As I write this, world leaders are gathering in Glasgow for COP26, the international climate change conference, in the attempt to halt (or at least slow down) catastrophic climate change by pledging to end their countries’ dependence on fossil fuels. …
BuzzFeed’s a public company. Now what?
The transformation from startup to public company is supposed to be a very big deal. So let’s start by acknowledging that BuzzFeed, which started 15 years ago as an internet experiment, has hit a milestone: December 6 is the day …
How to Plan a Successful Social Media Content Strategy
The content that you post on your social media accounts is a truly powerful asset, having the ability to drastically transform your brand’s popularity. You can only reach such an ability to improve your social media presence through a well-planned …
Low framerate in Safari on M1 Mac
John James Jacoby: I recently noticed that animations in Safari were stuttering pretty badly on my M1 powered 2020 MacBook Air, and dove in to figure out why. The why: This wasn’t a bug. This was a feature. By default, macOS …
6 Tips for Using Website Visuals to Boost Conversions in 2022
Conversion rate optimization is a task every business needs to tackle at one point or another. Whether your main goal is to sell more products or to sign up more clients, you need to periodically reconsider how you inspire these …
Ain’t No Party Like a Third Party
I’d like to tell you something not to do to make your website better. Don’t add any third-party scripts to your site. That may sound extreme, but at one time it would’ve been common sense. On today’s modern web it sounds like advice from a …
Bartosz Ciechanowski’s Interactive Blog Posts
I saw Bartosz Ciechanowski’s “Curves and Surfaces” going around the other day and was like, oh hey, this is the same fella that did that other amazingly interactive blog post on the Internal Combustion Engine the other day. I feel …
Spotify Wrapped, unwrapped
When Spotify Wrapped came out in 2017, it hit my group chats like breaking news. A friend frantically sent me a screenshot showing they were in the top 1 percent of Frank Ocean listeners with a message, “CAN U BELIEVE …
Real estate has gone meta
The metaverse is getting hotter. Not hot, like a delicious meal or a Finnish sauna. This mostly fictional, virtual world is getting hot like a real estate market. Because lately, it is one. If you have enough money and courage, …
The futuristic plan to fix America’s power grid
This year, millions of Americans across the country lost power at times when they needed it most. As the US power grid deals with an onslaught of heat waves, winter storms, and stronger hurricanes caused by climate change, these kinds …