Noah Mittman

Web professional since '96; Technologist; UX and IxD; Survivor of the era of Internet Optimism; I wish all the bunk MCs turn to fish.

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Autos
This Motorcycle Airbag Vest Will Stop Working If You Miss a Payment
VICE - Aaron Gordon
Charging extra for safety features is nothing new, but actively disabling them for missed payments may be the future. Airbag vests are pretty much exactly what they sound like, garments worn by people...
3 days ago
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Japanese firm installs vending machine selling nothing but munchable insects - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp
SASEBO, Nagasaki -- A vending machine offering insects (and only insects) for the public's snacking convenience was recently installed in Nagasaki …
5 days ago
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Design
UI & UX Micro-Tips: Volume Four. | Marc Andrew
marcandrew.me
When creating practical, accessible, and gorgeous UIs, it takes only the tiniest tweaks to improve your designs. In this follow-up article I’ve brought …
Apr 27
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Design
Design is free
uxdesign.cc - dave hoffer
How design is trending in the 21st century and what to do about it. With the advent of digital distribution/commodification, automation, and …
Apr 28
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Management
The Factory Is The Product
jdnoc.com
I think about this tweet a lot. https://t.co/A4svCcE1Yy — Jordan O'Connor (@jdnoc) April 3, 2021 This is one of the fundamental perspectives that …
Apr 21
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U.S. Politics
Senate intel leaders vow to 'get to the bottom' of increasing directed-energy attacks
POLITICO - Lara Seligman
U.S. personnel have reported symptoms similar to the "Havana Syndrome" attacks from 2016. The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee vowed on Friday to "get to the bottom of" a series of directed-energy...
Apr 30
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Pokémon
Heart Container: 22 Years Later, I Am Still Todd Snap
uppercutcrit.com - Jessica Howard
*Very light spoilers for the first hour of New Pokemon Snap below*Back in 1999, I fell asleep on Pokemon sheets, curled up next to Pokemon plushies, …
6 days ago
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"I’d admit, this entire essay is just a lengthy, 1,000 words spiel about how creatively bankrupt―even boring―Outriders is. But what more can be said about Outriders, other than that it’s simply the pr …
Bullet Points Monthly
bulletpointsmonthly.com
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Gambling
Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji is unlike any game I’ve ever played
Medium - Vidyasaur
Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji is one of the strangest games I’ve ever played. It’s basically a rock-paper-scissors game for PlayStation, and it cost …
Apr 26
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"Letting the AI take over put me in the director's seat of a high intensity post-fantasy anime, and I'm never going back."
Nier
Auto-Battle Is the Best Version of Combat in the New 'NieR Replicant'
VICE - Dia Lacina
Apr 26
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Hong Kong
How Animal Crossing became a place of protest in China and Hong Kong
eurogamer.net - Lu-Hai Liang
On New Year's Day 2020 I attended a protest march. My friend, a Croatian journalist covering the technology beat for The South China Morning Post, …
5 days ago
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Video Games
‘In the game, I knew myself as Hannah’: the trans gamers finding freedom on Roblox
The Guardian - Tom Faber
37m people use the gaming platform every day in search of adventure – and for teenagers exploring their gender identity, it is also a place of liberation When she was a child, Hannah discovered two portals...
Apr 24