FeedCity: IWC DUS 2025

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by cumulative layout shift.

Matthias Ott
20 May 23:09 • Matthias Ott

Ad Infinitum

At Google I/O this week, the company announced the biggest change to Search in 25 years. The ten blue links? Gone. Instead, you get “generative UI” – custom interactive widgets, built on the fly by Gemini. You get “information agents” that monitor the web for you around the ...

Matthias Ott
20 May 22:57

✍️ New post: Ad Infinitum

Google announced the biggest change to Search in 25 years at #GoogleIO. But where are the ads…? 🤔

https://matthiasott.com/notes/ad-infinitum

Dan’s Polaroids
20 May 17:15

19.05.2026

A singer with eyes closed, singing behind a microphone. — Recording and rehearsal.

Matthias Ott
19 May 22:09

Of course, there will still be ads. And auctions as well. And not only will that determine which ads show up, but how many words the LLM is writing about a product. They call it “prominence allocation”. The ad is in the generated content.
(Thanks @sijmen for the hint!) https://blog.reachsumit.com/posts/2024/08/ads-llm/

Matthias Ott
19 May 21:09

So Google is basically killing their main product? The ingenious money machine that made them billions? Or am I missing something … I mean: where are the ads? 🤔

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

Matthias Ott
19 May 17:39

Setting type so big Figma loses track of where the text boxes end. That’s the way. ☺️

Matthias Ott
19 May 14:09

@NaN “Server go boinks!” 😂👏

(g💀💀d luck! 🤞🖤)

Dan’s Polaroids
19 May 08:33

18.05.2026

A puzzle of a turtle underwater. — Finished another side project.

with words, wonder
19 May 07:48 • James' Coffee Blog

Wonders of Web Weaving, Episode 2

The second episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out: In Episode 2, I chat with Alexandra, the author of xandra.cc, a founder and barista at the 32-Bit Cafe. We talk about, among other things, building indie web communities, communicating the possibilities of having a personal website to new audiences, and more. I hope you enjoy the episode! Wonders of Web Weaving has an RSS feed you can use to follow along from wherever you get your podcasts.

Dan’s Polaroids
17 May 19:45

17.05.2026

Me and my SX-70 partially visible in a narrow kitchen mirror inside a wooden hut. — We said goodbye to the cozy little hut we occupied for the weekend.

Dan’s Polaroids
16 May 20:09

16.05.2026

A view of the Rhine from a hillside with a castle and a child in the foreground and a little town in the background. — More hiking and more views today.

with words, wonder
16 May 19:27 • James' Coffee Blog

My favourite typewriter

This is my entry to this month's Bear Blog Carnival, on the topic of our favourite thing in a niche hobby. Thank you for hosting, Kami! This was a fascinating topic to think about. Alternative Text My favourite typewriter is the one I have: a Royal typewriter, likely decades...