christine røde

had a blast speaking at Config London last week. massive thank you to everyone, and especially @figma for inviting me to face my fear of public speaking (and talk about something I'm very passionate about) the recording is now available on youtube. link in thread ↓

Last week, we shipped a new @diabrowser update to friends and family. This update is a step change in functionality for Dia and we couldn’t be more excited to see what you make. You can join the beta today by entering ‘deetsman315’ into a new tab.

@sammdec 🥃 Scarfes Bar 🥃 Bar Termini 🥃 Three Sheets 🍸 Connaught 🥘 Trishna 🥘 Plaza Khao Gaeng ☕️ Abuelo ☕️ Special Guests

I’ll be in London all week. What great new places to eat are there around central, Marylebone area. Also good bars I can just tuck myself away into and read my books? All recs appreciated

@nstrvs @asallen is there an argument that the iPhone was actually in the "differentiator" era? the touch screen was new (and required good design to work). but we had cellphones with email and mp3s and rudimentary browsing already

@asallen what about the iphone? it was early tech and opinionated

Designers get this wrong all the time. New tech doesn't need opinionated design. We talk about Design as if it's one thing, but really it supports different purposes depending on a category's maturity. Early tech = "Undesigned" (open & flexible) Growth tech = Design to scale (universal & generic) Mature tech = Design to differentiate (opinionated)

@BraveForGaga95 @sanandrios hey that's actually the plot of the Windows 98 maze screensaver

@sanandrios The picture itself is not scary, its the idea of someone being trapped there in a sort of endless maze while having creatures chasing you

A whole movie just bc of one person who was bored and took this random picture +20 years ago lol

@jakebathman @paularambles Yeah I'm not convinced an email was needed at all. 1. Shelf auto-converted, user unhappy? They can "Select all & copy to new shelf" to recreate old shelf 2. Shelf not auto-converted, but user wants it? They can "Select all & move to Did Not Finish" to convert

@chrstnerode @paularambles Also it would’ve been so nice to say “hey, you’ve got a shelf called dnf, we’re moving that for you” because that’s the only one that applies to me?? Instead I’m reading this email playing the matching game to see if any of my stuff fits

this email from goodreads is the most painful feature announcement i've ever read

@BobFromAccounts So many of the bus routes I take would see massive speed improvements if we extended bus lane hours, and implemented more double yellows. So frustrating when cars are constantly parked in the way

You'd be better off ending subsidies for private vehicles, focusing on road pricing, raising the Congestion Charge, and banning private cars in Zones one and two. But apparently, according to John, it's the fault of cyclists

@mttjon @alreadydawn Yeah, grouping the US with Germany and Norway is crazy — they are very different in work culture. I think this chart needs more columns.

@alreadydawn Not sure the UK is low-context Communication style can be closer Japan than many others in some cases I’d say Norway and Germany are team orientated not individual But I’d add Australia to the first column

This actually explains so much why I struggled with life in the US for so long. Just on the "Relationships" axis alone is night and day difference between the two worlds. I always valued tight, fewer, longer relationships and despised the having-a-bunch-of-"friends"-that-are-just-acquaintances culture in Murica. This chart also explains why I love Japan and France. As @okaythenfuture mentioned recently, he only vacations at a select few countries these days. I feel the same way now. I don't have any desire to go anywhere besides China, Japan, and France (well, and Peru for their retreats lol). Thanks for the chart @Return2Mimetic.

I loved my years at CCA. Devastated to see it go.

@JordanAmblin @Gavmn Gorgeous room!

@Gavmn A bit sparse at the top, still working on filling it. Waaay more rooms and storage now 😅

Lego finished. PTO over. Back to Swift and Figma tomorrow.

@_PMCTraitor @bat020 @NewLeftEViews Lots and lots of traffic reduction, new bike lanes, and other infrastructure improvements (Lizzy line! Better Overground! Electric buses!) since your time.

@bat020 @NewLeftEViews Recent as in since early 00s or since 2020 or so? (Really I'm wondering if there's been a noticable change since I left in 2018, it was already really nice then imo.

One piece I need to write this year is on the completely fabricated notion, held widely across the spectrum in the US, of London (by extension ‘England’) as a cesspit of violent crime when the data (which I recently looked into) not only does not support the ‘knife crime epidemic’ narrative but shows every major city in the US not only more violent and with a highly likelihood of getting you stabbed despite the proliferation of firearms. It’s bizarre to me how American liberals and racist MAGA types are on the same side of this narrative.

