A fantastic look at the design of Japen Rail. The Japanese rail system fascinates me, it is what railways should be. Sadly, and to my dismay, the British railways are horrendous and terribly run. It is always cheaper to drive than it is to go by train which is immensely frustrating.
An interesting look at the revised Liquid Glass icons in MacOS Golden Gate.
On first glance I think the revised versions are clearer and solve some of the fuzziness of the first iterations in Tahoe. Some of those shape edges could do with some refinement in my opinion but generally a step forward in usability. I think the only icon shown here that could be a step back is the iPhone mirroring one, where the completely clear front icon goes a little too far.
I’m looking for a consumer tech news site that’s like The Verge but not The Verge… any recommendations?
It’s that time of year again when we have the conversation about “The Fold” on the internet… repeat after me… There. Is. No. Fold.
How this is still a thing in 2026 is beyond me.
An interesting piece from Om about Anthropic, Dario Amodei, and their Mythos model. It is a thought provoking look at the actions of Dario and the meaning of the name and it’s etymology. I recently switched from using Claude/Cowork/Code to OpenAI’s Codex/ChatGPT after reading a number of posts from Manton that made me look at OpenAI from a different angle.
I'm slowly building out a new "professional" site which will become a portfolio and possibly have some kind of design based blog. You can find it here.
Here comes the rain… do do dooo dah… here comes the hail…
This is the best take I’ve read on the Ferrari Luce.
There are bloggers who I admire a great deal. I have been reading or following them in some form for years. They manage to post interesting things day after day, their posts are well written and thoughtful. They are the ones who, in my mind, make blogging cool.
They inspire me.
When I read their posts, they make me want to post. They make me want to write. They make me wish I had interesting things to share. Yet, there is a barrier I create for myself. I don’t feel like I can do it. My days are full of my day job, I do a lot of thinking in the day, but it is specific to the work. I would share some of it if I could, but I can’t because what I’m starting work on now won’t be visible to the public until 2028 at the earliest.
How I get around this is a constant challenge that I do not know an answer to at the moment. It is frustrating.