Journal.
The turtles get their fourth shell
It’s such a cliché when the chef heads home and eats instant noodles. The carpenter’s house is full of broken furniture. But so it was: that our nine-year-old website had gone fallow.
Handling responsive images on the web, with a focus on WordPress
With changes to the way WordPress handles images in late 2019, we are taking a more careful approach to handling images on the modern web. The main goal: to ensure that the browser loads an appropriately-sized image for its current context. It’s not as easy as it sounds.
When you highlight everything, you highlight nothing.
…and it’s corollary: just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
That is all.
“General Data Protection Regulation” in the European Union
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply in the EU from 25 May 2018.
While Hong Kong is not in the EU, you may wish to consider taking steps to comply. You may have some of your global audience in the EU, or simply wish to apply good practices to your corner of the web.
In any case, in Hong Kong we have the PDPO, which is a set of principles, contravention of which are not directly criminal offenses (but could result in an enforcement notice from the Commissioner, which is enforceable). We like to see a healthy interwebs, with trust and good behaviour being the norm.
Spike Jonze directed video for the Apple HomePod
There is so much craft to be inspired by in this new ad for the Apple Homepod. directed by Spike Jonze, featuring FKA Twigs, and a new track by Anderson .Paak. If only homes could be responsive too.
Take a look at the making-of video (6:48).