Very sad to hear Om Malik has died. I never spoke to Om, never expected to meet him, although I would’ve enjoyed to sit and have a conversation. His blog is one of my favourites, I have enjoyed it for many years and his recent writing has been very inspiring to me. My condolences to his family and friends.
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.