Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2023
Thu Feb 16
★ Liked http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/death-stranding-meets-net-art-in-a-poetry-world-devlog-update
post “Death Stranding Meets Net-Art” in a poetry world (devlog update)
I’ve been thinking a lot about the creative (mostly narrative) direction of my current 3D game, BlueSuburbia.
Wed Feb 15
★ Liked https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/
Tue Feb 14
★ Liked https://maya.land/monologues/2023/02/14/mr-openai-i-dont-feel-so-good.html#fnref:mediation
★ Liked https://mastodon.social/@alienmelon/109864225719769127
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it’s valentine’s day so go help two files fall in love on your desktop ~ 💕
★ Liked https://gomakethings.com/build-things-that-work-even-when-parts-of-it-break/
Sun Feb 12
★ Liked https://rachsmith.com/i-understand-nothing/
Fri Feb 10
★ Liked https://chiaski.github.io/poeticweb/generator.html
Thu Feb 9
★ Liked https://kld.dev/toc-animation/
★ Liked https://andy-bell.co.uk/my-favourite-3-lines-of-css/
★ Liked https://xeiaso.net/blog/video-compression
Wed Feb 8
★ Liked https://mastodon.social/@mweinberg/109829292130424575
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This Critical Field Guide for Working with Machine Learning Datasets launched by the Knowing Machines team yesterday has great content
Tue Feb 7
★ Liked https://motherduck.com/blog/big-data-is-dead/
★ Liked https://webdevlaw.uk/2023/02/06/the-disinformation-about-the-disinformation/
post The disinformation about the disinformation
Digital Planet, the BBC World Service’s podcast about global technology and the internet, is a wonderful thing. It’s a weekly reminder that the world is a lot more than the global north, and a lot more than a handful of American companies. It’s also a stream of positive …
Mon Feb 6
★ Liked https://uploadvr.com/john-carmack-statement-echo-vr-closure/
★ Liked https://mashable.com/article/twitter-api-accessibility-bots
Sun Feb 5
★ Liked https://gabriellew.ee/posts/2023/01/30/new-year-new-design/
post from New year, new design.
I think I force myself to keep up with all the new things happening in web development by making myself redesign my site every couple of years or so. I never really consciously sit down to make comps and figure out all the details. The process is really more of me noodling on an …
★ Liked https://themarkup.org/levelup/2023/01/31/in-2023-resolve-to-fix-your-organizations-meta-pixel-problem
Sat Feb 4
★ Liked https://emmas.site/blog/2023/02/02/bug-handling
Thu Feb 2
★ Liked https://rachsmith.com/everything-everywhere-all-at-once/
Tue Jan 31
★ Liked https://shoptalkshow.com/549/
Mon Jan 30
★ Liked http://tantek.com/2023/029/t1/indieweb-beyond-blogging
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Is the #IndieWeb just blogs/blogging?
★ Liked https://tomcritchlow.com/2023/01/27/small-databases/
post from The Magic of Small Databases
Notes on personal libraries, collections and small indexes on the web
Sun Jan 29
★ Liked https://aaronparecki.com/2023/01/28/12/
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Excellent updates this week 👏👏👏
Fri Jan 27
★ Liked https://calebhearth.com/this-gem-is-mentionable
★ Liked http://tantek.com/2023/026/t1/indieweb-priorities-balance
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There are many opposing forces in the #IndieWeb that can seem like catch-22s, yet help clarify priorities, and balance present pragmatism & future optimism.
Thu Jan 26
★ Liked https://lagomor.ph/2022/08/neubrutalism-a-consideration-and-ruleset/
Alex S.
post from Neubrutalism: A Consideration, and Ruleset
I've noticed a trend in web design called Neubrutalism; these are my considerations on the subject, and a new ruleset for design.
Wed Jan 25
★ Liked https://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/23/software-and-its-discontents-part-2-complexity.html
post from Software and its Discontents, Part 2: An Explosion of Complexity
This is part 2 in my “Software and its Discontents” series. This series is the product of my asking a bunch of folks about the current state of software engineering, the sense that it is not going well, that people are disillusioned and frustrated. In part 1 I talked a bit about …
★ Liked https://theculture.adactio.com/
★ Liked https://cubicgarden.com/2023/01/24/digital-legacy-the-home-made-version/
★ Liked https://basta.substack.com/p/the-absolute-audacity-of-apple-podcasts