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Album Art History

Matt Ström-Awn writes about the evolution of album cover design, from the utilitarian beginnings to the emergense as a vital form of artistic and cultural expression. Fun fact: after all these years collecting records, I have to admit that I didn’t know the origin of the term “record album” until...

Digital Hygiene

This is a nice guide to enhancing personal cybersecurity and privacy. Although I was familiar with most of these recommendations, I learned some new tricks I’ll be using soon.

Monster List of UX Books

Just in case you need something to read :)

I started using Last.fm exactly 20 years ago. This means two things: My Last.fm account is a precise digital record of my musical taste evolution I’m officially ancient in internet years The Cold, Hard Stats Total scrobbles: 215,237 songs Artists listened to: 4,788 Most active year: 2024 (apparently I’m peaking...

Today I want to share my journey with a setup that bridges decades of audio technology. It’s got me thinking about the trade-offs between convenience and longevity, and I’m curious if any of you have faced similar dilemmas. The Heart of My System: WiiM Amp Meets Vintage Vinyl Let’s start...

Warner Records Promo Posters

I love these 70s Warner/Reprise posters, featuring some of their artists. The use of the ‘unicase’ Helvetica glyphs here is pretty cool. Seen at Fonts In Use.

So, I’ve spent the last month with what might be the most niche gadget of 2024 - the Boox Palma2. This phone-sized Android e-ink device was a surprise gift from my girlfriend (who clearly knows my tech obsessions better than anyone). If you’re not familiar with this quirky little device,...

Macrodata Refinement Simulator

Just in time for the second season of Severance. Praise Kier.

Bluesky Comments Web Component

Here’s a little experiment. I’m replacing the GitHub powered comments (that nobody ever used) with Bluesky powered comments. Here’s the code I borrowed from LoueeD to make it work. I installed it locally, changed a couple of things in the CSS and then adapted to work on my Jekyll blog....

UX Tools Map 2024

Here’s the UX Tools Map for 2024. I think that the most significant change is the irruption of all these new AI tools for processing data. It’s not clear how many of these will stick around, but some of them are certainly useful. And then the map itself is so...