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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don’t know if this is spicy (I honestly don’t even know what “spicy” means anymore on the internet), but wrote what I learned about making a bug process work for more people than just engineers: https://unsung.aresluna.org/how-to-make-sure-a-designer-never-files-a-bug-again/
How to make sure a designer never files a bug again – Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

For my 150th (!) post, a look back at Apple’s breathing lights: https://unsung.aresluna.org/just-a-little-detail-that-wouldnt-sell-anything/
“Just a little detail that wouldn’t sell anything” – Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

@mwichary @tokeriis I still miss the breathing light and the outside battery indicator. So useful.
@Kristofferabild same. They conveyed important information.