Victor Loux Bookmarks

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Formulas for optical adjustments

bjango.com/articles/opticaladjustments/
A long-standing trope of the design world is that computers are bad at aligning and balancing the relative scales of elements. This is incorrect.

All the user-facing states – Eric Bailey

ericwbailey.website/published/all-the-user-facing-states/
User-facing state is what someone experiences when they interact with (or try to interact with) an element in some capacity

Modern iOS Navigation Patterns · Frank Rausch

frankrausch.com/ios-navigation
An unofficial bonus chapter for the iOS Human Interface Guidelines: Learn how to structure iPhone apps with drill-downs, modals, pyramids, sequences, and more.

CallToInspiration – Small details for very exacting ideas!

calltoinspiration.com/
Call for inspiration using the purple hat for when you have inspiration blocks or need fresh new ideas. A great tool created by a deisnger for web professionals.

Page Flows - user flow design inspiration

pageflows.com/
See how top brands design their onboarding, upgrading, downgrading and other key user flows

Online sandbox arena for playing board games just like in real life

tabletopia.com/
Play online Cartographers, Paleo, Wingspan, Carcassonne, Secret Hitler, Calico and other 2000+ board games on Tabletopia

Get It Done

boz.com/articles/get-it-done
Too often people do the best they can with what they have when they should instead get it done

The story of VaccinateCA

worksinprogress.co/issue/the-story-of-vaccinateca
Nobody had a plan to get vaccines out of freezers and into Americans’ arms–except VaccinateCA. Its CEO tells the story of how a small team brought order to a chaotic rollout.

Eyecandy - Visual Technique Library

eycndy.com/
The visual technique library for visual technique lovers. Enjoy. Learn. Don't gatekeep.

Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"

semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither
Leaked Internal Google Document Claims Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google and OpenAI

Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey? | The New Yorker

newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey
As it’s currently imagined, the technology promises to concentrate wealth and disempower workers. Is an alternative possible?