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January 7 2022

The messy history of our modern, Western calendar

theconversation.com

The calendar helps to give us a map of the shifting revolutions of the seasons, ordering our days. But how did it come about?

History

Credit: The Conversation

The UX on this Small Child Is Terrible

mcsweeneys.net

I’ve also been the end-user of this Small Child for over three years now. I’m going to give it to you straight. The user experience is terrible.

Humor UX

Credit: Timothy McSweeney

Chatbots: Still Dumb After All These Years

mindmatters.ai

Despite the boasts of Google and OpenAI about their human-like chatbot models, algorithms lack the understanding needed for a true conversation.

Conversational UI AI

Credit: Gary N. Smith

A New Container Query Polyfill That Just Works

css-tricks.com

There is an easy-to-use CSS container query polyfill now. You essentially conditionally load it and forget about it.

CSS

Credit: CSS-Tricks

A UX case study on Uber Eats

builtformars.com

A user experience (UX) case study, showing what they’ve done right, and what they could improve on.

UX

Credit: Built for Mars

 

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