“Dithering and Open Versus Free – Stratechery by Ben Thompson”

Specialised subscription web sites are already a big thing and I’m cautiously optimistic that specialised subscription podcasts will be one as well.

“Dithering and Open Versus Free – Stratechery by Ben Thompson”

“Fundamentals of Layout in Interface Design (UI) - Muzli - Design Inspiration”

“Work on the System - esther derby associates, inc.”

“Own your platform - Go Make Things”

“Infinite Comics: A look back at the made-for-digital format - The Beat”

“as days pass by — Hammer and nails”

“The Automation of Note-Taking and the Just-In-Time Future of Work - Forte Labs”

“Why we at $FAMOUS_COMPANY Switched to $HYPED_TECHNOLOGY”

“The Myth of Metaphor”

“Most of what we know we learn without understanding”

“The Myth of Metaphor”

“They’d much rather be successful than be knowledgeable, a state that is often hard for engineers to understand.”

“Hammer and Nails”

This post frames the SPA problem in a way that makes a lot of sense.

“Second-guessing the modern web - macwright.org”

This makes some good points.

‘“Too Much Text”: What to Do About that Feedback - sharpen.page: A Product Sharpening Service’

“ongoing by Tim Bray · Responses”

“If you want to go live with this story you should do it with the actual people who got fired”

“Inclusive inputs - Go Make Things”

“Inclusive Inputs « Texte - ovl – code & design”

Love the design here.

“Productivity: what is it good for? – On my Om”

“What is the big deal about being productive and productivity in this unprecedented time? How can we ignore the ambient anxiety of living in this new strange (for now) normal?”

“Do Software Developers Hate Marketing?”

“The Unpaid Labor That Drives Tech Forward”

“Educational Crises and Ed-Tech: A History”

“Reducing Design Risk — Smashing Magazine”

“On “alpha” men, sexual contagion, and poorly disguised misogyny – Going Medieval”

An added dimension is that this discussion started with a picture of Hafþór Júlíus who has both been accused of spousal violence in the past and confessed to steroid use.

.Education Outrage: Please don’t try to put your course online….”

A decent list of dos and don’ts from somebody who has worked in online learning for a looooong time.

“How Neoliberalism Destroyed Capitalism - Ian Welsh”