flâneur

Leon Han

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  • what i find makes a person interesting to me is curiosity
    what makes a person interesting? - by emily north
  • Since the help cat leverages existing cognitive tools in order to kickstart the mastery sequence, the limitations of your users can ruin even the most ‘intuitive’ design.
    The Wii Help Cat: A lesson in interaction design – Lostgarden
  • Which software problems really bother you, to the point where you’re worrying about them outside of work? Which problems can you just brush off?
    What is "good taste" in software engineering?
  • I find myself missing the idea of designing in a way that involves some degree of finality—of synthesizing all inputs to arrive not at a solution, but the solution—one that inspires conviction. And holding myself accountable when I ultimately fail, but learning in a way that affects me at my core.
    The Merits of Commitment - Long-winded: A Blog for People Who Read
  • I think this is a dereliction of duty. If you’re the most technical person in the room, it’s your responsibility - your job - to give information and advice
    Good engineers are right, a lot
  • This is a place Apple keeps adding new and genuinely innovative options, and a place where you can learn a lot about the human condition and develop some empathy just by toggling settings and trying to understand how they’re trying to help.
    Frame of preference – Aresluna
  • rejects consumer internet as the peak of technology. Beijing recognizes that internet platforms make not only a great deal of money, but also many social problems. Consider online tutoring. The Ministry of Education claims to have surveyed 700,000 parents before it declared that the sector can no longer make profit. What was the industry profiting from? In the government’s view, education companies have become adept at monetizing the status anxieties of parents: the Zhang family keeps feeling outspent by the Li family, and vice versa. In a similar theme, the leadership considers the peer-to-pe…
    Dan Wang | The secure transport of light
  • Good historical trails should show people where they’ve been, even when the journey has been complex, looping, and divides into multiple branches of exploration. They should also summarise the major themes or journeys into high-level groupings, so that we can start at a macro level view and zoom into micro level items if needed.
    Historical Trails