Mat Janson Blanchet

Same, there is always so much crap with generated code from design software.

Also, they never resize properly if you don't add the appropriate attributes manually. Let's not talk about how colour values do not play nice with CSS.

Firefox' "Enhanced Tracking Protection" is breaking my access to so many sites that I'm considering ditching the browser I prefer.

Another day, another case of IT superceding UX.

Band members of Pavement

This movie is an uneven mix of 2, 3 maybe 4 things. Feels like I was watching a 2 hour short film showcased in an artsy gallery. Sometimes great, often noisy, sometimes slow and boring. Just like Pavement.

Years ago, likely in the 1970s, my uncle (mom's brother) made a mix tape for my dad.

There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.

It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.

Let's see where this goes!

UX Designers: having problems in your role? Learn JavaScript. It will make your old problems seem like no big deal.

I've discovered I only have the energy to read in the morning, not after a day of work.

For a bit over a year, I wake up some 30 minutes earlier than before and I sit down with a coffee and read.

I still have to fight to properly concentrate, but it's easier fresh in the morning.

"We Need to Talk" by Joshua Graves. The cover shows colourful squarish speech bubbles. The bookmark next to the book show small human silhouettes over a dark background with a pink hue coming from the bottom.

New book for morning reading. Rosenfeld always publishes useful books to manage design collaboration.

The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.

Consequences of removing the headphone jack from the phone.

2FA is a plague on those of us with an attention deficit disorder.

Pocket is shutting down.

Yet another useful tool disappears.

As usual, I will not be looking for a replacement, I'll either build my own alternative or just stop doing whatever that service offered.

A reminder of how these assholes behaved when we stole THEIR shit. They came for kids’ MP3s. House raids. Absolute terror. So no, we’re not gonna let you steal OUR shit.

Streaming services — music or video — that hide recent listens/watches to peddle their own suggestions or their own features misunderstand their services need to be easier and more useful than piracy to be useful.

Nick Clegg: Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train AI on copyrighted work would ‘kill’ the industry Nick Clegg speaking at a literature festival. Sir Nick Clegg said it was “not unreasonable” for artists to want to be able to opt out of their work being used to train AI DAVID MCHUGH FOR THE TIMES Lucy Bannerman Friday May 23 2025, 7.40am BST, The Times Making technology companies ask artists’ permission before they scrape copyrighted content will “basically kill the AI industry

Chat bubble that says "then perish" followed by a red tinted closeup of Obama's eyes.

Art™

Cinéma Beaubien (www.cinemabeaubien.com) or Cinéma Moderne (www.cinemamoderne.com) are likely the kinda of places that could be interested.

Human Movie: Six Meditations on a Compression Algorithm (2025) — Cybernetic Forests. A dreamlike experimental video essay using found footage, compression artifacts, and glitched AI imagery to disentangle the human mind from the metaphors of mind as applied to generative AI.

I have French subtitles for Human Movie, which for technical reasons were not shown at last night's screening. But if anyone else wants to show the film in France or Quebec, we have subtitles! And if it's after August, I can have a French voice over. Reach out here if interested ⬇️

Un expert (@luclefebvre.bsky.social) préconise une meilleure littéracie numérique

www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/05/18/u...

J'irais jusqu'à dire qu'il faut une éducation médiatique plus large, qui inclut la compréhension de lignes éditoriales dictées par les propriétaires de médias.

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

hello, yes, just for the record, I have NEVER wished for a document to suggest how to type in it every 5 seconds. for the love of all that has ever been actually user-friendly, cut it out

So, to prevent a would-be king to take over Canada, an actual king from a foreign country will come here to address the serfs of his dominion?

Fuck monarchy, now and always, foreign and local.

Drawing Machines (x20) –– Collaborative robots in nature, water crisis art, maps redrawn, satellites tracked, ancient monument engraved, spray paint high pressure (random) machine, and more → ca-n.in/drawingmachi...

Pourquoi les règles de certains crédits d'impôt sont-elles si complexes ? Certains crédits débutent le ler de l'an en se basant sur la situation courante, alors que d'autres débutent le ler juillet, pour un an, en se basant sur la situation au 31 décembre de l'année précédente... et cela au sein d'un même organisme public. Imaginez la disparité des règles des programmes entre les différents ministères et organismes du gouvernement du Québec. Imaginez celle avec les programmes du gouvernement fédéral.

Dans son livre "Humain, pour un gouvernement plus centré sur la personne", @daniellafreniere.bsky.social démontre une des complexités — parmi une panoplie d'autres — des soutiens financiers gouvernementaux.

Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...

Record sleeves in a grid, from top left to bottom right: - Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979) - Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980) - Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) - Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)

Today's finds at a record store: rockin' ladies:
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)

My hobby room. #funny #hobby #hobbies TikTok video by Chris Hallbeck

www.tiktok.com/@chrishallbe...

"My hobby room" by @chrishallbeck.bsky.social

I feel seen...

Arf, can't edit an image's alt text once I posted — do better, Bluesky!

Alt text from previous post: city text field in French with the error message "A city is invalid. Authorized characters: a-z, A-Z" (translated from "Une ville est invalide. Caractères autorisés: a-z, A-Z")

WestJet, a Canadian Airline, is unable to accept accents in its text fields. The error that occurs then shows me a stupid message and a RegEx.

It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.

A record cover, which shows train tracks, next to a record player

I've been on a Steve Reich discovery streak lately.

While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.

Que deviennent les archives de MusiquePlus ? www.lapresse.ca/arts/televis...

Communication Arts - Interactive Annual #31 White background over which three purple-tinted ovals show different digital experiences: one looks like a big crystal, another one a hand hovering over a vietual conveyor belt, and the last one a woman from the back in what seems like an installation.

My annual nerd purchase for almost two decades now.