{"id":8348,"date":"2026-04-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/?p=8348"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:42:47","slug":"weekly-design-links-04-21-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnfreeborn.com\/words\/weekly-design-links-04-21-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Design Links \u2013 04\/21\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I wasn’t going to do a post today. I did a quick look at what I had collected, and the next thing I knew, I had a good batch. Sometimes things flow. In non-link news, my app, Strategery2<\/a> is live on the Apple App Store. It’s already on version 1.6. I recently added a new ‘unfair’ mode that gives computer opponents even more advantage. It also includes some tweaks and bug fixes. I guess I’m a product owner now\u2013the updates will never end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A Brief History of the Dust Jacket<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slip cover, dust cover, or dust jacket \u2014 whatever you call it, and whether you\u2019re the type to trash or treasure them \u2014 have you ever wondered what purpose they serve and when they were invented?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Charcuterie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A visual explorer for Unicode. Browse the character set, discover related glyphs, and learn more about the scripts, symbols, and shapes that make up the standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sofa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Most Wonderfully Overstuffed App For Enjoying Your Downtime. Organize your collections, track your shows, play your podcasts, plan your adventures, and remember it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASCII<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASCII editor for art, video, live cam, and WebGL exports<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Portfolio tips<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to regularly evaluate portfolios, so I have developed my own opinions on what stands out. Still, every reviewer is different, and what works can vary.
To go beyond my own view, I asked designer friends what they look for, what grabs attention, and what turns them off, looking for patterns that feel more universal. This document is the result of that effort. It is a collection of practical insights meant to help students think more clearly about how to structure and present their portfolio, focusing on what actually matters when someone is reviewing their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Designer\/Developer Collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s lots of ways to build a website. Most of them involve designers working in one tool, developers working in another, and a painful handoff process somewhere in between. We recently used Intent to build and ship a well-crafted website in about three weeks, and the collaboration model that emerged shined a light on how things could (no, should) be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Claude Design actually changes for designers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The handoff problem is finally getting solved \u2014 and it\u2019s happening faster than most of us expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design isn\u2019t dying. It\u2019s shifting left<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the model is the new medium, shaping how it behaves in humanistic ways is design<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Visualization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This new website is like Spotify Wrapped for your tax dollars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tax Wrapped will show you exactly how the government is using your hard-earned cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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