Michael Head
@michaelehead.com
Software engineer. UX, usability, HCI fan. He/him.
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please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
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📝 I'm a curmudgeon for doing menu items without icons (unless you can give a good reason to include them).
And apparently Apple used to recommend the opposite of what they now do in Tahoe.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-i...
And apparently Apple used to recommend the opposite of what they now do in Tahoe.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-i...
Icons in Menus Everywhere — Send Help
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
📝 I'm a curmudgeon for doing menu items without icons (unless you can give a good reason to include them).
And apparently Apple used to recommend the opposite of what they now do in Tahoe.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-i...
And apparently Apple used to recommend the opposite of what they now do in Tahoe.
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-i...
"Why don't movies look like 'movies' any more"? I love the mix of technical reasons and creative decisions that produce a well or poorly shot movie. The idea of modern movies looking like "sludge" echoes AI "slop" in our digital lives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTU...
Why don't movies look like *movies* anymore?
YouTube video by Patrick Tomasso
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Why don't movies look like 'movies' any more"? I love the mix of technical reasons and creative decisions that produce a well or poorly shot movie. The idea of modern movies looking like "sludge" echoes AI "slop" in our digital lives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTU...
Jan 2026: “Meta rebranding as ‘AI’”
At least they didn’t name the company after it www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Meta’s Zuckerberg Plans Deep Cuts for Metaverse Efforts
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for chan...
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Jan 2026: “Meta rebranding as ‘AI’”
This might explain why usability got thrown out the window with iOS 26.
“Dye had no background in user interface design — he came from a brand and print advertising background.”
“Dye had no background in user interface design — he came from a brand and print advertising background.”
Great article by Gruber on Dye leaving Apple to become Chief Design Officer at Meta. daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_...
Bad Dye Job
It might have made some sense to bring someone from the fashion/brand world to lead software design for Apple Watch, but it sure didn’t seem to make sense for the rest of Apple’s platforms. And the de...
daringfireball.net
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This might explain why usability got thrown out the window with iOS 26.
“Dye had no background in user interface design — he came from a brand and print advertising background.”
“Dye had no background in user interface design — he came from a brand and print advertising background.”
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You can access the article for free here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy - Nature
Rapidly growing satellite constellations pose a substantial threat to astronomical observations, with projections indicating that future space telescopes will have more than 96% of their exposures aff...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You can access the article for free here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
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More insight per minute than I excpected!
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
More insight per minute than I excpected!
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It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️🔥
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️🔥
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
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For the performance minded: it's Dec 1. This means that the *Planet Performance* Web Performance Calendar is looking for contributors. It's been going since 2009. Working on something? Case studies? Pls share! All the info is below. Curated by @stoyan.me !
calendar.perfplanet.com/contribute/
calendar.perfplanet.com/contribute/
Contribute
Passionate about a topic? Working on a new tool? Have a technique you want to teach? Research you've done? Tell the web performance community!
Send your articles to [email protected]. Please include:
...
calendar.perfplanet.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
For the performance minded: it's Dec 1. This means that the *Planet Performance* Web Performance Calendar is looking for contributors. It's been going since 2009. Working on something? Case studies? Pls share! All the info is below. Curated by @stoyan.me !
calendar.perfplanet.com/contribute/
calendar.perfplanet.com/contribute/
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“iOS 27 to be a ‘Snow Leopard-style update’”
Fucken better be
Fucken better be
Apple to focus on 'quality and performance' for a year? Make it two please.
9to5mac.com/2025/11/23/a...
9to5mac.com/2025/11/23/a...
Apple to focus on 'quality and underlying performance' with iOS 27 next year: report - 9to5Mac
This past year, Apple overhauled its design language across all of its major software platforms with the introduction of Liquid...
9to5mac.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
“iOS 27 to be a ‘Snow Leopard-style update’”
Fucken better be
Fucken better be
This would be cool to have for the next All Things Open conference.
@allthingsopen.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/this-h...
@allthingsopen.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
www.wired.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This would be cool to have for the next All Things Open conference.
@allthingsopen.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/this-h...
@allthingsopen.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/this-h...
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🌱 Made some updates to my little Grid Paper app
🆕 Dual Hex grids are ready to roll for initiative!
🖨️ Printing should work now without futzing with settings
💾 Settings now stored in the URL for sharing or bookmarking
grid-paper.daverupert.com?gridtype=dua...
🆕 Dual Hex grids are ready to roll for initiative!
