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Look Back at 2015 Movies

Before it gets too late in the year, here’s a quick roundup of all the films that I saw last…

Job Spotlight: Mayfield Robotics

Interaction designer and author Dan Saffer is one of the smartest people I know working in technology. His résumé includes…

iOS 9.3’s Night Shift and Shared iPads

Last week Apple announced several marquee features in its forthcoming iOS 9.3 update. Two of them I would classify under…

Japanese Monopoly

More specifically, a Japanese traditional arts and crafts edition of the venerable American board game Monopoly. It looks like a…

Alternatives to Helvetica

More often than not I find that Helvetica is the right solution for the design problems I tackle, but I…

Geoff Teehan Interviews Sketch’s Pieter Omvlee

Geoff Teehan talks to the Bohemian Coding founder on the “past, present and future of Sketch.” This was one of…

David Bowie, Rest in Peace

David Bowie died of cancer on Sunday. This animated tribute to the musician’s many faces was created by U.K. illustrator…

2015 Report Card for Apple

Several months ago I had this idea that we, as a community of users and enthusiasts, should be tracking how…

Slack Overflow

Slack is wonderful. I’m now a member of eight Slack teams (that I can remember). Surely there are other users…

Animated Tribute to The Wire

This terrific short animated tribute to “The Wire” by director, designer, and animator Eric Lim is chock full of visual…