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mwillis
8d ago
Organizing information could be considered its own form of (self-inflicted) torment.
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25d ago
This 3 minute song creates a fleeting portrait of a man, not necessarily Bieber, who we cannot know. The song captures the mindset of a character who, one might infer, cynically knows what he’s trying to do. It’s possible he has no interest
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29d ago
This is cool. The various, odd “error” shots are (subjectively) more interesting than the ones that went to plan.
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3mo ago
I’d guess because Canadians often rely on American tech infrastructure by default, and current events are shining a light on the vulnerability inherent in that arrangement. It’s a line that speaks to a potential Canadian user base who doesn
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4mo ago
We’re in a transitional time. A lot of things will feel off until we figure out what “right” feels like. Critiques like this are correct, but correct only for as long as the circumstances stay as they are. Which they won’t.
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6mo ago
A six-week road trip sounds amazing. A six-week road trip with lots of interstate driving does not.
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7mo ago
maybe it’s just some quirk of how my fingers work, but when typing with two hands, I constantly get the letter “n” where I want a space. Itngetsnquitenfrustrating and it’s really annoying to go back and correct, because none of the intermed
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7mo ago
Why, in this given scenario, does the individual’s mandate to their company automatically trump the mandate given to them by an ethical society, or even their own moral code? Why is this position held up as infallible? The situation could e
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7mo ago
I truly believe psychology is at the root of this. People start families when the optimism they feel about the future outweighs the pessimism. Even if this evaluation is done subconsciously. At some point, in first-world society - averaging
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8mo ago
Fantastic technique and deep dive. I will say, I was hoping to see an improved implementation of the Cognition cube array as the payoff at the end. The whole thing reminded me of the blogger/designer who, years ago, showed YouTube how
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8mo ago
wildly cool, nice job!
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8mo ago
https://mwillis.com I recently updated layouts and UX but haven’t quite rolled out changes evenly across older content.
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8mo ago
reading is tougher though
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9mo ago
The “place” aspect of the process needs some refinement. On iOS, it triggers the page bump (and necessitates and extra click) because it’s aligned at the bottom of the page. Having the “place” action hover near the selected object could be
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9mo ago
say more?
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10mo ago
A medal for finishing a marathon is not the same thing as a participation trophy.
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10mo ago
Always thought Wordle and similar computer games were just variants of Mastermind, forms of which go back many decades, if not further. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game)
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1y ago
I hate the hate on Comic Sans. It’s not, by itself, bad UX. It’s not really UX at all. And used properly it has an important place in design. Try all uppercase - it’s an excellent simulacrum of comic book lettering.