I keep wondering how big the ‘hidden’ podcasting ecosystem is; the podcasts not listed on or followed via any of the centralised podcast registries. Where somebody has just thrown a url in a podcast app or feed reader.
It’s definitely not zero.
“Refactoring CSS: Strategy, Regression Testing And Maintenance (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine”
Genuinely think that whoever okayed this change in behaviour should be fired. And then whoever hired them should be fired as well. Infuriating change www.howtogeek.com/696775/ho…
“Why it’s okay for web components to use frameworks - Read the Tea Leaves”
The whole “automation increases employment in the long run” example of ATMs not reducing teller jobs didn’t look at a long enough time scale.
Namely, post-2010 you do indeed see a massive reduction in teller jobs in many countries. (40% decline here in Iceland).
“Pixels of the Week – August 1, 2021 by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.”
So glad that I left the UK on the eve of the Brexit vote. And I’m also glad that I left Quebec to return home.
The more I hear from musicians who have essentially quit the business because of how little it pays after streaming took over…
…the more I’m starting to think that publishing initially “nope”-ing out of VC-funded subscription sites might have been a good idea
Another SVG experiment.
“Aligning a Button Label Vertically - Ahmad Shadeed”
Neat solution for a common problem.
“From Iceland — Food Of Iceland: Landi”
Turns out you can now buy landi (Icelandic moonshine) legally in Iceland. A brewer in Borgarfjörður is making it. 😱
“The big blowups in any field aren’t typically caused by a lack of smarts. The catastrophes are typically caused by extreme intelligence that causes people to believe their own dangerous stories”
Smart people have a knack for fooling themselves
Opening up my feed reader app in the morning feels the same as opening the newspaper in the morning felt 20 years ago. Except all the articles are interesting and the cartoons are amazing.
“Nobody gives a hoot about groupthink – Baldur Bjarnason”
Where I write about the two bad software ideas everybody keeps reimplementing.
“Safari isn’t protecting the web, it’s killing it - HTTP Toolkit”
This is a great post. Specifically avoids speculation on Apple’s motivation. Lists concrete harms and bugs. Points out the slow update cadence. 👍🏻