Marcin WicharyJan 23

I’ve been working on this for a while, but let’s make it official: I started a little Tumblr-like microblog about software craft and quality!

You can sign up via RSS or a weekly newsletter digest. There’s already almost two months of content in there, if you just want to check it out.

Hope you like it!

https://unsung.aresluna.org/

Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

Show threadMarcin WicharyJan 26

I will occasionally link to a post from the blog that I feel really good about, if you don’t mind!

From this morning, a review of the documentary Koolhaas Houselife, ostensibly having nothing to do with UX design:

https://unsung.aresluna.org/movie-review-koolhaas-houselife/

Unsung

A microblog about software craft and quality

Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 2

A post about the pretty inspiring and strange software that is Strudel, sort of a command line/text editor for music. I want my CSS authoring to feel this way.

https://unsung.aresluna.org/we-can-go-deeper-by-patterning-inside-of-our-pattern/

“We can go deeper by patterning inside of our pattern” – Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 5

An appreciation of one tool that does screenshotting in a really interesting way, plus the history of how ⌘⇧3 and ⌘⇧4 ended up where they are.

https://unsung.aresluna.org/how-to-shoot-a-screen-using-a-board-of-keys/

How to shoot a screen using a board of keys – Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 10

I learned about this cool exhibit at ACMI in Melbourne today, and immediately had to write about it.

It simulates working at a help line for a videogame company in 1993, complete with fictitious games, and a physical 300-page binder of various documents. Amazing.

https://unsung.aresluna.org/this-sounds-completely-impractical-and-we-love-it/

“This sounds completely impractical and we love it.” – Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 12

I wrote a little bit about molly guards, or UI that protects you from other UI!†

I’m very curious if you have other examples I missed.

(† Not related to the street drug.)

https://unsung.aresluna.org/molly-guard-in-reverse/

Molly guard in reverse – Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 16
In which I celebrate the craft of Flickr’s original, amazing URL scheme: https://unsung.aresluna.org/unsung-heroes-flickrs-urls-scheme/
Unsung heroes: Flickr’s URLs scheme – Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

Show threadgosha
@mwichary Yes! Flickr was what made me pay attention to URLs as well. The thing I thought was a bit strange at the time is how the URL for the profile page was at a separate "root" path, `/people/mwichary`, which made the profile and photostream feel like two separate apps in a way. I remember wondering about that a lot!
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Show threadMarcin WicharyFeb 16
@gosha Oh yeah! I forgot about that.
Show threadPhil DokasFeb 16
@mwichary @gosha I can assure you it’s a perennial quandary. The truth is the origin of this particular pattern harkens back to the Game Never Ending era.
Show threadgoshaFeb 16
@dokas @mwichary Come on, man, don't leave us hanging like this! Tell us more!
Show threadPhil DokasFeb 16
@gosha @mwichary I can’t cite anything specific (too long ago, and before my time) but in the beginning when things were more amorphous it wasn’t entirely certainly that photos would be the whole show. “Social networks” were just beginning, and even Flickr let you list your favorite books, movies, etc back then. Setting up /people/ probably made sense for a lot of possible things to come.
Show threadgoshaFeb 16
@dokas @mwichary Thank you, that does make sense! It's very interesting to learn about how things/formats we now take for granted evolved and were solidified back then.