hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #699 (2025-08-25): Incidental Edition

    Today’s Drop explores how we accidentally learn through technology via the TILE model, examining what catches our attention online & its lasting effects. Plus: introducts Anisota, a mindful social media client built on AT Protocol that uses gamification & intentional friction to combat doom-scrolling addiction.

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  • Drop #698 (2025-08-22): Friday Morning Grab Bag

    The Friday Drop presents a novelist’s tiny model improving creative writing through Fibonacci word intervals, MDN’s redesign enhancing usability for web developers, and Lucide, an open-source icon library featuring customizable, scalable icons for various projects.

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  • Drop #696 (2025-08-19): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop explores three retro mono fonts: Epson MX-80, DSEG, and IBM Courier. The Epson MX-80 was a pioneering dot matrix printer known for precision, capturing significant market share. DSEG emulates digital display fonts, including weather symbols, while IBM Courier offers a digitized version for coding. Each provides a nostalgic connection…

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  • Drop #694 (2025-08-14): Miles & Miles Of CSS Styles

    Today’s Drop showcases two CSS frameworks: Missing and Web Awesome. Missing emphasizes semantic HTML and customization through CSS properties, suited for smaller projects. Web Awesome, built on Shoelace, offers framework-agnostic components, Font Awesome support, and accessibility focus. A demo showcases their application in a CVE lookup app, highlighting their effectiveness.

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  • Drop #693 (2025-08-12): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop features 3 free fonts: Google Sans Code, Spline Sans Mono, and Danfo.

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  • Drop #692 (2025-08-08): Counting Sheep

    Today’s late Drop introduces “rawk,” an enhanced AWK compiler with modern features, discusses the accessibility benefits of the CSS pseudo-element “::after” for click targets, and explains “Markdown Monster,” a decision tree for identifying different Markdown parsers.

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  • Drop #690 (2025-08-06): It’s All A Game To You, Isn’t It

    Today’s Drop discusses three online games aimed at enhancing visual perception and design skills. “Hued” challenges players to match daily color hues; “It’s Centred That” tests visual precision with dot alignment; and “Can’t Unsee” sharpens attention to UI/UX differences in design choices. Each game emphasizes detail and creativity in design.

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  • Drop #689 (2025-08-05): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop looks at three topics: Flexflex, a JavaScript library that reshapes uppercase letters within defined boundaries; Fit, a variable font emphasizing geometric design and space usage; and the concept of overshoots, which ensures visual balance in letterforms.

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  • Drop #686 (2025-07-29): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop discusses the evolution and modern usage of hyphens and dashes. It highlights the complexity of hyphenation in web design, emphasizing the importance of language context for proper hyphenation. We also acquiesce to the use of en dashes over em dashes for phrase separation and introduce the dashing free font…

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  • Drop #683 (2025-07-22): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop features SimSun, Common.otf, and EB Garamond. SimSun, the default Chinese font, became iconic due to its functionality despite criticism. Common.otf challenges copyright by fusing familiar fonts, questioning ownership in design. EB Garamond preserves Claude Garamond’s legacy, evolving through collaboration and accessibility, bridging tradition and modernity.

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