I mean … just start here and close your eyes. 😌
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqtLVvoXLig&t=1069s
Hadelich is so good, he gets a spontaneous applause after the first movement of Brahms’s violin concerto. Incredible playing.
Just in case you also prefer riffs over tariffs … 😁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqtLVvoXLig
Tesla sales unexpectedly plunge after #Elon #Musk backlash:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4zp3z1p3o
And all of a sudden, and for absolutely no reason at all, I find myself humming a bit of Fats Domino:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pqs_WZdUdM&t=19s
Martina Flor’s Open Studio
• Martina Flor
182. The Lettering Revolution: Why This Is Just the Beginning - Martina Flor
The WebAIM Million 2025 report is out:
https://webaim.org/projects/million/
I remain bemused to find that https://tink.uk is one of the million; number 792,234 by popularity, with a WAVE accessibility rank of 23,256.
0 #accessibility issues detected through automation 😅
No, *YOU* spent more of your own precious time making an animated holographic version of your silly Pokémon in-joke!! #tcgpocket
A good reminder about the trap of design being data-dictated vs data-informed “Design is not a science of perfect optimization, but an art of purposeful choice.” https://medium.com/@ken_sigel/let-designers-design-the-creative-trap-of-endless-a-b-testing-2317c490cdf8
We're looking for someone to join the @TetraLogical team as an accessibility Specialist.
If you're resident in the UK, you can apply on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4197046475/
Or directly:
https://misc.tetralogical.com/careers/2025-03-accessibility-specialist/
Smart Interface Design Patterns
• Vitaly Friedman
UX Guidelines For Better URL Design
I am here for my first rainbow border card! That’s what I love so much about this game, they get the tactile-digital feel so right! #tcgpocket
Look at these lads! Loving the new shinies! #tcgpocket
From The Den
• Gavin Strange
Weekly Roundup #009
Oh hai there! Another week goes by, ultimately propelling us towards our inevitable demise. Still, the sun's been out a bit this week, that was nice! A busy week at Aards on secret stuff, so nothing to share there, but in the evenings I'm right in
Martina Flor’s Open Studio
• Martina Flor
181. Alanna Flowers: From Passion to Career—Lettering, Freelance & Finding Opportunities
What a beautiful, outstanding performance by Augustin Hadelich. 🎻😌
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_3da0fPLQs
The Atlantic posts Signal chat with attack plans from Hegseth:
https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-atlantic-war-plans-signal-yemen-houthis-c0addd08c627ab01a37ea63621cb695e
That useful British phrase "couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery" comes to mind.
Can't imagine why, really.
Martina Flor’s Open Studio
• Martina Flor
180. How a career in lettering design looks like - Martina Flor
Gemini says I should ”replace ’dumb information recycling machine’ with more neutral terms: This avoids unnecessarily aggressive language and focuses on the functional aspects of the technology.”
😉
This is what happens when Goldberg leaves me to my own devices earlier in the morning: double-loop hundo, imperial edition. Avec snacks (courtesy of Goldberg) and a lovely cortado @borealiscoffee (first full hundo of the year) #cycling #roadcycling 165km/1089m/6:22