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The five best design links, every weekday.

On the value of cultural references, and the cost of losing them at scale. Where, in fact, is the entire industry of software going in the next decade? It’s the figures your font gives you by default, and the better ones it keeps a switch away. How a career of building creative teams and design systems led to AI tools that increase speed without lowering the quality bar. Human factors has reinvented itself every decade since Bell Labs, the oldest lessons are the ones pointing the way forward. Learn and understand web accessibility standards with interactive demos showing violations vs. solutions. Ask a team what they shipped this year and you’ll get a list. Ask what they killed and the room…from sidebar.io

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  Sidebar2016 · sidebar.io · ▲458

  The five best design links of the day, freshly redesigned

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  Sidebar2020 · sidebar.io · ▲171

  The five best design links of the day, every weekday

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  Little Big Details2014 · littlebigdetails.com · ▲119

  Your daily dose of design inspiration

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  Designspiration2014 · designspiration.com · ▲135

  Discover and share design inspiration

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  Twibfy2014 · bctechstrategy.ca · ▲84

  Curated design inspiration

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  rgb.today2015 · rgb.today · ▲145

  Daily curated goodies about design

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲894

  A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.

  Life & fun · 1d ago · permit.petercai.com

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  I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778

  Life & fun · 13d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

  Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

  Life & fun · 14d ago · bigwords.page

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

  Life & fun · 8d ago · guitoro.com

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

  Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.

  Life & fun · 12d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  The whole Solar System and every tracked satellite, live in the browser▲407

  Life & fun · 22d ago · space.bl2.net

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  Apple Watch▲616

  The most personal device Apple has ever created

  Life & fun · 2014 · apple.com

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  Zero To One▲615

  Peter Thiel's new book on Startups

  Life & fun · 2014 · amazon.sg

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  ReadMe▲601

  Beautiful Documentation Made Easy

  Life & fun · 2014 · readme.com

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  Forest▲533

  Put down your phone and stay focused. Or a tree will die. 🌳😵

  Life & fun · 2014 · forestapp.cc

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  Spectacle▲458

  Move and resize windows with ease on Mac.

  Life & fun · 2014 · spectacleapp.com

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  iPhone 6▲397

  Bigger, better iPhone

  Life & fun · 2014 · apple.com