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For the last few weeks I have been thinking about the intersection of calendars and web readers. Author's note: You can skip the next paragraph if you're not interested in the technical aside. What started this thinking was a technical interest. With h-feed, you can publish...

Last year, one of my goals was to learn more about design. I wanted to apply what I learned to making web pages. The Non-Designer’s Design Book was an influential resource toward the end of the year. While not specifically about web design, the principles within the book – co...

The Autumn/Winter 2025 edition of the good internet magazine is out! I contributed a piece, Build the web you want to see, in which I reflect on the last five years of James' Coffee Blog and some of what I have learned in that time. I have been thinking about the question "how do we make the web better?" for the last few months, and perhaps the best answer I have right now is for us all to keep building the web we want to see. It is perhaps because of this that, when I asked Joe yesterday "How can we achieve a web renaissance?", he replied "I think we're already in it." Thank you to Xandra for all of the work that she puts into making the good internet magazine happen. I am delighted that this project exists and, especially after reading StartingAMagazine.psd, am more aware than ever that projects like this don't just happen: we make them happen.

On Wednesday, February 11th at 7pm - 8:30pm UK time I am hosting an event I’m calling the “Software Design Meetup” online. This meetup is for anyone interested in the design of software and technology. In particular, if you are fascinated by the question "How do we design be...

Dark Visitors is now Known Agents.

A very interesting name change … 🤔
https://knownagents.com/

Adobe Re-Animate 😁

I just sprayed contact cleaner into the door switch and … it worked! 🤯🥳

HEEELP, @davatron5000 !!

“The tumble dryer simply doesn’t recognize anymore that the door is closed. Changing the door contact only takes a few minutes,“ they said … 😂

“Actually, ChatGPT says …”

Is LLMsplaining a thing?

(🤫 And there might be a discount code for Web Day Out hidden in that podcast episode … )

Going to events is good, actually. 😊 So don’t wait until the last minute – get your tickets now for

Web Day Out Brighton, 12 March 2026
https://webdayout.com

and

beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf, 27–28 April 2026
https://beyondtellerrand.com

“All the designers listen to the developer talks and all the developers listen to the designer talks. And that’s where you discover you have an interest in something you didn’t think you had an interest in.”

@adactio in a lovely conversation with @marcthiele about the magic of @btconf and the joy and challenge of running community events:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQi6sweF_c4

That also means that I have about a year to open my final diploma project one last time and record a proper video of all the interactions in the prototype – because I will never be able to open it again after that. The beauty of proprietary file formats. Hm.

“Please note that access to your Animate files and project data will end on 1 March 2027. To ensure a smooth transition, we encourage you to export your Animate FLA and XFL files to other formats such as SWF, SVG and MP4 files before this date.”

R.I.P., #Flash. 🪦