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These names — Grok, GrokAI, Grokpedia, X — all trigger the same reflex: mild nausea and the faint sense I’ve just agreed to something dumb and irreversible. #AIcringe #brandingfatigue

Receipts: a brief list of prominent articles proclaiming the death of the web. They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997. Wired: March 1, 1997: “You can kiss your web browser goodbye” – Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf, The Big Story. 1Inspired by the success of PointCast, a clever application that displayed news headlines as a screensaver, our "Push!" story argued that Web browsers were about to become obsolete. 

They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it, starting way back in 1997.

The Internet Doesn’t Have to Suck Enshittification author Cory Doctorow says specific policy choices led to today’s broken web — and could lead us out.

Excellent and depressing! nymag.com/intelligence...

James Mosley's History of Letterforms - YouTube James Mosley’s lectures on the history of letterforms were delivered in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication over many years. They represent ...

The Univerisity of Reading quietly published a playlist of James Mosley’s lectures on the history of (Latin) letterforms to YouTube.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(via typo.social/@TiroTypeworks) #typefacts

I still love this navigation bar. 🤩

Mega Menus in core, WordPress 6.9 calls for testing, going from Elementor to Site Editor — Weekend Edition 344 Read onlineIssue #344 | October 11, 2025 Howdy, After meeting so many people at WordCamp Gdynia, on the plane and then on the train, I caught a nasty cold and struggled all week. I call this stage mushbrain, and everything becomes much harder, especially reading comprehension suffers. I am over it now, though. It also wasn't the first time that I sounded horsey on a podcast episode.

Mega Menus in core, WordPress 6.9 calls for testing, going from Elementor to Site Editor — Weekend Edition 344

Read onlineIssue #344 | October 11, 2025 Howdy, After meeting so many people at WordCamp Gdynia, on the plane and then on the train, I caught a nasty cold and struggled all week. I call…

Website Menu Navigation vs Mega Menu Navigation: Why Simplicity Still Wins in 2025 - elliott richmond Menus are for navigation not design showcases. Explore the impact of website menu navigation vs mega menu navigation on usability, SEO, and consistency in 2025.

Website Menu Navigation vs Mega Menu Navigation: Why Simplicity Still Wins in 2025 elliottrichmond.co.uk/website-menu...

This one’s got a wonderfully weird design that really stands out from the usual toy crowd - “Tiger Moth” Airplane, #design #color

I wrote some words about how I implemented the dark mode on my site, heavily inspired by a post from @clagnut.com (Thanks a lot for sharing!) with some small adjustments.

🔗 claudiorimann.com/dark-mode/

#CSS #HTML #JavaScript #webdev

Man at microphone: “Is this thing on?”

An article published on a blog is a blog post. It is not a blog.

“Do you read my blog?” is a correctly worded question. “Did you read my blog?” (meaning did you read my blog post) is not.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Look what I found on the sidewalk—Claude AI’s secret graffiti! Nice try, robot friends! 😄 #TechHumor #ClaudeAI #UrbanMystery

Figma Live: Shipping designs with AI at Anthropic YouTube video by Figma

Shipping designs with AI at Anthropic www.youtube.com/live/x2LGggL...

⚡ Update! Ultimate Block List to Stop AI Bots 🤖 Version 1.6 now available, featuring 75+ new bots, better performance, now blocking well over 500+ #AI #bots with improved wildcard matching 🔥 100% FREE and #OpenSource for everyone (bots too!) perishablepress.com/ultimate-ai-...

Introduction to ChatGPT agent YouTube video by OpenAI

Big, News www.youtube.com/live/1jn_Rpb...

iPhone 17: Produktion erreicht Meilenstein In Indien hat die Testproduktion des iPhone 17 begonnen, dieses Jahr mit einer wesentlichen Änderung – auch wegen Trump.

Is it just me, or are phone designs getting a bit too busy these days? 🤔 I miss the simple, minimalistic look! What do you all think? #industrial #design www.macwelt.de/article/2847...

Liquid Glass Design or Kitsch?

Imagine a form field that looks and feels like your phone’s screen has a real indent. If the glass effect is tied directly to the surface interaction, the animation would feel consistent…

ia.net/topics/liqui...

From Beta to Bedrock: Build Products that Stick. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

From Beta to Bedrock: Build Products that Stick. alistapart.com/article/from...

YouTube video by Figma Introducing Figma’s new glass effect

Figma's new 'Glass' effect definitely adds that trendy iOS-style blur, but I have to wonder if it’s more style over substance. Is it truly enhancing design, or just another layer of gloss? #design #figma #ios #apple #ui #trend youtu.be/H_HN0nwdox0?...

I have watched the show and I really liked your statements. 👍

„Warum?“ Weiß auf Schwarz, in fetter serifenloser Schrift, eng gesetzt, mit einem W, das aus zwei überlappenden V’s besteht.

Warum ich meine Schrift Tausend gestaltet habe?

Klar, mich haben die optischen Größen gereizt, die ausgeklügelten Variable #Font⁠s, die verspielten Varianten Stencil & Shaded, der große Fremdsprachenausbau — aber am Ende wollte ich einfach dieses a und dieses W in einer Schrift sehen! 🖤 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’ve discovered this mysterious, futuristic-looking device. Any idea what it might be used for?

SEO Is Dead. Long Live GEO. How to win in the era of LLMs, AI Overviews, and GEO — before your traffic disappears

It's all about making that GEO: substack.gauravvohra.com/p/search-is-... #SEO #GEO

That library looks absolutely gorgeous with those stained glass windows! It must be an amazing place to study.

When Figma Starts Designing Us / Design Systems International The subtle ways in which design tools shape how we think and what we make

Just read an article that perfectly nails how Figma is shaping our design world: it’s making everything neat and tidy a bit too soon! Sometimes, creativity needs a little chaos. 😄✏️ designsystems.international/ideas/when-f... #figma #design #systems

Sitting in the Kinokuniya Bookstore Café right now and I’m convinced this is the exact geographic center of inner peace. Surrounded by books I’ll pretend I’ll read, coffee I definitely will drink, and the comforting illusion that I’m getting smarter just by sitting here. This might be my final form.

As hot as possible At sea level, water boils at 100 degrees C. It doesn't matter how much more heat you use, steam is what you get. It turns out that water this hot makes lousy coffee. Tea too. And an amp turned up to 11 doesn't sound that good. Just because we can send more emails, hustle a bit harder or run the machine until it is at capacity doesn't mean we should.

As hot as possible

At sea level, water boils at 100 degrees C. It doesn't matter how much more heat you use, steam is what you get. It turns out that water this hot makes lousy coffee. Tea too. And an amp turned up to 11 doesn't sound that good. Just because we can send more emails, hustle a bit…

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