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  • Drop #530 (2024-09-16): The Incredible Shrinking Web

    Size matters in today’s Drop! The internet’s bandwidth and reliability in remote areas will always be a concern, prompting the need for size and loading optimizations. Techniques like ThumbHash, BlurHash, and “Potato WebP” efficiently handle images for quick loading and limited bandwidth. cssnano optimizes CSS files for production, and Squoosh offers on-device image optimization without…

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  • Drop #527 (2024-09-10): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s (well, *yesterday’s*) typography-centric edition of the Drop features accessibility, font evaluation, and San Francisco’s font evolution (and it’s 10th birthday!).

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  • Drop #525 (2024-09-03): Typography Tuesday

    In today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop, get ready to upgrade your terminal and editor game with two free monospace fonts: Departure Mono, inspired by early CLIs & GUIs, and Karsa Mono, designed with a retro digital feel. Plus, dive into the quirky world of font sizes and line heights with “Font Size Is Useless”.…

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  • Drop #515 (2024-08-12): Starting The Week In Style[s]

    Today’s Drop gets back to basics and introduces 3 CSS resources: new.css, Almond.CSS, and Effective CSS One-Liners. Each is great for simple and efficient HTML styling.

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  • Drop #507 (2024-07-30): (Tardy) Typography Tuesday

    This tardy Typography Tuesday edition of the Drop features “Hello Type Friends!” a podcast by Elliot Jay Stocks, offering insights into the lives and work of typography professionals. It also takes a look at the A++ upgrade to the venerable Proxima Nova font, and links to a short survey to help grok the typegeist.

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  • Drop #496 (2024-07-09): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop has a cryptically titled section “Inter Typus Enim GNOME Defectu” that you’ll have to read to find out more, plus a deep dive on a super cool font family that’s great for prose and coding/terminals, and also introduces the world’s smallest, readable font.

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  • Drop #479 (2024-06-05): Mid-Week Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop’s covers three distinct topics: the impact of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) on job applications (and how to hack the system), the Charm ecosystem for terminal user experiences, and the milestone release of DuckDB 1.0.0.

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  • Bonus Drop #48 (2024-05-12): Long Form Links

    The Weekend Drop covers three main topics: the challenges of intuitive user interfaces, the history of the hamburger menu icon, and the importance of concise and accessible alt-text for images. Each presents valuable insights into user experience design, user interface history, and web accessibility concerns. The articles provide comprehensive information for designers and developers to…

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  • Drop #458 (2024-04-25): Design Time

    Today’s Drop discusses the importance of thoughtful URL design, the exploration of avatar creation resources, and the introduction of Bento Grids as a resource for overcoming creative blocks in UX layout design. It highlights creative URL examples, avatar creation tools, and layout styles to enhance the design process.

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  • Drop #456 (2024-04-23): Typography Tuesday

    The wonk-ish edition of the Drop discusses the influential role of typography across diverse fields, exploring its impact on user experience, legal documents, and video games. It highlights typography’s power in enhancing readability, evoking emotions, and guiding user behavior. Additionally, it sheds light on the historical and developmental significance of game fonts. The insights offered…

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