March 2018
Month archive / 59 posts
Links: March 2018
Hello, dear reader!
March is gone, but its links remain.
I gave a brief talk about designing information at the annual Society for News Design conference, and also shared my notes from the other talks I took in.
Always ahead of the trends, I left Facebook at the beginning of the month, a little over two weeks before the news about Cambridge Analytica broke (news which long-time readers may not have found shocking). Since think… See more →
“Maybe we should think about Google and Facebook as the new polluters.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
I figure if I can just get a delivery gig at the White House’s preferred pizza place, I’ll be a shoo-in for Secretary of Transportation. twitter.com/washingtonpost…
💡 Design tip: We’re surrounded by connections waiting to be made. Q: Could this elevator floor be a UI? A: Yes. v6.robweychert.com/blog/2018/03/d…
“We are not spamming you, we genuinely visited your website to get information on it.” Oh, OK! Then yes, please help me meet my bottom line!
Spurring a New Wave of Mobile Innovation
Overheard in the john at a hockey game: “Who makes a Han Solo movie about ‘putting a team together’? It should be about him stealing shit!”
My notes from this year’s @SND conference. #sndnyc v6.robweychert.com/blog/2018/03/s…
I helped lead a workshop at @SND last week. My brief talk was something of an homage to the great @meyerweb. #sndnyc v6.robweychert.com/blog/2018/03/d…
Design Doesn’t Care What You Think Information Looks Like
Sometimes convention is sufficient. Sometimes it’s not.
Hello! My name is Rob Weychert. I’m an editorial experience designer at ProPublica, which means I work on the overall user experience of the ProPublica site as well as working on custom art direction and layout for some of our big feature stories.
ProPublica is my first newsroom, but I’ve been designing websites for a long time, long enough to have had a good number of perspective-rattling epiphanies about what web design can be. The one… See more →
Sunday morning jackhammer (reprise) 🌈🌈
SND NYC 2018
My takeaways from two days of talks about news design and more.
I spent the past few days at the 2018 edition of SND’s annual conference, held this year at the New School in New York City. Along with my colleagues Hannah Fresques, Lucas Waldron, and Sisi Wei, I helped lead a workshop called Visualizing Complicated Investigations, and I spent the rest of the conference taking in 17 sessions of various shapes and sizes. Here are my takeaways.
John Maeda: Design in Tech
Less meaty and… See more →
Woman of the Year
We’re still taking applications for the @propublica design fellowship! If you’re at @SND, find me and ask me about it! #sndnyc twitter.com/robweychert/st…
do you want to sell sugar water to kids or do you want to do literally anything else with your life twitter.com/karenmcgrane/s…
🎶 JavaScript, JavaScript, oh Java Java Java JavaScript
:pop:
badum dum dum 🎶
Even at a generally clueless age 19, when I was told I’d be paid $2.25/hour, I was like, “How is this legal?” nytimes.com/interactive/20…
why is winter still
Awesome milestone for an awesome site! twitter.com/kottke/status/…
Dysnomia
If, after Tillerson’s ouster, you’re looking for Cabinet turnover context from past admins, here’s a cheat sheet. fivethirtyeight.com/features/tille…
Today’s brain training in polyrhythmic minimalism is provided by @dawnofmidi’s Dysnomia. dawnofmidi.bandcamp.com/album/dysnomia
Great piece from @ftrain on the parallels between the blockchain and dot-com bubbles, and the good and bad to come. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
I want an app that checks a database of upcoming NYC concerts against my @lastfm data and emails me a weekly digest of relevant shows.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
I thought tonight’s show might sell out so I got chickens months in advance.
Oh, just lying awake at 4:01 a.m. thinking about how amazing Police Story is. boxd.it/pLcfV
Police Story
This movie has everything: police slapstick, domestic slapstick, courtroom slapstick, office slapstick, and most importantly, several exquisitely staged set pieces overflowing with thoroughly mind-blowing action. Jackie Chan may be the most committed entertainer in the world, and Police Story is among his finest endeavors.
Cornelius
- “Cream,” Prince
- “Love Takes Time,” Mariah Carey
- “Gonna Make You Sweat,” C+C Music Factory
- “Groove Is in the Heart,” Deee-Lite
This concludes today’s Billboard marathon. Thank you for playing. Top four 1991 songs I did NOT skip:
“I Adore Mi Amor” by Color Me Badd
“I’ll Give All My Love to You” by Keith Sweat
“Cry for Help” by Rick Astley
“Show Me the Way” by Styx
“After the Rain” by Nelson
“Coming Out of the Dark” by Gloria Estefan
How the hell did I never notice that Prince’s “Cream” is essentially a cover of T. Rex’s “Bang a Gong”?
“I Saw Red” by Warrant
“I Like the Way” by Hi-Five
“You’re in Love” by Wilson Phillips
Everything is going according to plan. /cc @ericaheinz
“Rhythm of My Heart” by Rod Stewart
“Real Real Real” by Jesus Jones
“I Can’t Wait Another Minute” by Hi-Five
“The One and Only” by Chesney Hawkes
Set your twitters to :mute: twitter.com/robweychert/st…
I shall now begin updating you in real time which songs I skip as I shuffle this Billboard Top 100 of 1991 playlist. open.spotify.com/user/israel.ke…
🚨 For your weekend: Prince’s spectacular 1987 concert film, Sign o’ the Times, is now streaming on Amazon Prime. amazon.com/gp/video/detai…
For a designer with a bit of experience, this fellowship would be a great means of pivoting into editorial design. twitter.com/robweychert/st…
This is a great chance for a designer early in their career to develop production skills and an eye for editorial design. twitter.com/robweychert/st…
Opportunity alert: We’re now taking applications for our new design fellowship at @propublica! propublica.org/atpropublica/p…
Stagecoach
You’re Not Alone
Good morning. I am designing a website while listening to the new @AndrewWk record on repeat.
My Seinfeld spec script will be about how Jerry came into possession of a copy of Child’s Play 2.
I visited Facebook, got angry at a notification I didn’t ask for, and deactivated my account before a cooler head could prevail. Try it!
“[T]his trend of corporations-as-activists is […] the result of a government that’s unable (or unwilling) to serve its citizens.” twitter.com/beep/status/96…
“One of my greatest fears for the web is that building it becomes the domain of a professional priesthood.” adactio.com/journal/13498
The Great Satan
Wrap up each month with some delicious links in your inbox. tinyletter.com/robweychert
My collected links from February: v6.robweychert.com/blog/2018/02/l…