wholegraindigital.com
“Future-first design thinking” by Marketa Benisek looks at contemporary approaches for the consideration of nature in design, from creating non-human personas, through Cathedral Thinking, to adopting a “sustainability-first mindset” […]
The Era of Antisocial Social Media
hbr.org
The core thesis of this article is that young people have started to move away from the big social media, withdrawing into more private spaces for their digital social interactions. It’s a handy categorization of non- (or not-yet-?) mainstream practices […]
pluralistic.net
Cory Doctorow’s text is much more about illustrating and discussing the concept of “enshittification” than about TikTok specifically. It’s worth a read:
Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then […]
Leicht verständliche Sprache - gender-fair!
capito.eu
A rare gem: an observational study validating the comprehensibility of five different forms of gender-neutral German text.
The Potentially Dangerous Non-Accessibility Of Cookie Notices
smashingmagazine.com
Nobody likes cookie consent modals. But if you are not able to "design them away" by technical solutions, they should at least be fully accessible.
The Calm Web: A Solution to Our Scary and Divisive Online World
calibreapp.com
I really enjoyed this take by Karolina Szczur, which is essentially about a focus on usability and user-centredness vs. the excessive overload that has creeped into the web over the decades.
The Calm Web is a reimagining of the online world that […]