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Weekly Links 05.27–06.02

Hello, 18F. (Ethan Marcotte)
Modern WordPress – Yikes! (Chris Coyier, Frontend Masters Boost)
A Pickpocket’s Story (kottke.org)
America’s best decade, according to data (kottke.org)
A Documentary Film About Jim Henson (kottke.org)
“My Bike Is Everything to Me” (kottke.org)
slash pages — “Slash pages are common pages you can add to your website, usually with a standard, root-level slug”
The different static site generators (and which one to choose) (Go Make Things)
Your site or app should work as much as possible without JavaScript (Go Make Things)
The different ways to build a resilient website or web app (Go Make Things)
A simpler way to build dynamic user interactions (Go Make Things)
Why paying down tech debt matters (Go Make Things)
Weeknotes 24:19 (Jeff Bridgforth)
Nice keyboards make me want to write blogs (Cassidy Williams)
Apple Music 100 Best Albums (Hicks.design)
The gift of a three-month sabbatical (Jeffrey Zeldman)
An Organizer’s Retrospective on the 11ty Conference (Zach Leatherman)

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Weekly Links 04.29–05.05

A live-action, 1950s version of The Simpsons and Futurama, imagined by AI (kottke.org)
Return to Hungary (Jeff Bridgforth)
Will Web Components replace React and Vue? (Go Make Things)
Your first Web Component (Go Make Things)
Adding options to your Web Component (Go Make Things)
Progressively enhancing a Web Component (Go Make Things)
Why is Windows 11 so annoying? (The Verge)
Bulletproof Method to Solving Problems (Jim Nielsen)
The Big Sur-ification of macOS Icons (Jim Nielsen)
Tokyo Dome (Louie Mantia)
LWF Distilling – White Rum & Spiced White Rum (The Rum Barrel Blog)
Use Your Old Mac as a Server or NAS Drive: Here’s How (Make Use Of)
Designing The Cascade (Robin Rendle)
iPhone 15 Precision Finding — Find Your Friends (YouTube) — Happy Star Wars Day!

News

It’s been a cold, rainy week here in Manhattan, Kansas. I don’t really like cold weather at all, and I’m somewhat dreading this winter with everything indoors still being somewhat risky. I think this week was especially bad because the temperature dropped so drastically so quickly. Luckily it looks like we have more warm weather ahead.

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An Event Apart: “Durable Design”

Jon Tan speaking at An Event Apart Orlando 2018 on October 9, 2018

We’ve come such a long way in the last 20 years from a grass-roots web standards movement to Wired magazine launching a standards-based interface in 2003, to today, with all the tools and methods that inform current web design. But, where next? This talk makes a radical argument for recidivism in our design thinking; a return to durable, aesthetic, and inclusive web design. Through evidence and examples, you’ll learn to design for serendipity, for speed, and for economy of time, resources, and attention. Durable design is responsive design for the next decade, and it starts now.

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An Event Apart: “The Way Of The Web”

Jeremy Keith speaking at An Event Apart Seattle 2018 on April 3, 2018.

Do you ever get overwhelmed by the ever-changing nature of web design and development? Exhausting, isn’t it? How are you supposed to know which technologies and tools you should invest your time in? Will they stick around or will you just have to relearn everything in another few months? Join Jeremy as he takes a tour of the past, present, and future of working on the web. From the building blocks of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript through to frameworks and libraries right up to the latest and greatest Progressive Web Apps, this talk will examine our collective assumptions with a critical eye. By learning from the past, we can make sensible design decisions today to build the web of tomorrow.

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An Event Apart Orlando 2016

I was fortunate enough to attend An Event Apart in Orlando this month. I’ve posted my complete notes separately, but below you will find some of the key themes from the conference as well as an overview of each talk. You can also take a look at Articles, Links, and Tools From An Event Apart Orlando 2016 for more information and resources.

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An Event Apart: “Unified Design”

Cameron Moll speaking at An Event Apart Orlando 2016 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World on October 5, 2016.

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