Victor Loux — bookmarks

Silk is usually made from the cocoons spun by silkworms - but there is another, much rarer, cloth known as sea silk, or byssus, which comes from a clam.

Jonathan Shariat on Twitter: "How it feels to watch a user test your product for the first time. #UX http://t.co/IwcqECciFN"

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Telephone Keypad Design

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Decent Security | Cleaning and optimising a Windows computer

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Daring Fireball: On the Apple Watch Interaction Model and the Digital Crown

daringfireball.net/2015/05/apple_watch_interaction_model

Polari, the gay dialect, can be heard in this great short film “Putting on the Dish.”

slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/07/28/polari_the_gay_dialect_can_be_heard_in_this_great_short_film_putting_on.html

Of all the cultural forms that gay men have created and elaborated since coalescing into a social group around the late 19th century, Polari, a full-fledged gay English dialect with roots among circus folk, sailors, and prostitutes, has to be one of the most fascinating—not least since it has faded...

Cat Purr | Your Furry Friend's Noise, Online & Free

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Whether you're not at home, can't have a pet, or just need your purr fix right this moment, this soundscape can help you relax and emulate the soothing experience of snuggling up with your furry friend

Minitel and the French Internet: Path Dependence? by Julien Mailland :: SSRN

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Ten years before the invention of the Web and the popularization of the Internet, the French Minitel communication network was launched, about to become what th

Principle of least astonishment - Wikiwand

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The principle of least astonishment applies to user interface and software design, from the ergonomics standpoint.[1] It is alternatively referred to as the law or rule of least astonishment, or of least surprise.[2][3] "If a necessary feature has a high astonishment factor, it may be necessary to redesign the feature."[4]