🖨️ Printing should work now without futzing with settings
💾 Settings now stored in the URL for sharing or bookmarking
grid-paper.daverupert.com?gridtype=dua...
Grid Paper
grid-paper.daverupert.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
🌱 Made some updates to my little Grid Paper app
🆕 Dual Hex grids are ready to roll for initiative!
🖨️ Printing should work now without futzing with settings
💾 Settings now stored in the URL for sharing or bookmarking
grid-paper.daverupert.com?gridtype=dua...
🆕 Dual Hex grids are ready to roll for initiative!
🖨️ Printing should work now without futzing with settings
💾 Settings now stored in the URL for sharing or bookmarking
grid-paper.daverupert.com?gridtype=dua...
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
I’m holding off the upgrade to iOS 26 as long as possible. One more reason to wait.
www.macrumors.com/2025/11/20/a...
www.macrumors.com/2025/11/20/a...
Apple Watch Users Claim Workout App Is Now Worse in Every Way
Apple Watch owners have been voicing their frustration online over changes to the Workout app that Apple introduced in watchOS 26, with many finding the redesigned interface makes starting exercises d...
www.macrumors.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I’m holding off the upgrade to iOS 26 as long as possible. One more reason to wait.
www.macrumors.com/2025/11/20/a...
www.macrumors.com/2025/11/20/a...
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I'm looking for some @angular.dev, @svelte.dev, and @react.dev developers to try out some localization tools that 8 students at @unibergen.bsky.social have been developing, using Message Format 2 (the cutting edge new @unicode.org localization system).
If you have a spare 15 minutes to try, DM me!
If you have a spare 15 minutes to try, DM me!
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'm looking for some @angular.dev, @svelte.dev, and @react.dev developers to try out some localization tools that 8 students at @unibergen.bsky.social have been developing, using Message Format 2 (the cutting edge new @unicode.org localization system).
If you have a spare 15 minutes to try, DM me!
If you have a spare 15 minutes to try, DM me!
Damn it, I wish we’d stop working on turning Idiocracy into a documentary.
some type of shit you’d make 2 years ago making fun of rightwingers
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Damn it, I wish we’d stop working on turning Idiocracy into a documentary.
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The needs of The Money outweigh the needs of the many.
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The needs of The Money outweigh the needs of the many.
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this is a far more explicit death threat from people with the actual means to carry it out
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
this is a far more explicit death threat from people with the actual means to carry it out
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Trump's mental decline appears to be accelerating. So why isn’t the media reporting on it? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-why-isnt-the-media-reporting-dec
Office Hours: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's dramatic mental decline?
He's showing even more signs of dementia, but the media is mum
robertreich.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Trump's mental decline appears to be accelerating. So why isn’t the media reporting on it? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-why-isnt-the-media-reporting-dec
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“Jobs are booming” is Treasury Secretary-speak for “most-announced-job-cuts-for-a-full-year-since-2020.”
“Inflation is falling” is Treasury Secretary-speak for “inflation-is-at-an-eight-month-high.”
“Inflation is falling” is Treasury Secretary-speak for “inflation-is-at-an-eight-month-high.”
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Jobs are booming” is Treasury Secretary-speak for “most-announced-job-cuts-for-a-full-year-since-2020.”
“Inflation is falling” is Treasury Secretary-speak for “inflation-is-at-an-eight-month-high.”
“Inflation is falling” is Treasury Secretary-speak for “inflation-is-at-an-eight-month-high.”
Ah man, are they going to break neverssl.com and ruin connecting from captive portals forever?
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ah man, are they going to break neverssl.com and ruin connecting from captive portals forever?
If you benefit from the Python ecosystem, consider donating to support security infrastructure improvements. Plus, a board with values and conviction.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
If you benefit from the Python ecosystem, consider donating to support security infrastructure improvements. Plus, a board with values and conviction.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
A tri-fold smarphone...that's gotta be the coolest multi-thousand-dollar-gadget to watch ads on since a smart refrigerator.
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/28/s...
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/28/s...
Samsung Shows Off Tri-Fold Smartphone
Samsung has been working on a smartphone with not just one fold, but two, and the first photos of the upcoming device surfaced today (via The Chosun...
www.macrumors.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A tri-fold smarphone...that's gotta be the coolest multi-thousand-dollar-gadget to watch ads on since a smart refrigerator.
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/28/s...
www.macrumors.com/2025/10/28/s...