There is certain satisfaction, I have ceramic key caps and it adds a nice chime to clack

Ooooh will check it out. Thank you!

I’ve been trying to find a dock that can also be a switch between a pc and laptop.

It’s so confusing, I’ve gotten so many wrong docks or docks that don’t fully extend my MacBook display. I hope it gets easier/better soon. Which dock did you land on?

Alan Dye once told us at Syracuse that the iPhone box is tuned to hold a beat of tension before the lid lifts. That pause makes the phone feel earned. When did a tiny design detail last give you that same thrill?

A 1990s spec, corporate tug of wars, and compression that still tricks the eye. JPEG’s backstory is geek drama at its best. If you love a good tech history rabbit hole, jump in: spectrum.ieee.org/jpeg-image-f...

GIF began as one engineer’s side project; JPEG was hammered out by a committee and a 600-page spec. One fuels our memes, the other built the modern web. Standards beat shortcuts, and tracing their origin story is seriously fun.

2A then

1b

It ebbs and flows, but the bar is usually pretty high. This season is packed with stellar shows

What’s the game? It sounds fun!

When I write error messages, I think about someone I love who gets easily stuck. They’re not a power user, and that’s not their fault. It’s the system’s responsibility to meet them with care, not confusion.

Like Amy points out, saying “your payment failed” isn’t enough. What happened? What should they do next? A good message doesn’t just explain the problem, it lights the path to a solution.

When something goes wrong, the error message should guide them forward, not leave them guessing.

Skip the whimsy. A frustrating moment is not the place for cute copy. What people need is clarity, not charm.