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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Stephen Cook - 100% CSS Mario Kart
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Addiction
A ‘Sesame Street’ character’s mom has an addiction. Experts say that’s a valuable lesson.
The Washington Post
“Having a parent battling addiction can be one of the most isolating and stressful situations young children and their families face,” Sherrie Westin, president of social impact and philanthropy at Sesame
3 days ago
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Filmmaking
Trump Followed His Gut on Syria. Calamity Came Fast.
The New York Times - By DAVID E. SANGER
President Trump’s acquiescence to Turkey’s move to send troops deep inside Syrian territory has in only one week’s time turned into a bloody carnage, forced the abandonment of a successful five-year-long
Now
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Will Oremus on Twitter
medium.com - Will Oremus
Inside the company’s powerful recommendations tool — and its efforts to avoid the scandals facing its rivals Like most social networks, Pinterest was …
1 day ago
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Accessibility
Supreme Court hands victory to blind man who sued Domino's over site accessibility
CNBC - Tucker Higgins
The Supreme Court denied a petition from pizza giant Domino's on Monday to hear whether its website is required to be accessible to the disabled, …
October 7
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intercom.com - Jonathon Colman
We hear how his IA and UX experience informs his publishing and curating decisions at Rosenfeld Media. You’ve probably heard the parable of the six …
4 days ago
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UI Design
How to design delightful dark themes
superhuman.com - Teresa Man
At Superhuman, we’re building the fastest email experience in the world. Get through your inbox twice as fast as before, and sustain inbox zero! Dark …
4 days ago
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MacOS Catalina
Why macOS Catalina is breaking so many apps, and what to do about it
The Verge - Nick Statt
Apple’s latest Mac update, macOS Catalina, was released earlier this week, and with it came a flurry of complications both minor and major. For one, this update is the first for Apple to drop 32-bit application
2 days ago
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Technology (India)
Digital dystopia: how algorithms punish the poor
The Guardian - Ed Pilkington in New York
Mistakes have become endemic, with no obvious route for the victims to seek redress New high-tech approaches sweep through social services, work, disability and health, often with minimal public debate
1 day ago
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Internet
Is Anyone Going to Get Rich off of Email Newsletters?
The Atlantic - Kaitlyn Tiffany
Venture capital has finally come for the least sexy communication style. It’s unclear to me whether anyone has ever fallen in love over email, but it’s true that the only friendship I’ve ever succeeded
October 7
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Traffic
Cars Were Banned on 14th Street. The Apocalypse Did Not Come.
The New York Times - By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Recently, I wandered around the vicinity of 14th Street and encountered a quiet that was almost eerie. I was unnervingly reminded of the days after 9/11, when cars were prohibited from making their way
1 day ago
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HBO Max
‘Sesame Street’ Is Sacred, and Everyone Needs Access
indiewire.com - Ann Donahue
As HBO Max assimilates Big Bird, Oscar, and Elmo, the neediest kids are going to be blocked from seeing the most timely, important shows. When my son …
3 days ago
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Fortnite
Fortnite has reached The End – changing video game storytelling for good
The Guardian - Keith Stuart
On Sunday evening, more than 6 million people gathered online via streaming services such as Twitch and YouTube to watch the end of the world. Not our world, thankfully, but the world of Fortnite, which
23 hours ago
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Finland
Me, Mikko, and Annikki |
tcj.com - Leonard Pierce
In an era when institutional memory is being lost at an alarming rate, one of the greatest services that art can serve is to help us remember. …
20 hours ago
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Pigs
Watch the first-ever video of pigs using tools with no human prompting
Vox
Chimpanzees. Elephants. Crows. Dolphins. All these animals have been observed using tools, a behavior that’s often seen as a hallmark of intelligence. But we’ve never had a record of a pig engaging in
3 days ago
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Grand Theft Auto
RE:BIND
rebind.io - Mx Medea
Hatred, Postal, Grand Theft Auto, Untitled Goose Game. What do these games have in common? Violence is a go-to staple of video game design to say the …
