I had some open tabs in my december notes, and it's a really cathargic process for me. So here we go again.
Interesting reads
- Jeff Huang about Making Pages Last about all the ways that content is not kept alive anymore, how links and URLs are figuratively rotting, and also strategies to minimize the risk of breaking your website after a few years.
- Critically Extant by Sofia Crespo about the limits of available data as a means of engaging with critically endangered species.
- No web without women: a collection of innovations by women in the fields of computer science and technology.
- Deepak Varuvel Dennison's essay about how human knowledge is missing from the internet, leading to huge gaps in wat generative AI has access to, leading to a vicious circle.
- This web-essay by Marcin Wichary analyzes Mac settings over the years. Surprisingly fun read and love the interactions created by Mihai Parparita.
- Data and Wearables Report about women's health data. Women's health data is scarce. Which also means a hard time for AI to cure all diseases in the upcoming years. I love this intersection between data and wearables at the intersection of women's health.
Pretty pages
- Arc with a beautiful table homepage
- Personal website of Thomas. Minimalistic, clean and still colorful.
- Matilda's page as a strategist and startup adviser. Fun fonts, bold, and engaging design.
- Personal website of Anna Mills. Super fun, personal. I love the way she uses her graphic design expertise on her website.
Random Wikipedia things that I find fascinating
- "Prestige", which is a sociolinguistic concept that explains why some languages or dialect are seen as more correct or superior to others. It reminds me of the concept of code switching and how different cultures and languages affect your everyday life.
- The AI effect. Every time we figure something out, it stops being magical. The concept of intelligence is adjusted to exclude whatever is currently achieved.