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Matthias Ott
18 Oct 00:00 • Matthias Ott

Play On

In the late 1960s, a young musician was recording the sounds he played on his synthesizer onto his Revox tape recorders, when he suddenly discovered: if you connect the two tape recorders together, so that the playback head is separated by several feet from the record head, ...

Matthias Ott
17 Oct 12:54

I‘m implementing a #GDPR-compliant #cookie #banner at the moment – and will write a #blogtober post about it – but now I’m curious: which (ideally open-source) solution are you swearing by or is working for you? Of course it should block all requests/cookies before consent is given.

Daniel Pietzsch
17 Oct 10:08

Last sunday, I’ve been out photographing with Florian again. We went to the MüGa park in Mülheim. He has the pictures:

Daniel Pietzsch
17 Oct 09:57

I’ve added a field of view value and more formats – 16mm, Super 16, APS-H and 70mm/IMAX – to my 35mm equivalent focal length tool.

Matthias Ott
17 Oct 00:33

✍️ New post: Overshoot

#blogtober #climate #climateAction #podcast
https://matthiasott.com/notes/overshoot

Matthias Ott
17 Oct 00:00 • Matthias Ott

Overshoot

I still remember that moment. Do You? ...

Matthias Ott
16 Oct 09:06 • Matthias Ott

The HTML Output Element

One of the most amazing things about working on the Web is that you can have years of experience under your belt and there are still things you don’t know. Often, people associate this with a more quickly-moving la...

Matthias Ott
16 Oct 08:51

✍️ New post: The HTML Output Element

#blogtober #HTML #web #development #a11y #TIL
https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-html-output-element

Matthias Ott
14 Oct 23:27

✍️ New post: Listening Closely 🎻

#blogtober #web #craft #music #Hadelich
https://matthiasott.com/notes/listening-closely

Matthias Ott
14 Oct 22:30 • Matthias Ott

Listening Closely

My son, who is the violinist in our family, recently told me an interesting little fact about Augustin Hadelich, one of the greatest violinists alive: it’s hard for him to enjoy other people’s performances. Not because he’s critical or dismissive – to the contrary – but beca...

Matthias Ott
14 Oct 17:12 • Matthias Ott

Compressed Fluid Typography

When it comes to web typography, I’m a sucker for fluid type. I love that it creates a harmonious rhythm for the typography of a project. I love how it speeds up the responsive design process in the browser. And that it feels like you are working with the grain of the web, n...

Matthias Ott
14 Oct 17:03

✍️ New post: Compressed Fluid Typography

#blogtober #css #web #typography
https://matthiasott.com/notes/compressed-fluid-typography

Matthias Ott
13 Oct 00:33 • Matthias Ott

The Lifeblood of the Web

One Thursday in May, I was sitting in a slightly delayed train, heading home from Düsseldorf after three days of meeting good friends and making new ones at beyond tellerrand, my friend Marc Thiele’s wonderful conference. As usual, after visiting a conference, and beyond tel...

Matthias Ott
13 Oct 00:21

✍️ New post: The Lifeblood of the Web

Because conferences are just 🔥🎉💙

#blogtober #web #conferences #community
https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-lifeblood-of-the-web

Matthias Ott
12 Oct 00:33 • Matthias Ott

What Could Go Wrong?

In 1986 – when I was four years old – three researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) were working on an idea that would change the world of technology forever: they figured out an efficient way...