Out of Office Hours
outofofficehours.com/Creating dialog between newcomers and people working in the tech industry.
There are a dozen ways to order a coffee. Why do dumb bots only allow one? – Assist Blog – Medium
medium.com/assist/theres-a-dozen-ways-to-order-a-coffee-why-do-dumb-bots-only-allow-one-27230542636dThis is how we believe the future of bots can truly deliver an experience people love. Give people the ability to navigate without a defined path, while also being able to change their mind at any time.
CamingoCode - Webfont & Desktop font « MyFonts
myfonts.com/fonts/jan-fromm/camingo-code/CamingoCode is a monospaced typeface designed for source-code editors. A compact appearance and a moderate line height provide for good legibility and make writing code a pleasure. It is based on CamingoMono, but has several...
Wikipedia redesign
jgthms.com/wikipedia-redesign.htmlBut you’re missing the point of designing websites. And if you provide a Wikipedia redesign only to dismiss everything that made its success, and insert your own version of Dribbble’s latest trends, then you’re probably not worth hiring because you’re incapable of analyzing the core purpose of a project and tackling real-world problems.
A Surreal Trip to a Domain-Names Conference - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/domain-names-dot-horse/516438/… where misspelled URLs are auctioned off for tens of thousands of dollars. Ingrid Burrington
Grammar badness makes cracking harder the long password | Ars Technica
arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/grammar-badness-makes-cracking-harder-the-long-password/Password crackers get an English lesson.
50 shades of blk · broccolini/50shadesofblk
github.com/broccolini/50shadesofblkEven when we refer to black, we will still think of many different hex refs other than #000000. There are innumerable versions of black, yet nomenclature for the color is inadequate. This library of black color palettes attempts to explore the many variations of black, taken from well-known design systems and inspired by fictional sources.
Gay marriage: the database engineering perspective @ Things Of Interest
qntm.org/gayAnd then they hit "submit" and the information is filed away electronically in databases which simply keel over or belch integrity errors when presented with something so profound as a man and another man who love each other enough to want to file joint tax returns.
jvns/pandas-cookbook: Recipes for using Python's pandas library
github.com/jvns/pandas-cookbookpandas-cookbook - Recipes for using Python's pandas library
AutomatingOSINT.com - Learn How to Automate OSINT Collection
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Designers are Boring
deardesignstudent.com/designers-are-boring-9eba8cdf4346The problem with the tiresome categories I listed above is a matter of approach. They’re technical and process-oriented. They care for means, but rarely for ends. They demonstrate “how” thinking at the expense of “why”.