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zeldman, 15 hours ago to ai

Google’s AI Overviews feature delivers wrong answers faster than ever.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24162896/google-ai-overview-hallucinations-glue-in-pizza #ai #google

zeldman, 2 days ago to random

Poachers, when caught stealing content from our website, always blamed the theft on an “intern” or “freelancer.” We always pretended to believe them.

https://zeldman.com/2024/05/22/ah-yes-the-famous-intern-did-it-syndrome/

zeldman, 2 days ago to random

Poachers, when caught stealing content from our website, always blamed the theft on an “intern” or “freelancer.” We always pretended to believe them.

https://zeldman.com/2024/05/22/ah-yes-the-famous-intern-did-it-syndrome/

zeldman, 2 days ago to random

They’re right. (So how are they still undecided?)

Undecided voters are concerned that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll never leave.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-05-21/voters-fear-trump-won-t-leave-if-he-wins-2024-presidential-election?sref=MIBMEEoj

zeldman, 4 days ago to random

The Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/20/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah?unlocked_article_code=1.tU0.hP_X.m-0rOKcULCJy&smid=url-share #gaza

zeldman, 7 days ago to random

💡 What shapes our decisions? Learn about Anchoring, the Planning Fallacy, Focusing Illusion, Peak-End Rule, Prospect Theory, and more.

Remembering psychology pioneer Daniel Kahneman: 7 theories that can help you understand how you think. Hat tip: @stephaniewalter https://www.clearerthinking.org/post/remembering-daniel-kahneman-7-theories-that-can-help-you-understand-how-you-think

zeldman, 10 days ago to random

Happy 21st anniversary to #DesigningWithWebStandards. Thanks to Web Design Museum for the reminder.

zeldman, 14 days ago to random

“Remarkably blunt and transactional”: Pay me a billion dollars, Trump tells oil co bosses, and he’ll happily help hasten the planet’s demise.

The Republican front-runner, folks.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/trump-oil-ceo-donation

zeldman, 15 days ago to random

My take on the Apple ad: the killing in Gaza must stop.

zeldman, 16 days ago to random

At my annual physical this morning, the nurse asked questions they’ve never asked before. One was, “Are you sometimes sad?" I wanted to answer, “Aren’t you?” But I just said, “Sure, sometimes.”

zeldman, 18 days ago to random

In an Adobe Design interview, A Book Apart author @timbrown (Flexible Typesetting) talks typography, platforms, and playlists.

https://adobe.design/stories/our-people/what-does-a-head-of-typography-do-tim-brown

zeldman, 18 days ago to random

What to make of it? Jack Dorsey left BlueSky’s board, closed his user account, and is back on Twitter, praising it as “freedom technology” under Elon’s misrule.

zeldman, 26 days ago to random

“A great idea cannot be predicted.”

Interview with Jony Ive.

https://trurocollegeartanddesign.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/the-creative-process-is-fabulously-unpredictable/

simoncox, 27 days ago to random

Yep had this today with two Apple accounts. Very unusual. https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/112345102562161450

zeldman, 28 days ago to random

“our founders anticipated a Donald Trump — but they didn’t anticipate an entire political party lining up behind an amoral fascist, and they sure as fuck couldn’t imagine a corrupt Supreme Court twisting the law into pretzels to help an 88-count crime factory escape accountability forever.”

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-supreme-court-is-making-my-fucking-1be

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

Rest in power.

Terry Carter broke color barriers onstage and on TV in the 1950s and ’60s and later produced multicultural documentaries.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/arts/television/terry-carter-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk0.19vG.ph5mDr-mKylY&smid=url-share

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

Cute and fun: a toggle switch with feelings. By Jon Kantner at CodePen, ℅ @codepo8.

https://codepen.io/jkantner/pen/KKYZrRv #EmojiToggle

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

All my life, I've been underestimated or overestimated. Just once, I’d like to be estimated.

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

Most websites have ALWAYS looked the same. Reasons include technological limitations, platform defaults, typical business needs and use cases, best practices at the time, stakeholder desire to imitate competitor features, marketing dep’t directives, and lack—or fear—of originality.

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

Sure, watches that tell you when you’re walking unsteadily and pocket computer phones that show you the closest pizzeria are swell, but were you around for ResEdit?

https://zeldman.com/2024/04/13/for-love-of-pixels/

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

The states in yellow below are ones where non-citizens can vote in federal elections.

Gift link, no paywall.
https://wapo.st/3VYQC3g

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

If you thought the guestbook spam of yore was impressive, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The new, AI-assisted comment spam has improved keyword stuffing, fewer grammatical mistakes, and, best of all, there’s tons more of it. Your website’s Comments section was never so useless!

https://zeldman.com/2024/04/09/akismet-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

This happened to my family last year, and we will be paying it off for years to come.

Only in America: How insurers avoid paying large bills for covered expenses—saddling customers with huge debts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/health-insurance-medical-bills.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik0.9Lbz.-XrLUFwq3m8h&smid=url-share

zeldman, 1 month ago to random

I wrote something for you:

My Glamorous Life: Roman Holiday

https://zeldman.com/2024/04/06/my-glamorous-life-roman-holiday/