Collecting
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For the RSS lovers in the room, we hear you.
The argument for and against banning TikTok, the staggering magnitude of data stolen by the Meta Pixel.
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AI Fireside Chat - Scott Salisbury and Matt Garbutt - DIBI Conference 2023.
Thirty minutes of honest conversation about the inputs and outputs of machine learning, what drives our motivation to use it and the ethics of our choices. There were some really interesting questions from a research standpoint that makes me want to track down the other talks.
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For the RSS lovers in the room, we hear you.
If you’re looking for some delicious brain food to feed upon look no further than the smart folks at optional.is/feeds/ – All killer, no filler.
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Wakuni Cafe: New Tokyo Cafe Made from 700 Bronze Plates Salvaged from Hayatani Shrine
Beautiful regenerative project in Tokyo using ~80 year old bronze plates salvaged from Hayatani Shrine in Hiroshima.
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Lists, scribbles and doodles.
I’ve not carried a notebook on me for years. I blame Covid-19 and the promise of digital knowledge management tools. Anyway, I recently broke the seal on my cache of Analog.is notebooks and took a few on my trip to Japan. I now don’t go anywhere without one and a 0.5 Pilot Drawing Pen. I love the experimental approach to notebook design by the folks at Optional.is
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First day, first commute.
My first day back into the Clearleft office was made all the more easier with an almost-off-road commute through the South Downs. Splendid!
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Introducing Eleventy to an eleven-year-old
Spent a couple of hours blowing the mind of an eleven-year-old with Eleventy layout and partial includes. Lots of ear-to-ear grins and excited squeaks. Kudos to @andy@bell.bz for making his Eleventy From Scratch resource available for free. Granted it’s a few years old but has explained the few concepts I need really well. Looking forward to porting my own site to Eleventy over the Christmas break.
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Goodbye engagement vanity metrics
One thing I’m really enjoying about the Mastodon reading experience is the concealment of a post’s engagement vanity metrics. With the number of Boosts, Favourites, Bookmarks and to some degree replies all hidden at the feed level, I find I focus more on the content.
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Teaching how to fish
I spent some of yesterday afternoon teaching my son some very basic principles of HTML and CSS. The delight on his face when he figured out where he was going wrong and fixed a few bugs by himself.
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How to embrace inclusivity in UX research
Kelly Erickson gives some useful tips on how to make our research more inclusive.