Our Favourite Uses of Typography in Watches
The typography of horology.
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Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus
The intent is for this website to be used by self-forming small groups that want to create a “watching club” (like a book club) and discuss aspects of technology history that are featured in this series.
I’m about ready to rewatch Halt And Catch Fire. Anybody want to form a watching club with me?
Lateral Thinking With Withered Technology · Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer
What web development can learn from the Nintendo Game and Watch.
The Web now consists of an ever-growing number of different frameworks, methodologies, screen sizes, devices, browsers, and connection speeds. “Lateral thinking with withered technology” – progressively enhanced – might actually be an ideal philosophy for building accessible, performant, resilient, and original experiences for a wide audience of users on the Web.
Responsive Images on the Apple Watch — ericportis.com
Some tips for getting responsive images to work well on the Apple Watch:
- test your layouts down to 136-
pxwide- include
300w-ish resources in your full-widthimg’ssrcsets- art direct to keep image subjects legible
- say the magic
metawords
Designing Web Content for watchOS - WWDC 2018 - Videos - Apple Developer
If you don’t fancy watching this video, Eric Runyon has written down the salient points about what it means for developers now that websites can be viewed on the Apple Watch. Basically, as long as you’re writing good, meaningful markup and you’ve got a sensible font stack, you’re all set.
Or, as Tim puts it:
When we build our sites in a way that allows people using less-capable devices, slower networks and other less than ideal circumstances, we end up better prepared for whatever crazy device or technology comes along next.
Android Wear and the Moto 360 Browser
Anna documents the most interesting bit (for me) of her new wearable/watch/wrist-device/whatever — the web browser.
Swatch you doing?
A cute and fun way to put together a colour palette.
Watchmen Feature Trailer - Trailer Addict
The new trailer for Watchmen is out. It's still looking good. Fingers crossed.
Judge Backs Fox on Rights to Superhero Movie - NYTimes.com
I hope this doesn't pan out: "The dark heroes of Warner Brothers’ “Watchmen,” set for release next March, have a new problem on their hands: A federal judge has ruled that they may belong to 20th Century Fox."
'Watchmen' Trailer to Comic Comparison | Features | RopeofSilicon.com Entertainment News
Side by side comparison of stills from the Watchmen trailer and the graphic novel.