How to effectively design a user modal (members post)
Today we're diving into how to design an effective modal interface, why button text really matters, and a few cool links with data that might surprise you.
Hey, I'm Matt Birchler! I'm a UI and UX designer at NMI, and I do YouTube, which I think you'll love.
Athletic Minimal Wallpapers
It’s been almost exactly a year since my last wallpaper pack. I’m not really in the wallpaper game anymore, largely because I’m just not as talented a graphical artist as many others out there, and I just find myself using other people’s walls more often. But
The only search engine I think goes toe-to-toe with Google
The only search engine I think goes toe-to-toe with Google
Jason Koebler writing for 404Media: Friendship Ended With GOOGLE Now KAGI Is My Best Friend In all of these cases except for a blissful few years where Opera was easily better than Chrome, using a Google alternative felt like I was making a personal sacrifice by using an inferior product
I don’t actually want Apple to make everything
I don’t actually want Apple to make everything
I was reading the most recent Club MacSrories and this paragraph got me thinking… The reasons why Apple is so hesitant to compete more directly with a broader segment of the videogame industry are as much a mystery today as ever. However, the rise of handheld gaming on Linux- and
Apple just allowed emulators on iOS! Or did they? Not everyone agrees.
Apple just allowed emulators on iOS! Or did they? Not everyone agrees.
Apple updated their App Store guidelines this week to allow game emulators for “retro games”. Great news! Right? Samuel Axon of ArsTechnica isn’t so sure: It's a little fuzzy how this will play out, but it may not allow the kind of emulators you see on Android
The many faces of…Godzilla
The many faces of…Godzilla
Samantha Nelson writing for Polygon: America Made Godzilla a Superhero. In Japan, He’s Still a Monster. Godzilla has evolved considerably from his 1954 Japanese debut to the latest franchise installment, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. And in his most recent incarnations, clear national lines have been drawn between
The best experience BY FAR I've had on a headset
I've said before that wearing a headset is fundamentally annoying, and headsets need to deliver experiences that are so compelling that they make that annoyance worth it. Playing Half Life Alyx was absolutely, unquestionably the most compelling experience I've ever had with a headset, and it
The social network Substack wants to own more and more of the relationship
The social network Substack wants to own more and more of the relationship
Home With The Armadillo: Substack Is Setting Writers Up For A Twitter-Style Implosion Essentially, the “follow” feature allows Substack to hold writers (and readers) hostage on their platform, forcing them to operate in a closed-content ecosystem that predominantly benefits Substack. Readers must use the Substack app or the Substack site
Let's dive into my A.I. search history! (members post)
What do I use chatbots to actually do day to day? People are always so vague about this stuff, so let's go into my real search history and find out what I find them useful for.
Another Matrix movie, huh?
Another Matrix movie, huh?
Warner Bros has announced they’re making a fifth Matrix film, not with either of the Wachowskis, but with Drew Goddard writing and directing. He’s best known for writing The Martian’s adaptation and writing/directing Cabin in the Woods. Here’s my top 4 featured movies on my
Some notable Threads users you can follow on Mastodon
Some notable Threads users you can follow on Mastodon
Meta rolled out federation to users in the US, Canada, and Japan recently, and it's opt in, which I think is the right way to do it, even if it means it's going to take a while for most accounts to enable it. I have tried
5 ways I’d like iOS 18 to improve the iPhone home screen
No intro, let’s just get into it! More icons It’s not the most important thing in the world, but I’d love to see iOS 18 bring with it the ability to create a tighter grid of icons on my iPhone’s home screen. Currently every iPhone from
A simple explainer on federation, and what it means for Threads users
You probably got to this post because you Googled some question about what exactly “the fediverse” is, what “ActivityPub” actually means, or what would happen if you turned on federation on your Threads account today. I’m not going to get into the technical weeds or make this a comprehensive
I miss having an iPad
I miss having an iPad
They say you don't know what you have until it's gone, and I gotta be honest, that's how I'm feeling about the iPad right now. I sold my iPad Pro to help pay for my Vision Pro. Part of my rationale was
What I want from immersive video and why that MLS highlight reel was not quite it
What I want from immersive video and why that MLS highlight reel was not quite it
Jason Snell on Six Colors: Apple’s Immersive Video Problem Now, having seen the video, I have a few more observations. The first is that I don’t think the new video is very good. Oh, sure, the individual shots can be impressive. […] The problem is that, based on how