Archive: May 5th, 2020

Times New Arial

Ever wanted to set some text in 70% Times New Roman and 30% Arial? Me neither. But now, thanks to variable fonts, you can!

Replying to a tweet from @chriscoyier

Oh, wow! Just today I was trying to figure out a way to do something like this—I never thought of styling a br though!

Playing The Rambling Pitchfork (jig) on mandolin:

https://thesession.org/tunes/89

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGjrWM8_97U

The Rambling Pitchfork (jig) on mandolin

Is it time for a Web Performance rebrand? – Simon Hearne

I think Simon is onto something here. While the word “performance” means something amongst devs, it’s too vague to be useful when communicating with other disciplines. I like the idea of using the more descriptive “page speed” or “site speed” in those situations.

Web Performance and Web Performance Optimization are still valid and descriptive terms for our industry, but we might benefit from a change to our language when working with others. The language we use could be critical to the success of making the web a faster and more accessible place.