2 days ago
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Tariffs
How Trump’s tariffs are creating jobs — for Canadians
Salon - Lydia DePillis
FILE- In this Dec. 19, 2018, file photo packages await delivery inside of a UPS truck in Baltimore. United Parcel Service Inc. reports financial results Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky,
2 days ago
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Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia workers greet new cashless-store ban: ‘I feel like we can serve everyone now’
inquirer.com - Oona Goodin-Smith
In the brightly lit cafe nestled in the shadow of Philadelphia’s City Hall, Marla Barnes smiled as she rang up the customer’s coffee order, sliding …
October 4
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Gemini Man
No movie theater in America will play Gemini Man as it was meant to be seen
Polygon - Matt Patches
The world may not be ready for Ang Lee’s Gemini Man. Literally. Lee captured his new action thriller in 120 frames-per-second 4K 3D in order to bridge the uncanny valley between Will Smith and his costar,
6 days ago
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Alex Garland
Alex Garland Will Never Direct Another ‘Dredd’ Movie: ‘It Was a Crude Experience’
indiewire.com - Zack Sharf
While Pete Travis was credited as the director of 2012's "Dredd," it was writer Alex Garland who actually completed the film. Before Alex Garland …
3 days ago
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Staten Island Ferry
A Monument to Missing Tourists Taken by Wolves Appears in Battery Park
untappedcities.com - Michelle Young
Back in 1981, then-Mayor Ed Koch proposed the release of of wild wolves into train yards to prevent graffiti artists from tagging New York City …
5 days ago
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Amazon
Amazon Workers May Be Watching Your Cloud Cam Home Footage
Bloomberg - Natalia Drozdiak
In a promotional video, Amazon.com Inc. says its Cloud Cam home security camera provides “everything you need to monitor your home, day or night.” In …
5 days ago
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Climate
This Is What Adapting to Climate Change Looks Like
The Atlantic - Robinson Meyer
PG&E’s blackouts in California are a bleak preview of the disruptions that will become routine in a warmer world. California has always promised Americans a glimpse of the future. But this week, the Golden
3 days ago
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Kaspersky Lab
Researchers Say They Uncovered Uzbekistan Hacking Operations Due to Spectacularly Bad OPSEC
VICE - Kim Zetter
Nation-state spy agencies are only as good as their operational security—the care they take to keep their digital spy operations from being discovered. But occasionally a government threat actor appears
October 3
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Media Industry
Tech platforms are where public life is increasingly constructed, and their motivations are far from neutral
Nieman Lab - Mike Ananny
“Instead of thinking about platform companies as the next generation of newspapers, radio stations, or TV channels, we should see them as entirely new entities that shapeshift constantly. Sometimes they
4 days ago
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Ninja
Homemade invisible ink earns ninja student an A for half an essay
The Guardian - Agence France-Presse in Tokyo
A Japanese student aced an assignment on ninja culture by making her own invisible ink from soya beans in a stealthy move that impressed her professor. Eimi Haga, a member of Mie University’s ninja club,
4 days ago
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Edward Norton
Edward Norton Made the Biggest Bet of His Career With ‘Motherless Brooklyn’
indiewire.com - Anne Thompson
Norton has thrown his considerable gifts at an ambitious movie that is all his, and all in. Three-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton does not think …
4 days ago
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Entertainment
‘Primal’: Genndy Tartakovsky Made a Fresh New Adventure Story That Sounds as Stunning as It Looks
indiewire.com - Steve Greene
Indian elephants, Bruce Lee movies, and the director's own lost "Popeye" movie all led to the sensory elements that make this one of the year's best …
5 days ago
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Tesla Model 3
Tesla Smart Summon criticized in Consumer Reports review - Business Insider
Business Insider - Mark Matousek
Consumer Reports said Tesla's Smart Summon feature worked inconsistently and questioned the benefits owners receive from it in a review published on Tuesday. The publication found that the feature, which
5 days ago
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Web Design
The Obvious UI is Often the Best UI
medium.com - Susanna Zaraysky
Design clear interactions instead of clever ones, and users will follow Voltaire said, “le sens commun est fort rare”—common sense is very rare. …
October 2

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