The article explores a 150-year-old font that remains widely used in Manhattan today, though many people are unaware of its history and name. It features extensive photographic documentation showing the font's contemporary applications across the city.
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This photoessay documents Chicago's movable bridges, featuring 50 photos and 900 words of updated content originally posted in 2014. The work explores the city's unique bridge infrastructure through visual storytelling.
The article presents a photo essay documenting a road trip across the bridges, highways, and parks created by Robert Moses, America's most controversial urban planner. It features 7,000 words and 100 photos exploring his infrastructure legacy.
The essay presents a hacker's perspective on understanding and manipulating the universe's fundamental principles. It explores how unconventional thinking can reveal hidden possibilities in technology and physics. The piece encourages readers to approach complex systems with creative problem-solving techniques.
The article explores early attempts to revolutionize computer input methods, focusing on Steve Jobs and Jef Raskin's competing visions. It examines their different approaches to transforming how users interact with technology through innovative input devices.
The article presents a historical account of early Macintosh system settings and preferences through the perspective of ten different emulators. It explores how these emulators handle and preserve the original Mac user experience across 8,800 words of technical and historical documentation.
This essay explores the history of the Enter key on computer keyboards, tracing its evolution from the Return key on typewriters. It examines how this key became one of the most important keyboard functions through 3,100 words and 35 photographs.
The author has updated their homepage with links to their work from recent years and restored some classic social media threads. The site offers content that fans of their work will likely enjoy.
The article examines the historical myths and mysteries surrounding the Dvorak and QWERTY keyboard layouts, presenting research originally published in print form in December 2023. It includes 33 photos and explores the origins and development of these keyboard designs.
The Clock
2.0In the 1980s, television channels filled the dead air between programs by broadcasting a simple clock display. This practice was common before 24-hour programming became standard.
The article presents a photo essay featuring approximately 20 technology museums the author recommends, along with three museums they consider disappointing. It documents personal experiences visiting various tech museum destinations.
The article examines the history and development of Apple's Fn/Globe key, tracing its origins and evolution as a modifier key. It explores how this key has changed over time and questions Apple's strategic direction for its functionality.
This article presents a crowdsourced list of UX books that are not written by white men. The collection aims to highlight diverse perspectives in the field of user experience design.
System shock
1.5The article discusses the resurgence of a 25-year-old font that has returned with renewed popularity. It presents an updated version of an essay originally posted in 2015, examining this typographic revival.