Journal
I’ve just finished reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Isihiguro.
Afterwards I was also keen to see the film, which I enjoyed. It featured great performances by Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield in particular, and a haunting score. Although I enjoyed the book, I found it a little slow-paced and so watching the film helped bring it all together (despite taking a few liberties with the plot).
Lastly, I enjoyed this short interview with the author in which he interestingly remarked that the sci-fi element was just a device to support the primary topic of managing friendship and loving relationships within our short lifetimes.
Lightning Design System
I should have bookmarked it long before now, but just revisiting the Lightning Design System I’m reminded that is really well organised and executed.
SLDS saves time and energy, freeing designers and developers to focus on larger issues of usability and meaning. Standardized, reusable components support collaboration, reinforce branding, and provide a consistent look and user experience.
Plant43 – Light Pollution
Having a nice moment revisiting this amazing 2006 Ai records double-header from @datassette and @plant43_ and remembering pre-lockdown Glasgow life.
Inspire.js
Lean, hackable, extensible slide deck framework
I’ve been on the lookout for a lightweight, web standards based slide deck solution for a while and this one from Lea Verou could well be perfect.
Shifting left: how introducing accessibility earlier helps the BBC’s design system (by Sophie Beaumont)
Absolute gold here regarding accessibility, bloated components, and purpose versus appearance.
It’s easy for a component to become bloated and its purpose increasingly ambiguous.
Dragula - Browser drag-and-drop so simple it hurts
Here’s a nice, lightweight and framework-free drag and drop UI solution, that’s sure to come in handy.
Drag and drop so simple it hurts
Container Queries in Web Components | Max Böck
Max’s demo is really clever and features lots of interesting web component related techniques.
I came up with this demo of a book store. Each of the books is draggable and can be moved to one of three sections, with varying available space. Depending on where it is placed, different styles will be applied to the book.
One web component to rule them all? (on Filament Group, Inc.)
Scott Jehl has taken a refreshingly Progressive Enhancement -centric look at Web Components.
this pattern provides a nice hook for adding progressive enhancements to already-meaningful HTML contained in these custom elements, leaving them resilient in the case of of script loading failures and allowing the page to start rendering before the JS happens to run.
Changes at Basecamp
Basecamp—makers of project management, team communication and email software—have taken a controversial new stance against (amongst other things) political discussion at work, “paternalistic benefits” and 360 performance reviews.
These are difficult enough waters to navigate in life, but significantly more so at work. It's become too much. It's a major distraction. It saps our energy, and redirects our dialog towards dark places. It's not healthy, it hasn't served us well.
Changing visual order with CSS
When considering using Flexbox or CSS Grid to change the visual order of elements, remember that “with great power comes great responsibility”.