Victor Loux — bookmarks

Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work? - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html

I saw the greatest minds of my generation log 18-hour days — and then boast about #hustle on Instagram. When did performative workaholism become a lifestyle?

Why Gen Z Loves Closed Captioning – The Upgrade – Medium

medium.com/s/the-upgrade/why-gen-z-loves-closed-captioning-ec4e44b8d02f

These were the words from my college-aged daughter when I caught her lounging on our couch, streaming Friends with 24-point closed captioning on. She has no hearing impairment, and I wanted to know…

What Parallax Lacks

nngroup.com/articles/parallax-usability/

How the Appetite for Emojis Complicates the Effort to Standardize the World’s Alphabets - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2017/10/18/magazine/how-the-appetite-for-emojis-complicates-the-effort-to-standardize-the-worlds-alphabets.html

Move Slowly and Fix Things - Signal v. Noise

m.signalvnoise.com/move-slowly-and-fix-things/

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If you want to be a writer, you have to be a reader first

austinkleon.com/2019/01/22/if-you-want-to-be-a-writer-you-have-to-be-a-reader-first/

Gin’s Journey in Britain, From ‘Mother’s Ruin’ to a Hipster Drink - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2019/01/13/business/gin-industry-drinks-britain.html

How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist – Tristan Harris

tristanharris.com/2016/05/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8afrom-a-magician-and-googles-design-ethicist/

Reader Mode: The Button to Beat | CSS-Tricks

css-tricks.com/reader-mode-the-button-to-beat/

As a young nerd, I loved to immerse myself in digital worlds, learning the ins and outs of the rules someone else had created for me (intentionally or

Building websites for Safari Reader Mode and other reading apps.

medium.com/@mandy.michael/building-websites-for-safari-reader-mode-and-other-reading-apps-1562913c86c9

Alternate reading modes offer users improved readability and options for personalisation — people can choose to use these tools for any number of reasons including better accessibility with improved…

I’m a Grocery Store Tourist - The Billfold

thebillfold.com/2018/05/im-a-grocery-store-tourist/

Opinion | The Economics of Soaking the Rich - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tax-policy-dance.html

The Definitive Guide to Form Label Positioning — SitePoint

sitepoint.com/definitive-guide-form-label-positioning/

Labels are central to good form design but there are many views on where to position them. Jessica Enders delivers the final word in form label positioning.

Baseline Rules for Scrollbar Usability | Adrian Roselli

adrianroselli.com/2019/01/baseline-rules-for-scrollbar-usability.html

The Elements of UI Engineering - Overreacted

overreacted.io/the-elements-of-ui-engineering/

What makes UI engineering difficult?

Have you tried to dab some coconut oil on your spine? - Accessibility Scotland

accessibility.scot/have-you-tried-to-dab-some-coconut-oil-on-your-spine/

Design Ethics and the Limits of the Ethical Designer | Viget

viget.com/articles/design-ethics-and-the-limits-of-the-ethical-designer/

Les manuels Roret | Le blog de Gallica

gallica.bnf.fr/blog/01022018/les-manuels-roret

Les Manuels Roret ont été publiés de 1822 à 1939. Riche de près de 400 titres, cette collection éditoriale constitue une encyclopédie des savoir-faire et des techniques professionnelles d’une grande variété.

Consistency in Design is the Wrong Approach – Medium

medium.com/@jmspool/consistency-in-design-is-the-wrong-approach-3cfbc87a327

Six Years With a Distraction-Free iPhone – Member Feature Stories – Medium

medium.com/s/story/six-years-with-a-distraction-free-iphone-8cf5eb4f97e3