Ruth — of systems & design“If you're designing architecture without understanding needs, you're not designing.
You're doing art.”
Source: https://twitter.com/ceilfors/status/1705899950742413656
Yoshi Carroll
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David M. Levinson ⁂xkcd: Urban Planning Opinion Progression https://xkcd.com/2832/
sdwMeet the Orion Video System. It’s an advanced new software application that turns your iPad into an HDMI monitor.
We had a ton of fun making this. From unboxing (yes, really) to CRT emulation, to custom VCR OSD style typefaces. Get it now — it’s free. http://orion.tube
Peter Richardson“She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough. Her dogged efforts lead to a new scientific discovery that may help others with long covid and other chronically fatiguing illnesses”
No paywall link: http://wapo.st/3Pem0G4
Molly White
mhoyeThere is such a thing as community accessibility, of the ergonomics of getting involved. It is _extremely common_ for smart, determined people to hit failure after failure during an install process, and decide this project or community just isn't for them. Open Source projects often end up self-selecting for people who coincidentally have not just hardware or software but _cultural expectations_ identical to the primary developers, because all of those failures are completely invisible.
louisa_ :)In the mid 20th century, there was a demand for "low background steel" - steel produced prior to the detonation of nuclear bombs because steel produced at the time was contaminated by background radiation.
In the mid 21st century, I wonder if they'll be a similar demand for hard copy books that were produced before the contamination of AI misinformation.
Cat HicksI wrote about the idea of craft -- a concept I've been hearing a lot lately in conversations about software work and often find myself wrangling with. But it also turned out to be about my grandpa. In a year of many losses, I have been thinking a lot about those I love and try to take with me in everything I do.
On Craft
My grandpa -- my Missouri grandpa, who played slide guitar to me when I got homesick on the rare occasions I stayed with them -- grew up on a farm without electricity. He went past eighth grade, which really mattered to him. He loved that I played harp, which he always called "elegant," in an extremely Missouri accent, an accent that hugged every syllable. Since living in California, I never hear this way of speaking. Recently I heard his accent on TV and cried unexpectedly, ugly crying, startli
Marcin WicharyLast week I went with my friend to Galloping Ghost near Chicago, thinking it’d be a smallish arcade. Turns out it might be the biggest in the world, with north of 600 classic arcade games.
Doug WilsonFinally read the full story of Laika and I both love the story *more* and *less* now?
