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Icon overload and undoing changes

When I am using Notion – a notes tool – on my phone, sometimes I accidentally press a button and my text ends up formatted in a way I did not expect. Notion offers an undo button, except I didn’t know it was there until recently. There is an icon tray of several buttons, bu...

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James' Coffee Blog

Experimenting with Ghost

For the last year or so, I have used my static create page to prepare posts for publishing on my blog. The tool generates a file that I can then add to the Git repository from which my site is generated. This workflow works well for posts that are mainly words, but falls shor...

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Fanfiction Conversation With Sara Jaksa | Zachary Kai

Over the last two months or about me and Sara have traded questions and answers about fanfiction. Below here is the recording of our exchange. The Questions Zachary: ...

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What I Choose To Capture And Why | Zachary Kai

You'll find my attempt at a post with the aforementioned title, as suggested by Zoe Loukia via our post title trade! Read more about the initiative, or contact me if you'd also like to trade! ...

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Coming soon

This is James' Coffee Blog, a brand new site by James that's just getting started. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive emails when new content is published!

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Pattern: Search aliases

When I search for the word “:laugh” in Discord, I see the :rofl: emoji. When I search for “:pumpkin” in Slack, I see a result for the :jack_o_lantern: emoji. The : key triggers an emoji autocomplete interface in these tools. Here is an example of the :laugh phrase in Discord:...

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James' Coffee Blog

Three quick CSS tips

Setting a 1px solid coloured border makes it easy to see how much space an element is taking up on the page, or what the CSS selector you have written selects. This is helpful in debugging where rules apply on the page. The :target selector lets you select an element whose ID has been targeted. For instance, if you are viewing example.com/index.html#coffee, the element with the ID coffee would be targeted. This is useful for adding a highlight (i.e. a background colour or a border) to the element that the page the user is visiting has linked directly to. Add line-height: 1.5 to text on the page to create more space between lines of text on the page. Learn more about line height.

James' Coffee Blog Supports Webmention
James' Coffee Blog

Delightful technology experiences

My previous blog post on the need for link best practices for Stories, wherein I note some deficiencies with existing Stories implementations on the open web, has me thinking about the opposite end of user experience: what technology experiences or features have been delightf...

James' Coffee Blog Supports Webmention
James' Coffee Blog

Three quick CSS tips

Setting a 1px solid coloured border makes it easy to see how much space an element is taking up on the page, or what the CSS selector you have written selects. This is helpful in debugging where rules apply on the page. The :target selector lets you select an element whose ID has been targeted. For instance, if you are viewing example.com/index.html#coffee, the element with the ID coffee would be targeted. This is useful for adding a highlight (i.e. a background colour or a border) to the element that the page the user is visiting has linked directly to. Add line-height: 1.5 to text on the page to create more space between lines of text on the page. Learn more about line height.

James' Coffee Blog Supports Webmention
James' Coffee Blog

Pattern: Search aliases

When I search for the word “:laugh” in Discord, I see the :rofl: emoji. When I search for “:pumpkin” in Slack, I see a result for the :jack_o_lantern: emoji. The : key triggers an emoji autocomplete interface in these tools. Here is an example of the :laugh phrase in Discord:...

James' Coffee Blog Supports Webmention
James' Coffee Blog

Delightful technology experiences

My previous blog post on the need for link best practices for Stories, wherein I note some deficiencies with existing Stories implementations on the open web, has me thinking about the opposite end of user experience: what technology experiences or features have been delightf...

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Financing an Event

This post is visible to RSS subscribers only. What? Read more about RSS Club. Here is another RSS Club post. I wasn’t sure if I want to publish this publicly, as I am a bit frustrated with t...

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We need to define best practices for Stories and links

Both the BBC and Wired are experimenting with Stories-like interfaces. The BBC has been shows short videos for sports highlights and news stories. Here is an example of a sports Story section on the homepage today: https://jamesg.blog/assets/images/2025/08/bbc_story.png ALT...

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Back from Portugal

We spent some quality time in Portugal for the last two weeks and drove down via France and Spain and back up along the coast.

A photo of a secret bay in Portugal at sunset.

Even though a few bad news landed in my inbox during this trip, I am back recharged and ready to hit Berlin with beyond tellerrand.

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We need to define best practices for Stories and links

Both the BBC and Wired are experimenting with Stories-like interfaces. The BBC has been shows short videos for sports highlights and news stories. Here is an example of a sports Story section on the homepage today: https://jamesg.blog/assets/images/2025/08/bbc_story.png ALT...

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Machine Knitting Continues

Heck yeah, I’m retro-posting. Hello from the future! It’s August 3rd, 2025 and time for more machine knitting! A nice clear morning at Brooklyn's Textile Art Center Hello, old friend I started the day practicing some of the techniques from day one of the class. Pr...

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Decorating

Every space has its own feeling. My bedroom feels like a place to rest. With that feeling of rest, I often find the comfort to write. I am writing this blog post while the fairy lights on the wall illuminate my room. I’m warm under the blankets. I feel comfortable. The offi...

James' Coffee Blog Supports Webmention
James' Coffee Blog

Decorating

Every space has its own feeling. My bedroom feels like a place to rest. With that feeling of rest, I often find the comfort to write. I am writing this blog post while the fairy lights on the wall illuminate my room. I’m warm under the blankets. I feel comfortable. The offi...