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diiaann··on GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources
My father was extremely careful about this when he wanted to start his own company. He quit his large corporation, and then worked at much smaller company until what he wanted to do solidified in his mind. He was extremely scrupulous about not using company issued materials to do anything.
diiaann··on How to choose and pair typefaces
I guess this article assumes you know how to pick a single typeface.

Hoefler & Co does a great job of demonstrating their techniques for pairing fonts. (albeit a bit non web app biased) https://www.typography.com/techniques/

diiaann··on Learning from Terminals to Design the Future of User Interfaces
It's frustrating to be shoved animations, with no intentionality, purpose.

As a designer, it's concerning that so much of ux design right now is focused on facade. Even among teams that care holistically, the surface level things still take priority.

Nielsen's usability heuristics from 1995 is still, extremely relevant today.

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/

diiaann··on Txt.fyi
Yeah, it's pretty painful to read. If they are anti-webfonts, I think Georgia could be a good option.

For me the monospace text is difficult to read for longer text because I can't chunk as effectively.

diiaann··on Txt.fyi
Consolas is not the most legible option for reading non-code.
diiaann··on Silicon Valley’s Culture, Not Its Companies, Dominates in China
A few years can mean pretty big changes. Salaries for a good Software Engineer in a city like Shanghai are on the rise. Mega teams for lowly skill work yes, but definitely much less so for skilled workers.
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