✍️ New post: Listening Closely 🎻
#blogtober #web #craft #music #Hadelich
https://matthiasott.com/notes/listening-closely
Matthias Ott
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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...
✍️ New post: Compressed Fluid Typography
#blogtober #css #web #typography
https://matthiasott.com/notes/compressed-fluid-typography
Matthias Ott
• 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
• 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...
✍️ New post: The Lifeblood of the Web
Because conferences are just 🔥🎉💙
#blogtober #web #conferences #community
https://matthiasott.com/notes/the-lifeblood-of-the-web
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Matthias Ott
• 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...
Matthias Ott
• 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...
✍️ New post: What Could Go Wrong?
#blogtober #ai #technology #society #humanity
https://matthiasott.com/notes/what-could-go-wrong
✍️ New post: That’s My Rank
#blogtober #interop #platform #web
https://matthiasott.com/notes/thats-my-rank
Matthias Ott
• Matthias Ott
That’s My Rank
Have you ever wondered why new CSS features and other web technologies very often seem to just work across browsers these days? The reason is probably: Interop.
The Interop Project is a collaborative effort between major browser makers — Apple, Bocoup, Google, Igalia, Micro...
Matthias Ott
• Matthias Ott
That’s My Rank
Have you ever wondered why new CSS features and other web technologies very often seem to just work across browsers these days? The reason is probably: Interop.
The Interop Project is a collaborative effort between major browser makers — Apple, Bocoup, Google, Igalia, Micro...
Heading to the big smoke today for Playgrounds festival!
“Honestly, I feel like web developers are constantly being gaslit into thinking that complex over-engineered solutions are the only option. When the discourse is being dominated by people invested in frameworks and libraries, all our default thinking will involve frameworks and libraries. That’s not good for users, and I don’t think it’s good for us either.”
Mic drop by @adactio 👏
https://adactio.com/journal/22178
Matthias Ott
• Matthias Ott
Making Space
Gregory Scott, founder of Kush Audio, shared an interesting insight about mixing music the other day: Sometimes, to bring something forward in the mix, instead of turning it up, it can be more effective to actually turn all the other things down.
Let’s say you realise that ...