Typography Manual by Mike Mai
A short list of opinions on typography. I don’t necessarily agree with all of it, but it’s all fairly sensible advice.
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Priority Guides: A Content-First Alternative to Wireframes · An A List Apart Article
It really, really bothers me that wireframes have evolved from being a prioritisation tool into a layout tool (disempowering UI designers in the process), so I’m happy to see an alternative like this—somewhat like Dan Brown’s Page Description Diagrams.
Little UI details from @steveschoger, in HTML and CSS
Suggestions for small interface tweaks.
Further notes on scenius
Austin Kleon expands on Brian Eno’s neologism “scenius”:
Genius is an egosystem, scenius is an ecosystem.
Design Principles
These are principles of visual design—hierarchy, rhythm, etc.—nicely explored and explained.
Paying attention to content hierarchy across screen sizes | Stuff & Nonsense
Andy points one of the potential pitfalls in linearising your content for small screens.