Chris Coyier: Thinking like a Front-End Developer Mohamed Hamad Jul 29, 2019 Dev 2 Dev Chris Coyier from Css-tricks.com, takes a peek at what front-end development has become these days. Starting from what the role is, where we sit, and […]
SVG Will Save Us, Sarah Drasner @ #PerfMatters Conference 2019 Mohamed Hamad Jul 22, 2019 Dev 2 Dev SVGs are one of the most underutilized technologies on the web. They can be the most performant, flexible, and accessible image formats. In this session, […]
How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time | Baratunde Thurston (TED) Mohamed Hamad Jul 15, 2019 Always Be Learning Baratunde Thurston explores the phenomenon of white Americans calling the police on black Americans who have committed the crimes of … eating, walking or generally […]
The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps. (Vox) Mohamed Hamad Jul 8, 2019 Always Be Learning Biomimicry, the design movement pioneered by biologist and writer Janine Benyus, explained with 99% Invisible. Watch on YouTube
You’ve been training AI for free (The Verge) Mohamed Hamad Jul 1, 2019 Talkin Tech Modern AI needs tons of data for training and quality control — and a lot of it is coming from human beings, whether it’s contract […]
Writing Code You Won’t Hate Tomorrow (Coding Tech) Mohamed Hamad Jun 24, 2019 Dev 2 Dev As developers we write code every day, but we frown at it a week later. Why do we have such a hard time with code […]
How Smartphones Sabotage Your Brain’s Ability to Focus (WSJ) Mohamed Hamad Jun 17, 2019 Talkin Tech Our phones give us instant gratification. But thereās a cost: loss of attention and productivity.
A mind-blowing explanation of the speed of light | Michelle Thaller (The Big Think) Mohamed Hamad Jun 10, 2019 Always Be Learning Light exists outside of time. – The only things that travel at the speed of light are photons. – Nothing with any mass at all […]
Google’s social app failures (and their comeback plan) (TechAltar) Mohamed Hamad Jun 3, 2019 Talkin Tech Google has no social media apps anymore and they are struggling to establish a popular chat app as well. How come they can’t seem to […]
I was to learn later in life that, perhaps because we are so good at organizing, we tend as a nation to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization. Mohamed Hamad May 27, 2019 I was to learn later in life that, perhaps because we are so good at organizing, we tend as a nation to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Why mirrorless cameras are taking over (The Verge) Mohamed Hamad May 13, 2019 Worth a Thousand Words While mirrorless cameras have been rising in popularity since at least 2013, driven in large part by Sony’s A7 and Panasonic’s GH cameras, this past […]
Our culture has accepted two huge lies. the first is that if you disagree with someoneās lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe, say or do. Both are nonsense. You donāt have to compromise convictions to be compassionate. Mohamed Hamad May 10, 2019 Our culture has accepted two huge lies. the first is that if you disagree with someoneās lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe, say or do. Both are nonsense. You donāt have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.
Cereal makers sold us a breakfast myth (Vox) Mohamed Hamad Apr 8, 2019 Always Be Learning Cereal companies have perpetuated a big myth about breakfast: that the first meal of the day is crucial to good health. And one of their […]