Karl K.

An icon can be perfectly centred and still look wrong. I’ve made a little play-button demo where you can turn on the outlines and see what the browser is actually aligning. karlkoch.me/writing/on-a...

I’ve updated hiring-manager-bar with more training examples and regression tests. I want it to give useful portfolio feedback without turning every project into the same long case study. karlkoch.me/writing/upda...

My Norse mythology sleeve connects me to my ancestors. Some of its symbols have also been appropriated by people whose beliefs I reject, and knowing why I chose them doesn’t make that any easier. karlkoch.me/writing/on-t...

I’m usually looking for something I can remove from an interface. But if a visible Save button explains what a hidden bookmark doesn’t, those few letters are doing useful work. I’ve worked through the interaction here: karlkoch.me/writing/on-w...

As always, the deepest of dives on keyboards. Marcin’s Shift Happens was a wild read, so glad I got it during the Kickstarter.

Really agree with @jim-nielsen.com on making things we want to exist. Using KK Sans on my own site keeps giving me reasons to improve it; I'd like any money it made to help me keep doing that. karlkoch.me/writing/on-w...

I really agree with Sean Goedecke on reading code. Following how an interface actually works is a big reason I still think design engineers need coding fundamentals, especially when AI is writing the code. karlkoch.me/writing/on-k...

The Design Engineering work that looks best online is usually polish. I want us to show the end-to-end projects and the tools that helped a whole team too, because what we show affects when people think to involve us. karlkoch.me/writing/end-...

I’ve been hiring Design Engineers, and some portfolios make it surprisingly difficult to work out what the person did. The hiring manager is one of your users too; help them understand the work before asking them to explore it. karlkoch.me/writing/the-...

I've learnt a lot from opening my doors to people asking for help. I don't think they should have to pitch what's in it for me first. And if I can't help, I can say so kindly; it doesn't need to be pitchforks at dawn. karlkoch.me/writing/on-k...

On the right tool for the job. Karl Koch answers the question “how do you work”. Short version: it depends. I like the part about having to steer the tools a lot.

#Design #Approaches Why OKLCH · “Define colors perceptually, derive everything else.” ilo.im/16by9o by Karl Koch _____ #Colors #ColorSpaces #ColorPalettes #OKLCH #ProductDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev #Frontend

Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results https://voteyesornoai.com

my code is always perfect it’s the computer, text editor, language and browsers that are wrong

If you don’t put proper guardrails on your AI, this is what happens

I’ve felt this way about him for years. His “genius” is all just bravado and arrogance.

Just wow. Looks like Zuck really is head-deep inside Trump’s a** now. He really is just another spineless billionaire. Shouldn’t have expected more of him. And won’t ever again.

the most appropriate time to use scroll jacking is never

The Halo Effect and Stick To Your Guns records dropped today. Stoked. Let’s go!

AI, in its current state, is essentially a rehashed version of QnA if we’re completely honest with ourselves.

Wrote a bit about time off. kejk.tech/thoughts/on-...

It’s so sad to see what’s happening with all these skate shoe brands just selling out and pushing out all the skaters who helped grow and keep them relevant. I get they might have been losing money, but damn. People buy shoes to support the rider, or at least they used to…

Saaaaame

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It began with Jim Henson, child psychologists, PBS, and a Ford Foundation grant to use Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities to teach kids and model a diverse and kind community. It ends by getting canceled by Warner Bros and Zaslav. A history of American decline in one story.

Schrödingers documentation: If there are docs, noone will read them. If there are no docs, everyone will complain.

I remember getting this and absolutely loving it. Best Christmas present ever back when it first dropped. Such a simple and minimal design, but it encouraged me to listen to songs without knowing what was coming next, so I’d typically avoid skipping them and just bask in the randomness.

If the Zoom rebrand solves anything, it should be saving us the precious minutes when people say “can you see my screeeeen?” still.

Writing Tools API when?

Gotta say, I love what we do #duckduckgo. spreadprivacy.com/2024-duckduc...

Arc is really good. I would pay, idk, something for a yearly sub. I'm sure many more would too. And if they didn't have to hire a team to make feature film quality videos about pivots then maybe that would be enough to sustain one browser product?

Wrote a short piece about “delight” in products. kejk.tech/thoughts/ten...

Bluebell 🥰

Enjoyable read as always from Arun’s blog.

Decided to chuck up an actual blue sky from golden hour yesterday as my banner image on here because, y’know, “design”.

Fuck yes. youtu.be/yCK4j6p_RjE?...

Sup.