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Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
Vague, But Exciting
Jay has gathered his ten (and counting) chapters on the history of the web into one site.
There’s also a podcast feed of all ten chapters, narrated by yours truly.
WriteFreely
I hadn’t come across this before: a barebones blogging tool with built-in fediverse support—neat!
Privacy, Seriously | ICO
This looks like an excellent—and free!—online event centred on privacy and safety. It’s got Eva PenzeyMoog, Robin Berjon and more!
Tuesday, February 7th, 2023

Checked in at SFJazz Center. Hosting Leading Design.
Watching my friend Farai deliver a precision barrage of truth bombs. #LeadingDesign

Good morning, San Francisco!
Monday, February 6th, 2023

On safari outside San Diego. 🦏
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Going to San Diego. brb
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
Learn Images
Mat has written this free course for you all about images on the web. Covering image formats, responsive images, and workflows, this is one to keep on speed dial.
WebPageTest’s Guiding Principles - WebPageTest Blog
- Make the right thing easy
- Always answer “so what”?
- Close the gap between “something is wrong” to “we fixed it”
Modern Health, frameworks, performance, and harm – Eric Bailey
A person seeking help in a time of crisis does not care about TypeScript, tree shaking, hot module replacement, A/B tests, burndown charts, NPS, OKRs, KPIs, or other startup jargon. Developer experience does not count for shit if the person using the thing they built can’t actually get what they need.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023

Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Wednesday night session — with Jessica
We’re all trying to find the guy who did this
Imagine the web is a storefront, React is a hot dog car, and here’s Create React App dressed as a hot dog:
HTML is the cornerstone of the web — so why does creating a “React app” produce an empty HTML file? Why are we not taking advantage of the most basic feature of the web—the ability to see content quickly before all the interactive code loads? Why do we wait to start loading the data until after all the client-side code has finished loading?
The Web Platform Is Back
So much ink spilled supposedly explaining what “the web platform” is …when the truth is you can just swap in the “the web” every time that phrase is used here or anywhere else.
Anyway, the gist of this piece is: the web is good, actually.
Tuesday, January 31st, 2023
I met Archie the giant squid, Darwin’s tortoise, and many, many other fine specimens thanks to the lovely folks at the Natural History Museum! 🦑 🐢
Sunday, January 29th, 2023

Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Sunday session 🎶🎻
Reading The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson.

Chronophoto - The Photographical History Game
This is a fun game—with the same kind of appeal as that Wiki History Game I linked to—where you have to locate photographs in time.
Saturday, January 28th, 2023
Container Queries and Typography
I feel like we need a name for this era, when CSS started getting real good.
I think this is what I’ve been calling declarative design.
Thursday, January 26th, 2023

Checked in at The Lord Nelson Inn. Thursday night session 🎶🎻 — with Jessica