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chriscoyier, 1 day ago to random

Kingdom Rush

I think it was during the ShopTalk with Blake Watson where "tower defense" games briefly came up and someone recommended Kingdom Rush. It's not exactly new, coming out in 2011, but it was new to me. I played on iOS. It feels like the total classic of tower defense games. Monsters come at you, you build towers to stop them. There are different types of towers, and your success comes from the right combinations, upgrades, and placement.

https://chriscoyier.net/2024/05/21/kingdom-rush/

kissane, 1 day ago to random

Delighted and totally honored to be at XOXO this year, look at these absolute badasses who will be speaking, lordy, no pressure or anything 😬

https://2024.xoxofest.com/

nazhamid, 2 days ago to random

It’s funny? remarkable? strange? at how much design and strategy work I’ve done in the past 8 or so years that I can’t show publicly because of the confidential or early-stage nature of my work now.

Granted there was a lot of work when Weightshift was a practicing studio that we couldn’t show either, but it’s something I’ve observed.

There seems to be more gained knowledge to share somehow but I’m weighing how I might do that.

Wait, is this a LinkedIn post?

exchgr, 3 days ago to random

the most depraved of all UI gestures is the long press that only responds when you let go.

• can’t tell when it’s been long enough
• wastes time if it hasn’t
• what if you simply missed the target
• what if the ui element next to or behind the target also responds to long press, and takes forever to complete its action

specific example: the “do not disturb” button on the lock screen, which is too easy to miss and bring up lock screen customization instead

do not disturb: two successful long presses, and one miss, which brings up lock screen customization

exchgr, 4 days ago to random

i use the !g operator in duckduckgo to flip over to google in cases where i’m frustrated at duckduckgo’s slightly worse search accuracy. it used to yield better results, but now? almost always the same or worse

beep, 5 days ago to Unions

Really enjoyed this interview with Sara Nelson, on the eve of proposing a more democratic “one member, one vote” structure for the union she leads, the Association of Flight Attendants. https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/an-interview-with-sara-nelson-about

#unions #1u

mathowie, 6 days ago to random

I’m so old I remember donating $20 to Nosepilot to help pay their $17,000 hosting bill for their Flash animation that went viral in the early 2000s.

I have no idea what happened to them but I hope the artist behind Nosepilot eventually became a giant in the animation world.

Luke, 7 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to random

Anyone know of a code editing environment that live updates the preview based off of the #CSS you're currently typing? No 'save' action needed?

CSSEdit / Espresso is too old.
• Mac, please
• PHP pages

beep, 7 days ago to random

i love personal website redesign projects, they concentrate the highest number of crippling insecurities over the longest period of time possible

beep, 7 days ago to animals

tfw you’re not a climber but you suddenly land on the highest shelf you’ve ever reached, and you’re not sure what the fuck happens next

#CatsOfMastodon

lynnandtonic, 8 days ago to random

Industry vibes are so weird aaaahhh

beep, 9 days ago to random

you first, asshole

molly0xfff, 11 days ago to random

i...

exchgr, 12 days ago to random

what i would give for an in-app thread reader (i.e. just fuse the posts together. just get rid of the username/timestamp between the posts. just make it look like a blog post. in fact could you just make a blog post and link to it)

beep, 15 days ago to random

today’s been kinda rough tbh, but i did get to introduce an old friend to https://virtual-stan.com/ for the first time, so things’re lookin’ up a bit 💖📦🤖

beep, 19 days ago to random

“Amazon has launched a new ‘one-click to quit the union’ tool, and they’re relentlessly pushing it to every worker in their Coventry warehouse. […] If a worker scans the QR code and clicks the link, Amazon’s software automatically generates a letter from the worker and then emails it to the trade union, ending their membership.”

A legal challenge to some gnarly union-busting tactics that Amazon’s deployed in one of its warehouses in the UK: https://www.foxglove.org.uk/2024/05/02/legal-challenge-to-amazon-uks-new-one-click-to-quit-the-union-tool/

beep, 19 days ago to random

🥱 “the marketplace is saturated”

😎 “welcome to damp mart”

exchgr, 20 days ago to random

WIP

WIP drawing of the same

time lapse video of the drawing

baldur, 20 days ago to random

React, Electron, and LLMs have a common purpose: the labour arbitrage theory of dev tool popularity: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/react-electron-llms-labour-arbitrage/

elly, 21 days ago to random

I'm going to be speaking at Web Directions Code 24! 🎉

🔗 https://www.ellyloel.com/garden/catch-me-at-web-directions-code-24/

debcha, 21 days ago to random

I am exceedingly proud that my book HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS: INSIDE THE SYSTEMS THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD, has been longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award for Non-Fiction! Just look at that company, my goodness!

https://www.massbook.org/mass-book-awards