Choose your measurements
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We launched our destination homepage in 2017. Since then the fundamentals of the site have remained the same. But we have made a lot of changes—2,102 commits!—and a lot has happened. Here are some recent numbers:
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● 42k logo hovers
● 473k link overlay expansions
● 5,474 links published
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These numbers have been fun. They’re fun to screenshot around. Fun to randomly cite. They’re silly. They only matter or make sense to us.
But even silly numbers have value. Even when people don’t quite know what they mean. Because numbers and stats excite the imagination. They make people wonder. With incomplete information, we fill in the gaps. People imagine good things.
Ultimately the numbers mean something to us because we chose to measure this stuff. We really want to know how many times our dear desktop readers hover their mouse over our logo. It’s how we keep our finger on the pulse.
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Working on a fix
We are investigating why our homepage’s connection to the Twitter API started failing.
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Stills for Two Hours
Marking 120 Wednesday Stills
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A website is a machine you leave outside
always on.
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My $80 Macbook
Hot rodded with a 240GB SSD and 4GB of RAM, it’s a screamer.
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Day One Sessions
A concept for up & coming guitarists with a passion for teaching.
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Context Limited Computing
Keep only the main thing on the mainframe.
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Have you noticed the dearth of compelling metaverse demos?
Few people have goggle rigs, and it’s hard to communicate the VR experience, but still… where are the demos that make people feel something
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Do you remember Sessions@AOL?
It was a simpler time.
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Basketball Style
Pugnacious.
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The Best Drum Pattern
We make our case for the “push beat” using twenty-two examples.
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Test the limits of your computer…
… by visiting our homepage, pressing and holding the ⌘ command key, then alternating between the ↓ down arrow and ⮑ return.
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Create a Brand Animal
Every brand a brand animal
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Your business card is CRAP!
Your card should be so good that, even if they don’t like you, they won’t throw it out, because it demonstrates incredible marketing capability.
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Collaborative Writing
Typing with somebody
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Add a room mic
Tune in with your surrounds
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Songs with Go! parts
Sometimes it’s right before the solo. Or just after. Sometimes it signals mosh and really sets things off. Some tunes go! right out the gate.
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A Style of Computing: Headphone Distribution
Ready your machine for studio collaboration with this $24 peripheral.
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Question Re: Virtualization Software for Apple Silicon
What about all the websites inside VirtualBox?
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A gift concept for the animal lover in your life
Follow a simple 3-step process
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Introduce an Overhead Shot
Run a long USB to an old iPhone strapped to the ceiling
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