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Weekend Reading — The New Math
The new math
Design Objective
Creating distraction-free reading experiences:
It’s our job as designers to bring clarity back to the digital canvas by crafting reading experiences that put readers first.
Try something new on every project:
All it takes a little bravery. Throw caution to the wind, take a few risks and go on, try a different font. You never know, you just might like it!
“Accessible first” needs to become a catchphrase like “mobile first” – both encourage focus on the user rather than flash/egotism
How PornHub Is Bringing its A-Game (SFW) Great use of social media and UX.
mmminimal A blend of tasteful designs and articles based on the concept of minimalism.
Tools of the Trade
The Subtle Magic Behind Why the Bootstrap 3 Grid Works If you work with Bootstrap, read this to make sense of columns, rows and containers.
Use the Unofficial Bash Strict Mode (Unless You Looove Debugging):
this causes bash to behave in a way that makes many classes of subtle bugs impossible. You'll spend much less time debugging, and also avoid having unexpected complications in production.
sourceful/awesome-javascript A collection of awesome browser-side JavaScript libraries, resources and shiny things.
sourceful/awesome-nodejs A curated list of delightful Node.js packages and resources.
GitHub Linker A Chrome extension that links package.json dependencies to their respective project page.
dialog element demo Currently supported in Chrome, polyfill available, of course.
xdomain A pure JavaScript CORS alternative, for those cases where CORS support is iffy.
ORM is a software design pattern popular among people that think it will work this time
Lines of Code
The Open Source Identity Crisis A must read about diversity and and open source. But also rooted in the myth that open source is Linux. Linux is not a good example of what open source is, could or should be.
The real trick is knowing when a new feature adds linear complexity (its own weight only) or geometric complexity (interacts with other features). Both should be avoided, but the latter requires extra-convincing justification.
When you hear a programmer say, "It shouldn't be possible for that to happen", it is possible, and it is happening.
Locked Doors
The Apple backdoor that wasn't
People were told to essentially freak out over iPhones allowing people who know the passcode and pairing information to use the device.
Yo: why the silliest app in tech makes the NSA look ridiculous If nothing else, Yo illustrates the intrusiveness of metadata collection.
The Web never forgets: Persistent tracking mechanisms in the wild Canvas fingerprinting, evercookies, and cookie syncing.
None of the Above
Scientists: Rich People, Poor People May Have Shared Common Ancestor
Guess The Twitter Source Guess the source;: TechCrunch, Hacker News, Onion or Product Hunt?
The Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments Is fantastic.
The Fasinatng … Frustrating … Fascinating History of Autocorrect So why is autocorrect so ducked up?
25 Totally Excruciating Silicon Valley Problems
Intelligent Internet-connected device tired of being called a ‘Thing'