Alex TerendaProduct Designer

Bookmarks

Selected digressions.

How to Make a Living as an Artist faviconHow to Make a Living as an Artist
art·creativity
Never easier; never more challenging.
The Grug-Brained Developer faviconThe Grug-Brained Developer
code
As ever, it's only tangentially about code.
Choose Boring Technology faviconChoose Boring Technology
code·startups
Evergreen and oft-neglected.
It's Hard to Justify Tahoe Icons faviconIt's Hard to Justify Tahoe Icons
design
Getting lost in the sauce, visually-speaking.
Pipe Dreams: The Life and Times of Yahoo Pipes faviconPipe Dreams: The Life and Times of Yahoo Pipes
web
A different web from a different world.
A Website To Destroy All Websites faviconA Website To Destroy All Websites
web·progress
On gardening in the dark forest, cont'd.
Non-Zero-Sum Games faviconNon-Zero-Sum Games
life
Finding games one can play unreservedly.
The Rise of Industrial Software faviconThe Rise of Industrial Software
code·futures
Second order effects of software's industrial revolution.
Isengard in Oxford faviconIsengard in Oxford
fiction·progress
"The board is set, the pieces are moving."
POSSE faviconPOSSE
web·progress
On gardening in the dark forest.
Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima faviconRondò Veneziano - La Serenissima
music·animation
Pleasantly surprised to learn this wasn't a fever dream.
The Book of Shaders faviconThe Book of Shaders
design·code
Continuing the theme of great, free works.
The Nature of Code faviconThe Nature of Code
design·code
What a privilege, that we live in a world where works like this exist.
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction faviconThe Secret History of Indian Science Fiction
fiction·progress·futures
A world completely unknown to me.
The Rosetta Stone of Design Engineering faviconThe Rosetta Stone of Design Engineering
design·code
Overindexing on translation at the expense of shared meaning.
Good Enough Is A Strategy faviconGood Enough Is A Strategy
productivity·code·startups
Ostensibly, but not necessarily, about code.
Game Design Is Simple, Actually faviconGame Design Is Simple, Actually
design
Twelve steps to understanding game design.
Beyond the Machine faviconBeyond the Machine
AI·design·creativity
When the world needed him most, he was there.
Inclusive Design Principles faviconInclusive Design Principles
design
Basic; oft neglected.
Social Cooling faviconSocial Cooling
privacy
Think of all the bookmarks I didn't share.
School Is Not Enough faviconSchool Is Not Enough
childhood·agency
Treating childhood ambition with dignity.
UK Foundations faviconUK Foundations
progress
Why the UK doesn't do things like it used to.
Fast faviconFast
progress
Great acts of doing things.
There Is No Speed Limit faviconThere Is No Speed Limit
productivity·agency
So run harder.
Speed Matters faviconSpeed Matters
productivity
Obviously, but explained with some second order consequences.
Levels of Product-Market Fit faviconLevels of Product-Market Fit
product
More than a feeling.
High Bit Rate People faviconHigh Bit Rate People
management
Good communication and good thinking are one and the same.
Permacomputing faviconPermacomputing
code
Interesting. Finding it a better prompt than guide per se.
Mushroom Color Atlas faviconMushroom Color Atlas
art·fungi
What the internet was made for, really.
Inimigos Do Povo faviconInimigos Do Povo
design·justice
"Wherever law ends, tyranny begins." - John Locke.
Pessimists Archive faviconPessimists Archive
progress
Fun, though nudges the reader towards false equivalence.
IDEA Instructions faviconIDEA Instructions
design·code
Data Structures and Algorithms via IKEA assembly instructions.
How To Make Sense Of Any Mess faviconHow To Make Sense Of Any Mess
design
Forever pertinent.
Nine Things I Learned In Ninety Years faviconNine Things I Learned In Ninety Years
life
"If you’re not awake and aware, you’re sleepwalking."
I Am An AI Hater faviconI Am An AI Hater
AI
Not a position I share, but one that uncritical boosters might reflect on.
Magical Systems Thinking faviconMagical Systems Thinking
progress
Complex systems, Forrester and Factorio.
You Don't Need Animations faviconYou Don't Need Animations
design·motion
Rules of thumb for tasteful, purposeful motion.
Cognitive Load Is What Matters faviconCognitive Load Is What Matters
code
Precisely articulating the weight of poorly-factored code.
Startup Designer faviconStartup Designer
design·startups
How to be excellent, rather than just there for the ride.
Sanding UI faviconSanding UI
design·code
On making good things.
Culinary Arts and Computer Science faviconCulinary Arts and Computer Science
food·code
On cooking, code, and what they might learn from each other.
Grug Design faviconGrug Design
design
"grug want small number of shapes, big number of meaning."
Making Software faviconMaking Software
design·code
A wonderfully-illustrated, work-in-progress treatise on how software actually works.