When I was in Porto a few weeks back, I took lots of pictures of the beautiful tiles. They reminded me of the ubiquitous repeating background images that were so popular on the early web. I was thinking about abstracting them into a collection of reusable patterns but now it looks like I’ve been beaten to it!
I really need to have a play with this API. I think it could potentially be a useful indie web building block …if the web share target API also gets implemented.
An even thornier problem than the Clock of the Long Now.
A great new site from Heydon:
A blog trying to be a pattern library. Each post explores the design of a robust, accessible interface component.
The first component is a deep dive into toggle buttons.
A new way to enjoy the mother of all demos, organised into sections that you can jump between. This was put together by Douglas Engelbart’s daughter Christina, and Bret Victor.