@treetownsugar @elsathorslund @CaitlinPacific I don't think that's true, here in London everyone wears their dress shoes and heels while traveling to the party, including lots of walking outdoors. Same with New York and San Francisco... No concept of "indoor only shoes" other than slippers.

@elsathorslund @chrstnerode @CaitlinPacific Sure, it’s snowing now. My point is that all party shoes are basically “indoor only party shoes.”

Can a “no shoes in the house” person expect a good turnout for parties? Socks neuter the party goer.

@vrexec I tried to find somewhere to go swimming in upstate New York a few years ago, but every lake was closed due to a shortage of life guards. My European mind could not comprehend the idea of a literal lake being "closed" or needing life guards

There’s this recurring trope that Europe is overregulated and the US is this sort of free-wheeling world where anything goes. As with everything, the reality is far more nuanced. I used to believe this trope myself… until I actually lived in Europe and experienced it. In Europe, regulation often operates at the collective level.. think healthcare, labor protections, food standards, infrastructure. These regulatory frameworks are heavy by design in that they create stability by increasing broad citizen-level confidence in them actually functioning. But at the individual level, daily life can be far looser. There are playgrounds in Europe that would be illegal in the US due to their “danger.” People rarely wear helmets.. not even toddlers.. on bicycles in many places. Kids climb trees higher and parents barely care or even notice. Farms are open.. kids can climb all over haystack mountains and nobody asks if their farmer is insured. There is a playground in the NL of *literal* piles of discarded shipping pallets and construction debris with rusty jagged nails sticking out everywhere… and little kids climb all over them with hammers connecting random pieces together. One false step and you’re slicing an artery or losing an eye. Yet there is barely any adult supervision, parents don’t care, and nobody is signing any paperwork or waiving liability. We bring American friends there and they literally cannot believe what they’re seeing. And they don’t let their kids. Activities proceed on the assumption that risk is visible, understood, and partly if not mostly your responsibility. Menanwhile… in the US we paradoxically flip this culture. Collectively, we resist broad social regulation writ large. Individually, though, life is wrapped in micro-regulation everywhere… liability waivers, warning labels, signage, insurance restrictions, endless legal disclaimers. Every activity sees to have some paperwork. Everyone is covering for something. This is a cultural thing. The US actually uses the legal system as a cover for social risk-sharing. In much of Europe, the downside of injury or bad luck is partially absorbed by healthcare systems, disability supports, and social insurance. The cost of risk is basically capped for you. The system carries some of the shock. In the US, harm can be financially catastrophic. When something goes wrong, someone has to pay, and courts become the primary mechanism for redistributing that risk after the fact… not “the government.” The you had to layer in contingency-based personal injury law and jury trials, and blaming someone else for your problems becomes economically logical. There’s little downside to suing, meaningful upside if you win, and enormous unpredictability for defendants.. hence why insurance costs have become comically absurd. So what happens…. Businesses respond long before anything reaches court by engineering out risk in daily life… more warnings, more forms, fewer “at your own risk” type playgrounds or other environments. So Europe can feel more regulated on paper… but in actual lived experience that matters to your day to day existenxe, in the US we are often navigating a far narrower acceptable window of risk. In many ways, the US is the most highly regulated place in the entire world, by far, it’s just not “the government” doing the regulating.

did i have a fantastic time living in this era? yes. will Gen Y will be making this exact same post in 12 years except it will be nostaglia for matcha lattes, pilates, grwm, day in the life, brat summer, sambas and oversized pants? also yes

@whoiskatrin yes pls!

@chrstnerode oh shoot, we need to catch up! but this event is pretty awesome, loved it

claude x agents

@dustin I wish we had ← → navigation in Figma in general. So often want to go back to previous page

i wish that after clicking 'go to main component,' Figma offered a large 'go back to where you were' button. the effort to reach the source should match the effort to return back to your work.

@KieranBLK @tuhin I need it, it's perfect for holding my phone when wearing an outfit without pockets

@tuhin I try so hard to sympathize and think in the perspective of someone who looks at this and thinks “I NEEDED THAT YESTERDAY!”, but I’m failing with this one. Like….. why tho? It serves no logical function that justifies its price especially knowing that it’s a $2-5 product.

Look, Apple has a lot of fumbles. This is not one of them. They knew exactly what they were doing and exactly who would buy it. Also it’s ok fashion accessories are not for everyone.

@tuhin It sold out so quickly! I wanted to buy one but was too slow.