Psychology
Three Hypotheses of Human Interface Design
Hypothesis 1: Human interface cognitive load is proportional to the number of clicks/keystrokes/gestures Hypothesis 2: Human interface cognitive load is proportional to interface latency Hypothesis 3: The usability of an interface is inversely geometrically proportional to its cognitive load
Design
Fontstand — try fonts for free or rent them
"Fontstand is a Mac OS X app that allows you to try fonts for free or rent them by the month for desktop use for just a fraction of the regular price. One-click font activation for all your OS X apps."
Type Detail
"Type detail is an ongoing project by Wenting Zhang, inspired by the great discontent's 100 day project and Stephen Coles's great book The Anatomy of Type. The rule and goal is to annotate a web typeface each day, pointing out the beautiful details of the type forms that often get overlooked. "
Interface Writing: Code for Humans
"The web and the world are full of instructions. Everywhere you go, signs and people are telling you what to do."
We Don’t Need More Designers Who Can Code
"The reason designers should know about code, is the same reason developers should know about design. Not to become designers, but to empathize with them."
On Repeat
"How to use loops to explain anything"
(Warning: heavy on GIFs. Will probably crash phone and tablet browsers.)
Education
Brooklyn Kids Designed Future Technology To Fight Loneliness And Diabetes
The current reality is that Google is 17 percent female, 1 percent Black, and 2 percent Hispanic. “These are troubling numbers,” said Alex. If the leadership of our tech field is only comprised of one type of person, we cannot solve a set of problems diverse enough for our world.