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Time for another #DigitalDeclutter, as Cal Newport outlined in #DigitalMinimalism:1. Put aside 30 days for forgoing optional technologies.2....

Time for another #DigitalDeclutter, as Cal Newport outlined in #DigitalMinimalism:
1. Put aside 30 days for forgoing optional technologies.
2. During this period, explore meaningful activities.
3. Resume using technologies in a way that maximises their value for you.

I’ll be off Mastodon — and other social media — until Easter or later.

https://calnewport.com/writing/#:~:text=Digital%20Minimalism:%20Choosing%20a%20Focused%20Life%20in%20a%20Noisy%20World

“We’ve moved from humans learning to speak computer to computers learning to understand humans and I, for one, don’t want to go...

“We’ve moved from humans learning to speak computer to computers learning to understand humans and I, for one, don’t want to go backwards, […]. Let’s make the computers figure out what we want, not the other way around.”
—Luke Wroblewski
https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?2085

“Given the boring magic of the original tap, it’s surprising that we frequently encounter taps today that are badly designed. Many of...

“Given the boring magic of the original tap, it’s surprising that we frequently encounter taps today that are badly designed. Many of them are so unintuitive and complex it’s now common to see a set of A4 printed instructions next to a tap.”
—Ben Terrett, Public Digital
https://public.digital/pd-insights/blog/2025/01/taps-and-the-case-of-boring-magic-in-design

Here’s a 30-day guest pass for “Waking Up”, in case you want to make meditation your New Year’s...

Here’s a 30-day guest pass for “Waking Up”, in case you want to make meditation your New Year’s Resolution.
https://dynamic.wakingup.com/guestpass/SC581BD2C

📗 @nsmsn has kindly let me know that @timbrown has made his @typesetting book available for free: https://FlexibleTypesetting.com …and...

📗 @nsmsn has kindly let me know that @timbrown has made his @typesetting book available for free: https://FlexibleTypesetting.com …and so I’ve added that link to my “Authors Apart” webpage: https://alandalton.github.io/Authors-Apart/

“I want to be blunt: I think if you knowingly create a product that isn’t #accessible, then you are directly contributing to the social...

“I want to be blunt: I think if you knowingly create a product that isn’t #accessible, then you are directly contributing to the social repression of disabled people.”
—@cennydd
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_GDF-mKTE&t=10m12s

“Really, #accessibility for me is a value judgement […] of who is worth our effort. In fact we’re making a value judgement on who we...

“Really, #accessibility for me is a value judgement […] of who is worth our effort. In fact we’re making a value judgement on who we regard as human. So I think it’s time we reframe accessibility as a key issue of #SocialJustice.”
—@cennydd
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_GDF-mKTE&t=9m55s

“#Accessibility […] is sometimes seen as either a bit of a nuisance, or a solved problem as an #engineering technique. […] I see...

“#Accessibility […] is sometimes seen as either a bit of a nuisance, or a solved problem as an #engineering technique. […] I see accessibility as a #design — and an #ethical — challenge. It’s still very current to us.”
—@cennydd
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_GDF-mKTE&t=9m37s

“Still, as the first day of #GoogleIO wound down, it was hard to escape the feeling that the #web as we know it is entering a kind of...

“Still, as the first day of #GoogleIO wound down, it was hard to escape the feeling that the #web as we know it is entering a kind of managed decline.”
—@caseynewton
https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/

I’m trying another #DigitalDeclutter, as #CalNewport outlined in his #DigitalMinimalism book. I’ll be off Mastodon — and other social...

I’m trying another #DigitalDeclutter, as #CalNewport outlined in his #DigitalMinimalism book. I’ll be off Mastodon — and other social media — until April at least.

👋

https://twitter.com/RealAlanDalton/status/1620865064382173200

@adactio’s website was smashing But its LAMP stack was practically crashing Because his notes all have linksTo which Mastodon syncs But he...

