I see a lot of websites in my travels while seeking out news stories for Jalopnik. Most of them include endless annoying pop-up prompts, turning web browsing into a game of whack-a-mole just to see what you’re looking for in the first place. Many articles are locked behind paywalls (usually AFTER showing you the pop-upContinueContinue reading “Modern Web Design Sucks”
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“Back” Means “Back,” Not “Before You Leave”
You know what really grinds my gears? News websites that hijack your web browser’s “Back” button to show you clickbait before sending you back where you came from, which is what the “Back” button is supposed to do. In a past life, I wrote software documentation. It was dull, boring, and nobody ever read myContinueContinue reading ““Back” Means “Back,” Not “Before You Leave””
No, LinkedIn, I Won’t Work For Free
I haven’t been on LinkedIn much ever since it turned into “Facebook for Work” quite a few years ago. I maintain a presence because that’s what I’m expected to do, and I keep my work history up to date, but that’s about it. Here’s an email I got from them the other day. The “ShareContinueContinue reading “No, LinkedIn, I Won’t Work For Free”
Clankers
As you might imagine, I’m not a particularly big fan of AI, a.k.a. The Plagiarism Machine. AI slop is killing the internet, and also putting artists, writers (like me), and others out of jobs. Corporate bean counters think it’s great that they can get more content out of a machine than a human and notContinueContinue reading “Clankers”
