A Collection of Design Engineers
maggieappleton.com/design-engineersCollecting people I know who work at the intersection of design and engineering, in an attempt to figure out what a design engineer is
Germany adds Berlin’s techno scene to Unesco cultural heritage list | Germany | The Guardian
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/berlins-techno-scene-added-to-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-listList recognises techno scene’s contribution to Berlin’s cultural identity
The Great Toilet Rebrand
dwell.com/article/bailey-hikawa-toilet-seats-trone-toilet-trend-62247306After decades of being treated like something that’s better left unnoticed, designers are making toilets fun again.
From London to New York: Can quitting cars be popular?
bbc.com/future/article/20240122-from-london-to-new-york-can-quitting-cars-be-popularCities around the world reveal surprising truths about getting the public on board with cutting car-use.
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement
anildash.com/2024/02/06/wherever-you-get-podcasts/A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
David Barnard - Blog - Great Developers Steal Ideas, Not Products
davidbarnard.com/post/10339887834/great-developers-steal-ideas-not-productsTumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people.
Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That’s Only About Roads
gizmodo.com/competing-wikipedia-editors-only-about-roads-aaroads-1851298769A group of Wikipedia editors wrote 15,000 articles on US roads and highways. But after a fight over the platform's rules, they went rogue.
We need to talk about Jakob • Buttondown
buttondown.email/practicaltips/archive/we-need-to-talk-about-jakob/Jakob Nielsen woke up one morning last week and chose violence. If you haven’t read his recent post, “Accessibility Has Failed: Try Generative UI =...
A Family Dinner With My Wife and Girlfriend (Gift Article)
nytimes.com/2024/02/23/style/modern-love-alzheimers-family-dinner-with-my-wife-and-girlfriend.htmlLearning to love two women at once — one living with Alzheimer’s — is a challenge and a blessing.
The original WWW proposal is a Word for Macintosh 4.0 file from 1990, can we open it?
blog.jgc.org/2024/02/the-original-www-proposal-is-word-for.htmlThe W3C has a page with the original WWW proposal from Tim Berners-Lee. One of the downloads says The original document file (I think - I ...