Design Details

273: Bespoke, Artisanal, Single-Batch Blog Post

Episode Summary

This week, we talk about the uncanny sameness of the web and debate uniqueness in site design. In News, we discuss the pros and cons of sharing your early, in-progress work with non-designer colleagues. And as always, we share a couple cool things, including an immersive gaming experience and a new feature proposal for React.

Episode Notes

This week, we talk about the uncanny sameness of the web and debate uniqueness in site design. In News, we discuss the pros and cons of sharing your early, in-progress work with non-designer colleagues. And as always, we share a couple cool things, including an immersive gaming experience and a new feature proposal for React.

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Follow-up:

• The Dunning-Kruger Effect features "Mount Stupid and the Valley of Despair," not "Stupid Mountain and the Valley of Doubt." Pretty close, though.
• Video: Apple October Event 2018 (1:10:00) - A very precarious grip method on the new iPad
  • The new Smart Keyboard for iPad, when in tablet mode, doesn't feel so great with the keys on the back
• Kevin Gutowski might have a workaround for the Cmd-H issue in the future. Stay tuned :)
  • Video: "DOZENS!"
• Article: "New Chrome Feature Prevents Those Didn’t-Mean-To-Quit Blues"
  • Jakob's Law

News:

• Josh Hemsley tweeted a screenshot of collaborating with non-designers in Figma
  • Morgan Knutson had a thoughtful response
  • 17:06 - Note: Marshall says "parallel." He meant "serial."
• Article: "Why Do All Websites Look the Same?"
  • Article: "Skeuomorphic Design — A controversial UX approach that is making a comeback"
  • Claudio Guglieri has a very nice personal site
  • We found Claudio's lost blog posts!
  • Article: "Why Game Accessibility Matters"
  • Graceful degradation versus progressive enhancement

One Cool Thing:

• Marshall shared Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Video: "11 Of The Most Amazing Details In Red Dead Redemption 2"
  • "Red Dead Redemption 2's 80 Second Rule"
  • Morality in Mass Effect provides the extremes of Paragon and Renegade
• Brian shared React Hooks

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