I’m talking about the elements and principles of visual design tomorrow night at RefreshDC. You should come!

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Bring back the Polar Vortex!

A user in total control is a design nightmare smashingmagazine.com/2014/06/16/…

Not convinced of the impact of performance on traffic? This happened today on theguardian.com #perfmatters —

Tetris is a game about technical debt

Giraffe gaffe

“Hey, Steve, did you do that giraffe, tweet?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Well pack your stuff. You’re Ghana.”

“HAHAHAHA!”

“No really, you’re fired.”

Omfg brands.

We’re hiring a Data Architect @pewresearch If you’ve got code, DB and/or visualization chops, learn more here: pewrsr.ch/U2j2ai

Non-profit Form 990 disclosures are no longer available online, because the IRS won’t get their act together. bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/ter…

“If it’s supposed to act like a button, *it should be a button*”: accessibility tools in browsers don’t speak div – @joedolson #wcchi

Newspaper people, READ THIS: What if the journalism is the problem in the news business? baekdal.com/insights/what-if-qua… HT @jayrosen_nyu

Wow, @netflix, that’s kind of a dick move. developer.netflix.com/blog/read/…

shout-out to the lady on the train who interrupted my True Detective episode to ask if my iPad was a TV

Sketches: Creating the Library User Typology Quiz UI wp.me/p4ya5D-n0

Why we didn’t include the y-axis on our polarization chart: pewrsr.ch/1uftxlz

People who participate are angrier than the people who don’t. RT @voxdotcom: The single most important fact about American politics

And I thought my job title slightly understated my actual role…

HighCharts Maps Released! Looks pretty slick! highcharts.com/ @Highcharts #chstech

The Internet on your mobile device is the same Internet that’s on your desktop. Really. I promise.