#298 Colonised Thinking and Figma

This is an update to let you know that we have reached the end of Season 3. Have a great summer, and perhaps Per will see you at Camp Digital in Manchester, England, and perhaps James will see you at Web Summer Camp in Opatija, Croatia. 

S03E11 (#339). Karen Hawkins, accessible design practice lead at Level access and chair of the W3C ARRM group joins us to discuss accessibility and design systems. Design systems can really help improve accessibility, but in reality design teams often don’t know their exact respo ... Show More

S03E10 (#338). About 15 years ago Katrina Alcorn suffered from burnout while managing a team of designers and raising a family. Drawing from her own experience, Katrina highlights during our conversation the importance of autonomy, connection, as well as purpose in the workplace. 

Links and Show Notes Capturing ideas and tasks with Things Things by Cultured Code Connected, Episode 474, Redesigned Into a Butterfly Federico's Pick: Now and Then by The Beatles John's Pick: Crkd Nitro Deck, Purple Limited Edition with carrying case Follow us on Mastodon Federi ... Show More

In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe consider the cognitive effects of driving. How does it alter our perceptions of self? How might driving prevent cognitive decline? What are the benefits of automotive ergonomics and how do we avoid the risks of road rage ... Show More

In this week's episode Marques and Andrew take a quick look at the top internet browsers in the world, Facebook's potential new smart watch, then some Windows 11 leaks. After that they dive into the Tesla Plaid event, what they think about the new Model S and also why they think ... Show More

Marques and Andrew dive head first into a ton of EV news including some Rivian confusion and the new Polestar O2 concept car. Then they talk about TikTok changing its videos to a maximum of ten minutes and why there still isn't an Instagram app for the iPad. After that, they give ... Show More

<p>Wired 04.12, December 1996: <a href="https://archive.org/details/wired-magazine-04.12-1996-december">https://archive.org/details/wired-magazine-04.12-1996-december</a></p><p>Show notes with page numbers for everything we discuss: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/techpod-295-wired- ... Show More

Our physical versus digital media preferences, the one tech product we have in (too much) abundance, whether we keep our phones in a case, and our journaling habits and methods. 

Topics: Anchored Objects Interview with Marcus Radich, PageProof Obscure Feature: Standard Carriage Return Links: Marcus Radich, from PageProof.com Anchored Objects: Working with Anchored Objects in InDesign How to Anchor a Graphic to Text (Video Tutorial) Anchoring Graphics Betw ... Show More

The Topic Tuesday question is from Johnny FD in Ukraine, who asks how bad are Chinese cars, really? The guys debate choices for Manav in Ontario, CDN, who simply wants something new. Social media questions ask if there are ways to better quantify or compare handling, how necessar ... Show More

This week Marques and Andrew dive deep into the new EV tax credit bill and talk about which cars will and won't benefit from it. Then they talk about the current state of social media and rank their favorite apps before finishing it up by talking about to-do lists and calendar ap ... Show More