Basically Google legit tried to leverage their control over Chrome to kill off ad blockers. Do people still think a Chromium monoculture would be good for the web?
Basically Google legit tried to leverage their control over Chrome to kill off ad blockers. Do people still think a Chromium monoculture would be good for the web?
I’ve been enjoying Counterpart much more than I expected. It uses of the conventions of a cold war era espionage thriller to comment on the nature of personality, randomness, and free will. It isn’t perfect but works better than it should.
Does it still spark joy? On Mallory, ComicsDNA and book publishing
Guy captures my own feelings about publishing pretty much exactly.
“Web Accessibility Overlays Don’t Work – Tenon.io”
“Dan Mallory Is the Oldest Story in Publishing”
“Uncanny A11y - Adrian Roselli”
“Maybe Code Less”
“Michael Tsai - Blog - iTunes U and iBooks Author Are Suffering From Software Rot”
I’m shocked, shocked! that there is ebook-related software out there that suffers from serious neglect. Shocked, I tell you!
“Trusted Types help prevent Cross-Site Scripting - Web - Google Developers”
“Large companies aren’t good homes for beloved services – Colin Devroe”
“Red Sweater Blog – The Future of Blogger and MarsEdit”
I’m amazed that blogger is still around considering Google’s zeal in shuttering services that are only valued by non-advertising users.
This is not good.
It’s actually relatively nice out, considering the snow.
(Alt: cars covered with snow, bridge covered with snow, small park covered with snow)
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“Dimensions.Guide - Database of Dimensioned Drawings”
This is all kinds of awesome.
This is a really interesting paper that argues that the replicability problem in psychology isn’t just down to bad methodology and iffy statistics but caused by a lack of theoretical frameworks (links in tweet) mobile.twitter.com/mmuthukri…
“lit-html vs hyperHTML vs lighterhtml – Andrea Giammarchi – Medium”
All of these libraries are, honestly, really really good with slightly different pros and we’re honestly all lucky to have them as alternatives.
“Michael Tsai - Blog - Apple Retail Employees Aggressively Pushing iPhone Upgrades”
Ugh.
“Ariel Waldman » Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service”
This was written 11 years ago.
“Make it Boring — Jeremy Wagner”
MacOS is getting less and less baked with every release.
“The trap of early feedback - Seth’s Blog”
This. Related is the issue where everybody can see each other’s feedback and their opinions converge. One of the many reasons why I dislike Google Docs.
“Blockchain and Trust - Schneier on Security”
A version with less Wired.
“Using persona profiles to test accessibility - Accessibility in government”
This is an interesting tactic for early accessibility testing.
“The Machine Stops - The New Yorker”