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2020-03-01 04:54 pm
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Standard Notes! (and company)

Enough community grousing, I want to talk about a super neat open-source knick-knack we've been using. :D

Introducing: Standard Notes, a note-taking app for the paranoid!

( SERIOUSLY. Also, some other apps that work like it. )
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hungryghosts: A creature composed of many masks upon one shadowy body draped in a red fabric. (Default)
2020-02-22 10:23 am
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Cool tech acquired!

We have an Ubuntu laptop now! Desktop is still Windows for Games(tm) reasons but holy heck, we're so excited about this?

We've had to wipe and reinstall the OS three times now due to setup issues and we're still so giddy and having the time of our lives? Omg? It's like we invited the best parts of our job into our personal life and also the worst parts that we secretly like. Everything is so CLEAN and UNCLUTTERED and we can ACTUALLY USE COMMANDS IN THE COMMAND LINE.

(Okay, that last part is hyperbole, but the number of times we have typed ls into a Windows shell, only to be very rudely let down...)
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2019-12-31 02:06 am
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User Inyerface, aka: "A worst-practice UI experiment."

Haven't had your fill of tech frustrations today? Then give this monstrosity a try! :D

The splash screen of a game, imploring the reader to fill out the form as quickly as possible while throwing a giant green NO in the reader's face.

And some interesting thoughts on the "invisible language" of the web from Gizmodo:
We take for granted that a button of a certain size, shape, and color will reliably perform a very specific task, and that it can always be found on a certain part of a web page. It’s the result of years of work and analysis by interface designers striving to make websites accessible and easy to navigate without forcing users to sit through a tutorial each and every time. In a way, it’s a language we’ve all unconsciously learned...
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