say it with me: we want haptic feedback. we want tactile switches and dials. we dont want stupid touch screens that glitch, provide zero feedback, and force you to look at them. technology is stupid. modern engineers are stupid. can someone help silicon valley

When we say good city planning can be low-tech, we mean rocks

News content management systems are driven by the need to serve ads and measure traffic, and occasionally by editorial workflows. As with other enterprise systems, end users in the newsroom aren’t choosing the tools. Customers/readers come last.

The sheer unusability of many newspaper apps and websites is not talked about anywhere near enough in the context of local media decline

Aside: TIL that John Forester is th son of adventure/naval fiction writer C.S. Forester.

This DC History Center 4/25 virtual event looks awesome: dchistory.org/event/cft-envi…
Also, for friends who are interested, pls check out the incredible cartography & history work by David Ramos: imagineterrain.com. David's newest work is 'City of Streams, City of Pipes.'

BREAKING: U.S. Department of Justice (citing Streetsblog reporting!) threatens to sue NYC over illegal parking by NYPD cops and other city workers: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/04/19/jus…