diff --git a/content/memex/art-design/colour.md b/content/memex/art-design/colour.md index 0dfe1757..eeffc581 100644 --- a/content/memex/art-design/colour.md +++ b/content/memex/art-design/colour.md @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags: - vision - deliveroo - colour +- picker +- colour-scheme --- ## Spelling @@ -18,3 +20,7 @@ I spell colour with a U (as I'm British) while I'm writing text for humans, but ## LCH colours I'm a big fan of the [LCH colour space](https://css.land/lch/), which is designed to allow for consistent human-perceived luminescence as the hue and chroma change. [Read more here](https://lea.verou.me/blog/2020/04/lch-colors-in-css-what-why-and-how/). + +## Finding colour schemes + +I regularly use the [paletton](https://paletton.com/) colour scheme finder to pick colours that work well together. It's great for finding colours that work well together, and is surprisingly sophisticated! diff --git a/content/memex/art-design/design-inspiration.md b/content/memex/art-design/design-inspiration.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dc35be28 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/memex/art-design/design-inspiration.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +title: Design inspiration +emoji: 💭 +summary: Designs—of objects, pictures, spaces, whatever—that inspire me +draft: false +tags: +- design +- designers +- dieter-rams +--- + +## Dieter Rams Palette + +_Colours taken from Dieter Rams legendary product collection for Braun._ [via [present and correct](https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/rams-palette)] diff --git a/content/memex/computing/_index.md b/content/memex/computing/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..437ad494 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/memex/computing/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +--- +title: Computing +emoji: 💻 +summary: The software, hardware and theory behind computers. +--- + +I've built a career as a software engineer, and as any software engineer will tell you, this career _absolutely_ spills over into the rest of your life. I tinker and make software, hardware and all sorts of computer-related things all the time. diff --git a/content/memex/computing/optimisation.md b/content/memex/computing/optimisation.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..18c1921f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/memex/computing/optimisation.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +title: Optimisation +summary: Computational methods for optimising data and structures. +tags: +- computing +- optimisation +- lines +- svg +--- + +## Line simplification + +A really simple method for [simplifying vector lines](https://bost.ocks.org/mike/simplify/) (particularly in SVGs) that I've used for maps of countries. diff --git a/content/memex/games/gaming.md b/content/memex/games/gaming.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..202e9f3c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/memex/games/gaming.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +title: Gaming +emoji: 🤩 +summary: The concept of playing games in general +draft: false +tags: +- manifesto +- play +- games +--- + +## Puzzmo manifesto + +The [Puzzmo manifesto](https://www.puzzmo.com/public-manifesto) is all a good read, but the section play being health resonates with me! + +> Play is healthy +> +> Play is not kid stuff, or time-wasters, or gamification. Mindlessly matching gems while you watch tv is not play. Doing light math advertised to keep your brain elastic is not play. Work cannot be magically reformulated to become play. Play is its own thing. Play is engaging and all-encompassing. Play makes you feel light and free, even when it itself is deep and complex. Play is the companion of joy. diff --git a/content/memex/web/functionality.md b/content/memex/web/functionality.md index 2b399ac6..099c2caf 100644 --- a/content/memex/web/functionality.md +++ b/content/memex/web/functionality.md @@ -18,3 +18,15 @@ I love the design of [this magazine](https://asteriskmag.com/), the simple colou On [any article page](https://asteriskmag.com/articles), if you highlight a block of text, an asterisk will appear which will let you bookmark that chunk of text — _entirely locally_. It stores the data in your browser's DB, so there's no data going back to the magazine about what the most highlighted section is, which is always nice. I haven't explored this feature a lot, but I'd be interested in exploring whether the highlights can survive edits of the article? What referencing mechanism they use for storing the locations of the highlights? (Is it a [CFI](https://idpf.org/epub/linking/cfi/epub-cfi.html)?) Can you manually export your highlights later, in a format that allows for citations? It's all quitr exciting. + +## Offline only + +This [blog post](https://chrisbolin.co/offline/) from Chris Bolin, and a magazine (referenced in the article) that extended from it are designed so that you can _only view them when disconnected from the internet_. + +I _love_ this idea. I'd probably make it so that you had to have been offline for a short while (say, 5 minutes) before you could engage with the site (perhaps showing a flowering bud that takes 5 minutes to bloom, before you can start the interaction), so that the temptation to just flip your wifi on and off all the time isn't there — otherwise this could just become an annoyance? + +I'd either let people click links but 'save them for later' (when they're back online), or keep the interaction totally within the site. + +## Stylying RSS feed + +I've used the recommendations on [this site](https://claytonerrington.com/blog/adding-some-flare-to-rss/) to ensure the RSS feeds on this site look pretty too! (Stick `index.xml` at the end of any page listing posts to see what I mean, eg [byjp.me/posts/index.xml](https://www.byjp.me/posts/index.xml).) diff --git a/content/memex/web/tools.md b/content/memex/web/tools.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..79a48f7f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/memex/web/tools.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +title: Tools +emoji: 🛠️ +summary: Tools for developing websites +draft: false +tags: +- www +- web +- webdesign +--- + +## Favicons + +I frequently use the [real favicon generator](https://realfavicongenerator.net/) to create favicon packages for my sites. I could probably do the work myself at this stage, but its easy & simple and works well!