It’s time to end the suspense… Here’s the line-up for @dConstruct on Friday, September 9th: https://adactio.com/journal/19317 Hope to see you there! https://2022.dconstruct.org/ | Continue reading
Alright, I’ve kept you in suspense for long enough. It’s time to reveal the magnificent line-up for dConstruct 2022. I’ll now put names to the teasing list of descriptions I previously provided… A technologist, product designer, and writer who defies categorisation. They’ve hea … | Continue reading
In two of my recent talks—In And Out Of Style and Design Principles For The Web—I finish by looking at three different components: a button, a dropdown, and a datepicker. In each case you could use native HTML elements: button, select, and input type="date". Or you could use … | Continue reading
Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Sunday afternoon session ☘️🎶🎻 | Continue reading
Last night: dancing to @TheAfghanWhigs. Today: watching Der Himmel Über Berlin at @DukeOfYorks. GenX‽ Moi‽ | Continue reading
Checked in at cafe Rust. Birthday brunch — with Jessica | Continue reading
Danced my ass off to @TheAfghanWhigs tonight! | Continue reading
Won’t you meet me in the country in the summertime in England, won’t you meet me? | Continue reading
Taking @wordridden to Rathfinney for her birthday. | Continue reading
Checked in at Wingrove House. A room with a view. — with Jessica | Continue reading
Out and about in Alfriston. | Continue reading
Reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells. | Continue reading
A few years back, Jessica got a ceiling fan for our living room. This might seem like a strange decision, considering we live in England. Most of the time, the problem in this country is that it’s too cold. But then you get situations like this week, when the country experienced … | Continue reading
I like reading RSS feeds. I’ve written before about how my feed reader feels different to my email client: When I open my RSS reader to catch up on the feeds I’m subscribed to, it doesn’t feel like opening my email client. It feels more like opening a book. And, yes, books are … | Continue reading
The line-up for this year’s one-off @dConstruct event is complete …but I’m not telling you what it is. Yet. If you’re the first person to figure it out, you’ll get a free ticket: https://adactio.com/journal/19291 The game is afoot! | Continue reading
The line-up for dConstruct 2022 is complete! If you haven’t yet got your ticket, it’s not too late. Now here’s the thing… When I announced the event back in May, I said: I’m currently putting the line-up together. I’m not revealing anything just yet, but trust me, you will want … | Continue reading
Next challenge: Go to the @IEEEorg website and find our what the letters IEEE stand for: https://www.ieee.org/ (Again, it’s easy to find this out beyond the site, but can you find the answer just from their own website? I couldn’t.) | Continue reading
Up for a challenge? Go to the @BIMA website and find out what the letters BIMA stand for: https://bima.co.uk/ (No cheating now—you can find out by searching on the web, but can you figure it out just from their own website? I couldn’t.) | Continue reading
Listening to the 30(!) year old album It’s A Shame About Ray by @TheLemonheads. I remember it being good, but it’s even better than that—somehow each song is even better than the one before. https://thelemonheadsmusic.bandcamp.com/ | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Wednesday session | Continue reading
I’m very much enjoying the excitement of Space Twitter today! If you’re not already, you should be following @MarinaKoren, @ShannonMStirone, @LorenGRush, @NadiaMDrake, @AstroKatie, and @ArielWaldman — the best science communicators! | Continue reading
Looking at the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope—beautiful! | Continue reading
Checked in at Armada Hotel. One last session — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Clery’s. Lovely tunes! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Clery’s. Next session — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Friels Pub. First session of the day | Continue reading
Seamus Sands, James Kelly, and Antóin Mac Gabhann—amazing fiddlers, and it turns out they all use thesession.org! | Continue reading
Checked in at Clery’s. In a big session — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Clery’s. Next session — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Clery’s. Fantastic music! 🎶 | Continue reading
Checked in at Hillery’s. Early session | Continue reading
Checked in at Friels Pub. Mighty session! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Players Club. Another session — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Clery’s. Top-notch session! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Whole lotta sessions goin’ on. | Continue reading
Checked in at Westbridge Pub. Box players, young and old. — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Clery’s. Pipers galore! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Reading Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth. | Continue reading
Today is the first day of UX London 2022 …and I’m not there. Stoopid Covid. I’m still testing positive although I’m almost certainly near the end of my infection. But I don’t want to take any chances. Much as I hate to miss out on UX London, I would hate passing this on even more … | Continue reading
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder is a very short book. Most of the time, this is a feature, not a bug. There are plenty of non-fiction books I’ve read that definitely could’ve been much, much shorter. Books that have a good sensible idea, but one that could’ve been written on the bac … | Continue reading
What if it turns out that DALL·E2 is really a project to train humans how to write good descriptive alt text? “Oh, you’d like an image? No problem. Describe it.” Time passes… “Here’s an image. Describe it.” | Continue reading
Reading The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett. | Continue reading
I’ve published a transcription of the talk I gave at CSS Day: In And Out Of Style. The title is intended to have double meaning. The obvious reference is that CSS is about styling web pages. But the talk also covers some long-term trends looking at ideas that have appear, disappe … | Continue reading