So here's a fun but useless trick: mimicking Pokemon Go's battery saver mode on the web. For the few who missed the craze, Pokemon Go dims your phone's screen when you turn it upside-down. With the game being something of a battery hog, this can save you precious charge as you walk from one PokeStop| Thomas Park | On web development, interface design, user research, and all th...
The Obsession My family gets competitive with card games. Our latest obsession is Dutch Blitz, a fast-paced game that seems somewhat regional due to the Pennsylvania Dutch influence. To give you an idea of just how seriously we take it, we have a spreadsheet to keep score and maintain lifetime stats. Feel free to fork| Thomas Park | On web development, interface design, user research, and all th...
Welcome to another installment of the collective nouns survey. This time we focus on Overwatch, following surveys for Team Fortress 2 and Starcraft. In Overwatch, there are 27 playable heroes so far, each with unique personalities and complementary abilities. When talking about a six-stack of McCrees or Meis (which isn't seen outside of arcade mode| Thomas Park | On web development, interface design, user research, and all th...
Groups of animals get special collective nouns[1. A longer list of animal collective nouns can be found here.], some of which are familiar (e.g., a pride of lions, a gaggle of geese) and others that are less known but equally evocative: a crash of rhinos, a charm of hummingbirds, a prickle of porcupines, a loveliness| Thomas Park
