It’s the details that make the difference
A case study in making a simple demo serve as many people as possible.
I’m John Williams
I build for the web, write about culture, and watch too many movies.
Posts here tend to be about what’s caught my attention. That usually means front-end development or the intersection of technology and the humanities, but sometimes other stuff sneaks in. I also run a weekly lyrics guessing-game, because not everything has to be serious.
Designers becoming technologists won’t save us
Design may have a technology problem, but right now we all have a “caring” problem.
You ain’t got no money, they will put you out
Get out of here
- Status:
- All 10 lyrics identified!
- Leading:
- Fred with 9 guesses
This is where we used to live
I know what my soundtrack to the ’90s and ’00s was. I don’t think I have one for the 2020s.
Photoshopped
“Smells like AI” is just the newest way to be a dick on the Internet.
Being in the room
Eric Schmidt invites graduates to speak, but not anywhere he has to listen to them.
With AI, are we automating? Or are we delegating?
We keep trying to automate with LLMs. We’re actually delegating, and pretending otherwise makes us bad at it.
Amazon Strolls Into Mordor
They ignored the obvious risks, but now the risks have become consequences and they’re looking for someone else to blame.
Mercatr, and what it’s there for
Using AI to build an anti-algorithmic music recommendation engine
1969 Had Terrible Lyrics Too
In defense of Jack Harlow and “Lovin’ On Me”
Art sources
Good places to find free(ish) artwork for blog posts.
Recent Friday 10 Games
Stretched out on a tarmac
Six miles south of North Platte
I'm bought for the price of a flagon of rice
The wind buffs the cabin, you speak of your life.
Now I can hear the sun
The clouds drifting through the blinds
