It’s the time of year again when browser makers ask which shiny new features they should implement in preference to fixing outstanding bugs. Despite my cynicism, I’m trying again with these submissions. They’re mostly typographic but in some cases important.| clagnut.com
Earlier this year Clearleft brought 40 design leaders together in New York to shape a shared vision for the future of design leadership in a world of AI. The output was a series of critical questions to ask of ourselves and our organisations. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
My good friend Andy Clarke, and I have decided to host a podcast. To be more precise, Andy is resurrecting a podcast and I’m joining him. It'll be about design, business and agency life. Better than that, though, is our plan for splendid guests. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
I'm now around every Friday morning for a 30 minute chat about anything you like. Book a time slot that works for you. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
This is a response to Miriam Suzanne’s excellent post on Reimagining Fluid Typography. She poses lots of really interesting questions, some of which I disagree with, but most of all they got me thinking… and writing. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
I read a couple of posts about AI recently, which seemed to hold opposing ideas, but I agreed with them both to some extent. I'm conflicted, but what I do know is that I find LLMs useful on occasion, but every time I use one I die a little inside. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
In Jeremy’s recent post, “The web on mobile”, he bemoans the mobile web experience. I had some further thoughts, including: if web apps are to compete with native apps in the affections of users, then they need to be equivalent. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
I don’t know if it’s just me, or if something’s happened in the last few months, but I keep seeing faux bolds everywhere. The fix is tiny and simple, although frankly the mistake is pretty basic – there’s no excuse for it being so prevalent. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
The short answer is: quite a lot. The long answer covers some accessibility issues, some new CSS, some slightly older CSS, some high level colour theory, a bit about SVGs, and some typography finessing; all of which I’ll cover in this post. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
How to quickly get code syntax highlighting in Keynote without having to select each bit of code and changing the colour manually. Read more.| Clagnut summaries
I was back in hospital today. I needed an echocardiogram to check my heart was OK and that my lungs were clear of blood clots. It was, and they are, so all good. This is the account – primarily for future me – of how I ended up there.| clagnut.com