Noah Mittman

Web professional since '96; Technologist; UX and IxD; Survivor of Browser War I & Browser War II; I wish the punk MCs would turn to fish.

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Source Code
Read the source code for every classic Infocom text-adventure game!
boingboing.net - Cory Doctorow
Jason Scott has made the source available for every one of Infocom's classic and genre-defining text adventure games (previously) for the Apple ][+ …
Boeing 737 MAX
How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer
ieee.org - Gregory Travis
Design shortcuts meant to make a new plane seem like an old, familiar one are to blame Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesThis is part of the wreckage …
Typography
Why the US Government Just Made Its Own Font
VICE - Mitch Bowman
'Public Sans,' a sharp new typeface for interface design has been made freely available, courtesy of a somewhat unusual source: the United States federal government. Last week, the General Services Administration—historically
Material Design
Why Don't We Just Use Material Design?
webdesignerdepot.com
I work out of a small office in a co-working environment. Next to my dedicated space is a hot-desking area used primarily for video conferencing. …
Comic Books
Lone Wolf and Cub Writer Kazuo Koike Passes Away
cbr.com - Brian Cronin
The legendary manga writer, Kazuo Koike, best known for his iconic series, Lone Wolf and Cub, with artist Goseki Kojima, has passed away at the age of …
The graceful restoration of a 200-year-old serif typeface shows the problem with digital fonts
Quartz
In the early 1800s, a talented German punchcutter by the name of Justus Enrich Walbaum created a typeface that signaled modernity. A departure from the Blackletter fonts that were common in German books
FilmStruck
A Streaming Service for Cinephiles
The Atlantic - David Sims
After the death of FilmStruck, the Criterion Collection decided to finally launch a dedicated online hub for its impressive library of classic films. Upon opening the Criterion Channel app, the user is
Samsung Galaxy Fold
My Samsung Galaxy Fold screen broke after just a day
The Verge - Dieter Bohn
Yikes Look closely at the picture above, and you can see a small bulge right on the crease of my Galaxy Fold review unit. It’s just enough to slightly distort the screen, and I can feel it under my finger.
Notre Dame Cathedral
Silver lining: Late art historian's work, 'Assassin's Creed' could help rebuild Notre Dame
SFGate - Alix Martichoux
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to rebuild the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which was devastated by a massive fire Monday. Reconstructing the intricate French Gothic cathedral is bound
Opinion (India)
Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work?
The New York Times - By ERIN GRIFFITH
Never once at the start of my workweek — not in my morning coffee shop line; not in my crowded subway commute; not as I begin my bottomless inbox slog — have I paused, looked to the heavens and whispered:
Alexa
Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa
Bloomberg - Matt Day, Giles Turner, Natalia Drozdiak
Tens of millions of people use smart speakers and their voice software to play games, find music or trawl for trivia. Millions more are reluctant to …
Design
How to create a culture of open design
tannerchristensen.com
People, Products, and Epiphanies
medium.com - Jens Riegelsberger
How a user-first culture led to a decade of eureka moments at Google UX Jens RiegelsbergerBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 10 I joined Google’s User …
Web Design
Front-end Developer Handbook 2019 - Learn the entire JavaScript, CSS and HTML development practice!
frontendmasters.com
Front-end Developer Handbook 2019 Sponsored by Frontend Masters, advancing your skills with in-depth, modern front-end engineering …
Meteorology
How 5G is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk
hackaday.com - by: Dan Maloney
If the great Samuel Clemens were alive today, he might modify the famous meteorological quip often attributed to him to read, “Everyone complains …
Gaming
A Secret Server for the Dead MMO 'City of Heroes' Has Players in an Uproar
VICE - Emanuel Maiberg
When copyright law prevented the devoted 'City of Heroes' community from playing its favorite game, the community created its own solution, and a lot of drama. In 2012, Paragon Studios announced it was
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders Pierces the Fox News Bubble
The Atlantic - Conor Friedersdorf
A town hall on the network was a risk for the self-described “democratic socialist.” It paid off. On Monday night, Fox News aired a town hall with Bernie Sanders, a front-runner in the 2020 Democratic
Cathedrals
On the Roof of Notre-Dame, Before It Burned
The New Yorker - Lauren Collins
Seeing the spire of Notre-Dame split like a pencil, you wanted, honestly, to be sick. “La flèche s’est effondrée” (“The spire has collapsed”) was how they said it—on TV, on the radio, on Twitter—in French.
Oklahoma Was Never Really O.K.
vulture.com - Frank Rich
When those who want to make America great again wax nostalgic about the Great America they claim has vanished, what America are they picturing? If …
Sony
Exclusive: What to Expect From Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation
WIRED - Peter Rubin
Mark Cerny would like to get one thing out of the way right now: The videogame console that Sony has spent the past four years building is no mere …
Business Intelligence
Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show
NBC News - Olivia Solon
Facebook’s leaders seriously discussed selling access to user data — and privacy was an afterthought. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg oversaw plans to consolidate the social network’s power and control competitors
Long-form Journalism
Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes - Issue 71: Flow
nautil.us - Chelsea Wald
Not long ago I diagnosed myself with the recently identified condition of sidewalk rage. It’s most pronounced when it comes to a certain friend who …
North Carolina
‘Extreme Pollen’ Blankets North Carolina in a Sneeze-Inducing Yellow Haze
The New York Times - By DAN LEVIN
Spring can feel like the end of the world for allergy sufferers, but in North Carolina this week, it looked that way, too. And it has a name to match: “Pollenpocalypse.” Massive clouds of sneeze-inducing
T-shirts
Their Hearts on Their Sleeves
Topic - Adam Weinstein, Bryan Thomas
When lives are cut short in Liberty City, Miami, loved ones honor the dead by memorializing them on their clothes.
Weird
English is one of the world's "weirdest" languages, say linguists
Quartz - Adam Schembri
Is English a “weird” language? Many of us might feel this is true when we’re trying to explain its complex spelling rules, or the meanings of idioms such as “it’s raining cats and dogs” to someone who
'Falcon Age' Is a Damning Anti-Colonialist Story In Search of a Better Game
VICE - Natalie Watson
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this cute bird. This bird is like family to me. BUT... My name is 0507. At least, that’s what my robotic wardens call me. I’m stuck in a prison operated by the Outer Ring Company,
Life Is Strange 2
How Journals Are Bringing Humanity to Video Games
usgamer.net - Andrew King
Nathan Drake pauses for a moment to sketch the symbols etched in the mossy stones of an ancient dais. A chapter in the Van der Linde gang’s story …
A video game showed me who I really am
Polygon - Margaret Evans
Finding your identity can be hard, but games can make it a bit easier One appeal of video games is that they offer an opportunity to experiment with new ideas without fear of consequences. No matter how
No-one looks good playing VR
eurogamer.net - Julia Hardy
I love VR. I've loved it in all of its bastardised and malformed versions over the years. The first time I ever played in virtual reality was at the …
Crazy Taxi Tycoon and the Art of Selling Out
deorbital.media - Matthew Koester
Matthew KoesterBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 8 “Counter culture? Capital will commodify it, instigate it, reproduce it and sell it. There is no …