design transformation. I’ve got to be honest, this episode is a little inside baseball. It’s a bit navel-gazey and soul-searching as I pick apart the messaging emblazoned on the Cle … | Continue reading
I’d like to play it cool when I announce the latest speakers for UX London 2023, like I could be all nonchalant and say, “oh yeah, did I not mention these people are also speaking…?” But I wouldn’t be able to keep up that façade for longer than a second. The truth is I am excited … | Continue reading
Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Sunday afternoon session | Continue reading
Reading Circe by Madeline Miller. | Continue reading
Eight years ago today I published the first of 100 posts where I’d write exactly 100 words every day: https://adactio.com/journal/8577 It was fun! https://adactio.com/journal/tags/100words I should do it again sometime. | Continue reading
Techbros seem to love spelling their half-baked creations with capital letters to make them seem important. It’s a small act of resistance, but I write them as regular words. The added readability is a nice bonus. | Continue reading
Picture someone tediously going through a spreadsheet that someone has filled in by hand and finding yet another error. “I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!” they cry. The year was 1821 and technically the spreadsheet was a book of logarithmic tables. The … | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Wednesday night session — with Jessica | Continue reading
You know how when you’re on hold to any customer service line you hear a message that thanks you for calling and claims your call is important to them. The message always includes a disclaimer about calls possibly being recorded “for training purposes.” Nobody expects that any tr … | Continue reading
Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Sunday session 🎶🎻 | Continue reading
Post St. Patrick’s Day recovery session 🎻🎶☘️ | Continue reading