danielnixon

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by danielnixon 5y ago
It’s only a AAA (i.e. least critical) requirement, but justified text is an accessibility issue according to WCAG. https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/failures/F88.html
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by danielnixon 6y ago
You might like this https://www.berglas.org/Articles/ImportantThatSoftwareFails/...
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by danielnixon 6y ago
Smartness is a zero-sum game http://www.roughtype.com/?p=6452
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by danielnixon 6y ago
I like these two articles on the topic of Tristan Harris: https://www.wired.com/story/tech-needs-to-listen-to-actual-r... https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/03/why-silicon-val
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‘The Innovation Delusion’ Review: Mistaking Novelty for Progress(wsj.com)
5 points by danielnixon 6y ago|0 comments
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by danielnixon 6y ago
http://themaintainers.org/blog/2019/7/30/why-do-people-negle...
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by danielnixon 6y ago
I think about 'Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail' a lot. https://www.berglas.org/Articles/ImportantThatSoftwareFails/... It's been posted a few times over the years: https:/&#x2F
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by danielnixon 6y ago
* https://reallifemag.com/ * https://logicmag.io/
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Australian Government to pay back $721m as it scraps Robodebt(abc.net.au)
2 points by danielnixon 6y ago|0 comments
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A Brief History of the Gig(logicmag.io)
1 points by danielnixon 6y ago|0 comments
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Why do corporations speak the way they do?(thecut.com)
1 points by danielnixon 7y ago|1 comments
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by danielnixon 7y ago
> I personally have never understood the point of trying to limit what actions are being dispatched. As long as your reducers and action creators are well typed, it shouldn't matter what other actions might be sent through. The valu
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by danielnixon 7y ago
Counterpoint: https://lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2020/01/19/no-dynamic-typ...
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by danielnixon 7y ago
Nicholas Carr, 2015: In suggesting that driving is no more than a boring, productivity-sapping waste of time, the Valley guys are mistaking a personal bias for a universal truth. And they’re blinding themselves to the social and cultural c
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Loitering Objects(reallifemag.com)
1 points by danielnixon 7y ago|0 comments
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Calling data “the new oil” takes its exploitation for granted(reallifemag.com)
9 points by danielnixon 7y ago|1 comments
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Var, Technology and Human Judgment(kenanmalik.com)
2 points by danielnixon 7y ago|1 comments
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by danielnixon 7y ago
I heard an interesting critique of this from Liz Jackson at Webstock this year [0] [1] [2]. > Unfortunately there are two problems with this ad. First, by relying on text without including visual descriptions, LEGO made their announcemen
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The Face of the Franchise(reallifemag.com)
1 points by danielnixon 7y ago|0 comments
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Woke AI Won’t Save Us(logicmag.io)
1 points by danielnixon 7y ago|0 comments
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Get Realer(reallifemag.com)
1 points by danielnixon 7y ago|0 comments
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by danielnixon 7y ago
Nor in some cases even read at all https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-cont...
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Technology Wants You to Disappear (2017)(kneelingbus.net)
2 points by danielnixon 7y ago|0 comments
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Engineers Don't Solve Problems (2018)(logicmag.io)
97 points by danielnixon 7y ago|51 comments
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by danielnixon 7y ago
I like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13485953
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The Tyranny of Trendy Ideas(chronicle.com)
3 points by danielnixon 7y ago|0 comments
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by danielnixon 7y ago
Nicholas Carr wrote a great piece on this exact topic. You might like it. It looks like his site is struggling so I'll include an archive.org link too. Here are his last three paragraphs: "There’s something bigger going on here, a
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95 Theses on Innovation (2015)(leevinsel.com)
1 points by danielnixon 7y ago|0 comments
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Harvester of Eyes(reallifemag.com)
12 points by danielnixon 7y ago|1 comments
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Near, Far, Wherever You Are(reallifemag.com)
39 points by danielnixon 7y ago|11 comments

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