Black countertops are an easy way to lose your phone

🔥 Learn React in 10 tweets (with hooks) 👇

it ain’t much but it’s honest work. #a11y #web

The best use case for a smartphone is the time between when you land after the flight and when you can actually get off. So many things to check when you’re forced to be disconnected.

In software, ‘no’ is temporary, but ‘yes’ is forever.

Would you declare

* {cursor: none;}

No? Then don’t declare

a:focus {outline: none;}

For exactly the same reasons.

📣 PERSONAL NEWS: I was “made redundant” at work today, and am now actively on the job market. If you have a lead on a UX design management role around Boston, or remote, I’m all ears! DM’s open.

Matt Tomasello’s skating is like “Rodney Mullen on bath salts”

It’s like anti-skateboarding

youtube.com/watch?v=tnFPQ57l0Dg

“I can’t imagine a time when humanity cannot benefit from an open, free, connected web” – @photomatt

Automattic raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures tcrn.ch/2LZZCQ9 by @romaindillet t.co/ZWHRXcgHOF

UnPHPular Opinion:

! $variable is wrong 99% of the time.

empty( $variable ) is usually what you want.

! is for Boolean comparisons – true/false

empty() is for checking if a variable is non-empty, non-zero, or is not set.

Dr. Seuss twitter.com/JaminSpeer/status/11…

It’s 2025. Every TV show has their own streaming service which you need to subscribe to.

For some reason, nobody knows why, it’s a complete mystery, totally unexplainable, pirating is taking off again.

I’ve been through a lot of examples of using a Google spreadsheet to track and respond to issues.

What do you use to gather external client feedback/issues during a software project?

I would love a frontend for GitHub issues that external people could use.

Just closed a bunch of tabs and now I can read the site titles again. Wow. This is different.

SQL tricks: single quote your strings

Exploding Watermelons would be a good name for a Smashing Pumpkins cover band

“I fully expect my personal website to outlive Twitter and as such have decided to take full ownership of the content I’ve posted there. In true #IndieWeb fashion, I’m taking ownership of my data.” ✊👏👏👏 twitter.com/zachleat/status/1173…

Bagel face instagram.com/p/B2ZniK1nBiL/