Open source web analytics
An alternative, open-source analytics package which should be lighter weight than Google and claims to be more privacy conscious than even […]
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Track design system use & adoption
A new tool that allows an organisation to check how, where, and why components are being used across shared codebases, and gain insights into their usage and […]
Echoed whisper
Analysis of working with Whisper, an AI-driven tool for audio transcriptions; contains some useful information on caption accessibility and […]
How to use CrystalDiskMark
A very useful explanation of how to interpret the test results from CrystalDiskMark, as well as a solid overview of how to tweak the settings to really understand and analyse your […]
I will fucking dropkick you if you use that spreadsheet
One of the most entertaining rants I've read in some years! And whilst it may no longer be that pertinent to my current career, having been the person in charge of developing a nested, tangled mess […]
Server-side versus client-side analytics
Dave has been running Netlify Analytics (server-side) and Fathom (client-side) for a few years, and the results are in: data integrity is hard. They offer a solid overview of why neither dataset […]
Space Jam
Max has done a performance analysis of the new Space Jam website versus the old, classic variation, with a damning […]
Facebook vs publishers
I find the whole Australian link tax to be silly and a rare instance where I'm very much on the side of Big Tech, but Thomas has done a much better job of explaining why it's all a farce than I […]
Circles, networks, and the trust layer
There's a lot going on in this analysis of trust (or lack of it) online. Some parts I agree with, some I don't. It's interesting thinking about the early web in the context of naive communities with […]
Colour palette contrast checking
A useful tool for quickly analysing the various combinations of a colour palette and determining which are safe to use from a contrast ratio perspective. I find it particularly useful when used in […]
Clever quote design and arrow use
The Markup have recently been doing a great job of analysing some of the big names in the tech world and highlighting some less-than-stellar behaviour or situations. However, what's really caught my […]
Jamstack Conf 2020
Notes from the 2020 Jamstack Conf. Some interesting dives in the Jamstack community and various applications of Jamstack technologies, with tweet threads as usual.
The Taxonomy of Me
Well, it only took about a week of dazed puzzling, data tables, and tearing my hair out in clumps, but I think I may finally have a rough content taxonomy for theAdhocracy. A rough first version, that is. Let me explain...
Web almanac 2019
The team behind the HTTP Archive do a fantastic job of analysing the web and 2019 is no exception. From JavaScript to accessibility, if you want to see how well we're doing as a community at standing […]
IndieWebCamp London 2020
I finally made it to an IndieWebCamp meetup, even if it was remote only due to the increasingly restrictive implications of the coronavirus. I learnt a lot, I had a great time, and I'm ready to start implementing a whole bunch of new ideas right here. I also took a huge number of notes from the speakers and sessions throughout the day.
Web Performance Predictions for 2020
Oh boy, there's a lot worth pulling out of this overview of upcoming web […]
2019 In Numbers
An amalgamation of all the data you get fed at the end of a year. From Spotify Wrapped, to Google tracking, to my own beer journal, a look back over 2019 from a (mildly) data-centred viewpoint.
Remember: Anger Leads to the Dark Side [#51]
It is Christmas Eve and the penultimate week of the New 52 challenge! There's a nice symmetry to that, which, of course, is why I picked today to write a post... and nothing to do with it being the […]