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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 108 posts.
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Understanding Image Sharpness (2003)
The sharpness of a photographic imaging system or of a component of the system (lens, film, image sensor, scanner, enlarging lens, etc.) is characterized by a parameter called Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) , also known as spatial frequency response. We present a unique visual explanation of MTF and how it relates…
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A new Xbox controller to make gaming accessible to more people with disabilities
The new Xbox Adaptive Controller will make gaming accessible to people with a broad range of disabilities.
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Gmail Icons are Hard
nikitonsky: Default mode for GMail action panel is icons. Icons are great: they take little space, don’t need to be translated. Only one caveat: more often than not there’s no good, well-understood icon for your action.
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Fonts for Complex Data
H&Co designs fonts for print, web, and mobile environments.
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A puzzle that tiles infinitely across both sides, based on the Klein Bottle
Have you ever done a puzzle that has no beginning or end? Where you don’t know up from down? Get lost in the infinite galaxy puzzle. The infinity puzzles™ are a new type of jigsaw puzzle insp…
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Building games that can be understood at a glance
I've been making games on the iphone for a long time, almost since the beginning... and one thing that struck me early on was how differently I discovered iPhone games versus games on other platforms.
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A Cartography Nerd's Guide to Custom Map-Making
How to one designer used public data to create an interactive map of San Francisco tennis courts
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Designing a 'Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer' from Diamond Age
Designing the Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer — the neuroscience and learning theory behind the Primer, prior art, system requirements and…
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Bret Victor Redesigns Classic Strogatz Paper (2011)
This page presents a scientific paper that has been redesigned as a sequence of illustrations with captions. This comic-like format, with tightly-coupled pictures and prose, allows the author to depict and describe simultaneously — show and tell.
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Brutalist Design Is the Bad Influence We All Need
Like it or not, brutalist design is moving from something edgy and almost punk, to something very mainstream and commercially viable.
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Color: From Hex codes to Eyeballs
If you're curious about rainbows, colorimetry, gamma encoding, and experiments run in the late 1920s, then this is the post for you!
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Dark Patterns, the Ratchet
A dark pattern in the design world means something that is purposefully created to mislead users and to get them to perform actions against their own interest.
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Figma Platform
Today, we’re excited to launch the Figma Platform, a way to improve design workflows by connecting Figma to other tools, scripts and even web apps.
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How Facebook handles account deletions
Explore Pageflows blog for insightful articles on user experience and interface design. Dive into case studies, tips, and trends shaping the digital product design world.
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Flat Design: Its Origins, Its Problems, and Why Flat 2.0 Is Better for Users
Flat design is a web-design style that became popular around 2012. It is still widely used today, and its misuse can cause serious usability problems.
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Pixar's Rules of Storytelling (2013)
Pixar's Rules of Storytelling were originally tweeted by Emma Coats, a Pixar Story Artist. Rule 1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.
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3D Lightning (2013)
Reddit is a great website, where the ability to share and discuss things on the web gives some great little discoveries. Things that would ...
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The New Wave of Indian Type
Discover new fonts for Indian languages. Learn about open-source fonts & design solutions.
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Deconstructing the Water Effect in Super Mario Sunshine
Note: The demos below require WebGL2 support . If you are running a browser without WebGL 2 support, user “petercooper” on Hacker News has helpfully recorded a video and GIFs and for me.
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How Do We Learn?
Piaget’s Constructivism, Papert’s Constructionism: What’s the difference? by Edith Ackermann (PDF)
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