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Annual Performance Reviews Ruin Everything "There is hardly an area of work, psychological safety, growth, collaboration or equity that annual...
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"There is hardly an area of work, psychological safety, growth, collaboration or equity that annual performance reviews don’t undermine. Think I’m exaggerating? Have I got a (long) post for you…. "
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Why is open source software so badly designed? “It could have been so great, but why is it so ugly and difficult to use?” people trying open...
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You're making me buy a new phone My iPhone SE 2016 is a good one. It’s easy to handle with one hand. The screen is more than...
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Floor796 "An ever-expanding animation scene depicting the everyday life of the 796th floor of the huge space...
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"An ever-expanding animation scene depicting the everyday life of the 796th floor of the huge space station "
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UXers and Product Managers Both Say Others Intrude on Their Work "Summary: A survey of 372 UX and PM professionals shows that duplicative work is frequent and...
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"Summary: A survey of 372 UX and PM professionals shows that duplicative work is frequent and generates confusion and inefficiency. The first four questions are discussed in this article. A companion article covers the last two. "
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Silly predictions Okay, just because it may be fun to look back at this in 2025, here’s what I believe will happen:...
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Okay, just because it may be fun to look back at this in 2025, here’s what I believe will happen:...
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The future of blogging I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post...
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I still frequently post things on social media, even if I prefer blogging. Publishing a blog post with preview images,...
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Aaand we're back in quarantine PCR test of one of the children in our oldests’ daycare group was positive. Keeping our youngest at...
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PCR test of one of the children in our oldests’ daycare group was positive. Keeping our youngest at home too,...
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How to pick the least wrong colors I do have a formal design education, but I can very much relate with Matthew’s feeling incompetent...
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I do have a formal design education, but I can very much relate with Matthew’s feeling incompetent and love how he managed to turn a ton of research into an algorithm.
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Design and art In high school I wanted to become someone who draws comics or cartoons for a living. I wasn’t too...
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In high school I wanted to become someone who draws comics or cartoons for a living. I wasn’t too concerned...
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100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying "1 Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night).2 On the fence about a...
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"1 Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night).2 On the fence about a purchase? Wait 72 hours before you buy it.3 Tip: the quickest supermarket queue is always behind the fullest trolley (greeting, paying and packing take longer than you think).4 Bring...
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Cured The official test earlier this week was negative too. Most of the symptoms are gone, but some days I...
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The official test earlier this week was negative too. Most of the symptoms are gone, but some days I cough...
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  Spent most of the day in bed with a cold. Head feels pretty clear though. I feel bad, but I’m...
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Spent most of the day in bed with a cold. Head feels pretty clear though. I feel bad, but I’m...
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Pure CSS Parallax Websites "This article demonstrates how to use CSS transforms, perspective and some scaling trickery to...
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"This article demonstrates how to use CSS transforms, perspective and some scaling trickery to create a pure CSS parallax scrolling website. If you find this article useful and want to explore CSS Parallax further, you may find my follow-up article “Practical CSS Parallax” an...
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LOADMORE "loadmo.re is a mobile-websites showcase initiated by DVTK. The curation was initially based on our...
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"loadmo.re is a mobile-websites showcase initiated by DVTK. The curation was initially based on our own selection and is now meant to grow through submissions from our online community. From its earliest days, digital design practice has been focused on creating interfaces for...
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Quarantine Until this week, we have been lucky with our daycare. Apart from the occasional positive tests, I’m...
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Until this week, we have been lucky with our daycare. Apart from the occasional positive tests, I’m not aware of...
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Looking back When I started this journal, it was still very unclear what it would mean to get covid. If only I...
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When I started this journal, it was still very unclear what it would mean to get covid. If only I...
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Blogging or posting on social media—what's better? I wrote about the benefits of blogging before. That was four years ago. Now I have some things to...
over a year ago
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Life After Lifestyle One of the best and most inspiring articles I read this year.
over a year ago
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  Our oldest got his second jab today. If we’re lucky it’s just in time for him not to join the...
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Our oldest got his second jab today. If we’re lucky it’s just in time for him not to join the...
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Do we just have a common cold? Our children have been coughing for over a week and have been tested negatively for covid five or...
over a year ago
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Holograms, light-leaks and how to build CSS-only shaders. "With mix-blend-mode finally gaining wide browser-support, we now have access to many of most common...
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"With mix-blend-mode finally gaining wide browser-support, we now have access to many of most common shading techniques in CSS. With some choice images and a bit of careful layering it’s possible to build some surprisingly high-quality effects without the need for introducing any...
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Phone is Still the Best Way to Order Pizza "When ordering pizza for pickup, there is no easier way to do it than using a phone. On average, it...
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"When ordering pizza for pickup, there is no easier way to do it than using a phone. On average, it takes no more than 20 seconds: There are many, many websites and apps that partner with local pizza shops. Often these apps require you to sign up or add excess information. "
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How to make volunteer-driven open source projects successful Success can come in many ways. But many aspire to have a big user base: it’s nice if your open...
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Build internal tools with YAML YAML is terrible, because a wrong indentation (was it spaces or tabs?) can break your application....
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YAML is terrible, because a wrong indentation (was it spaces or tabs?) can break your application. That aside, this looks very useful for many projects.
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Remix Icon - Open source icon library "Remix Icon is a set of open source neutral style system symbols elaborately crafted for designers...
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"Remix Icon is a set of open source neutral style system symbols elaborately crafted for designers and developers. All of the icons are free to use for both personal and commercial. "
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CSS background patterns I love how much we can do with CSS today, without loading a single picture.
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I sold Big Timer Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so...
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Five months ago I sold my countdown timer web app, Big Timer! I never really announced that, so here’s what...
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The new heroes of design I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to...
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I used to have several design heroes I looked up to. But when I changed from industrial design to digital...
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Smooth Shadow "Make a smooth css shadow "
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A not so gentle intro to web3 Almost everything web3-related is a grift based on getting people to buy crypto. Although the...
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Almost everything web3-related is a grift based on getting people to buy crypto. Although the distributed part of blockchain technology...
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SVG Turbulance Effect for Text This approach allows for some next level design options!
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The Climate Game — Can you reach net zero? I lost my position as global minister for future generations because I spent my effort points to...
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I lost my position as global minister for future generations because I spent my effort points to fast to reach net zero.
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Tabler Icons Open source icons by Paweł Kuna
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Ugh Feeling pretty bad today. I mean for a day on which I feel a lot better than the day before....
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Feeling pretty bad today. I mean for a day on which I feel a lot better than the day before....
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The terminal for the 21st century "Warp is a blazingly fast, rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up to work like a modern...
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Positive? The children’s coughs are almost gone. Our youngest was supposed to get her first swimming lesson....
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The children’s coughs are almost gone. Our youngest was supposed to get her first swimming lesson. But because I wasn’t...
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Knots 3D "Feel free to explore our knot catalog and learn how to tie over 150 knots! "
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The end I will now close this journal. I’m optimistic about my recovery. It seems like a good time to end...
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I will now close this journal. I’m optimistic about my recovery. It seems like a good time to end this...