@adactio’s website was smashing
But its LAMP stack was practically crashing
Because his notes all have links
To which Mastodon syncs
But he solved it with some clever caching
https://adactio.com/journal/20881

“[…] Web 1.0 – iterated and improved over 30 years – continues to be a brilliantly performant, resilient, #accessible and expressive...

“[…] Web 1.0 – iterated and improved over 30 years – continues to be a brilliantly performant, resilient, #accessible and expressive toolset you can use to build delightfully digital things with if treated with respect.”
—@paulrobertlloyd
https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2023/362/a1/2023_in_review/

“Choosing to [live] well means thinking critically about choices that most people make automatically.”—@cennydd...

“Choosing to [live] well means thinking critically about choices that most people make automatically.”
—@cennydd https://ethical.net/ethical/could-machines-help-us-be-more-ethical/

@adactio ℹ️ Sir, your excellent Huffduffer service seems unavailable. https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/huffduffer.com

@adactio
ℹ️ Sir, your excellent Huffduffer service seems unavailable.
https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/huffduffer.com

“I like that some of the icons in my [#macOS] dock are native, some are #WebApps, and I mostly don’t notice the difference. […] Now...

“I like that some of the icons in my [#macOS] dock are native, some are #WebApps, and I mostly don’t notice the difference. […] Now all you need is a website.”
—@adactio https://adactio.com/journal/20520

The #GithubUniverse agenda for 2023 includes a “Coding without barriers: Help create the #OpenSource #Accessibility Playbook” session,...

The #GithubUniverse agenda for 2023 includes a “Coding without barriers: Help create the #OpenSource #Accessibility Playbook” session, with:
• Darryl Adams (Director of Accessibility, Intel)
• Ed Summers (Head of Accessibility, GitHub)
• Jesse Dugas (Senior Accessibility Program Manager, GitHub)
• Francis Storr (Technical Lead, Accessibility, IT, Intel)

https://reg.githubuniverse.com/flow/github/universe23/sessioncatalog/page/sessioncatalog?search=DEV2762L

#OnThisDay #5YearsAgo, @cennydd published #FutureEthics, “the must-read guide to the ethics of emerging tech”. You can read chapters 1...

#OnThisDay #5YearsAgo, @cennydd published #FutureEthics, “the must-read guide to the ethics of emerging tech”. You can read chapters 1 (“Trouble in Paradise”), 2 (“Do No Harm?”), and 3 (“Persuasive Mechanisms”) for free!
https://cennydd.com/future-ethics

#OnThisDay #25YearsAgo, @Veen wrote #HotDesignTips for WebMonkey:1. Never, ever put a word in a graphic. Text is text. Graphics are...

#OnThisDay #25YearsAgo, @Veen wrote #HotDesignTips for WebMonkey:
1. Never, ever put a word in a graphic. Text is text. Graphics are graphics. Don’t confuse them.
2. […] get something on the screen immediately, and make it really interesting.
3. You have […] like 15 seconds. Be very fast.
4. How well does your site show up in search engines? […] Find out, then tweak your meta content accordingly.
5. Users […] came for your content. Give it to them — fast and simple.

https://web.archive.org/web/19991012022111/http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/98/34/index1a_page6.html

👀 I’ve noticed that @richziade & @ftrain’s new beta product Aboard (“Collect. Organize. Collaborate.”: https://aboard.com)...

👀 I’ve noticed that @richziade & @ftrain’s new beta product Aboard (“Collect. Organize. Collaborate.”: https://aboard.com) and @undermanager’s upcoming book @dointeresting (“Notice. Collect. Share.”: https://thedobook.co/products/do-interesting-notice-collect-share) seem an interesting pair.

“Busyness is not the engine of production. It can, in many cases, instead be the obstacle to accomplishing your best...

“Busyness is not the engine of production. It can, in many cases, instead be the obstacle to accomplishing your best work.”
—#CalNewport
https://calnewport.com/edsger-dijkstras-one-day-workweek/