Are digital services becoming the new utility companies?

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Jul 12, 2021

“Now, it seems that internet services increasingly feel similar to utilities; consider music and video streaming services, news and even games. Most of the internet giants are beginning to offer entertainment within utility bundles for the home.“

Are digital services becoming the new utility companies? →

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Food for thought

Neat and scruffy work in digital tools →
“Sometimes creative work is neat, orderly, tidy, but most of the time it’s not—it’s scruffy, messy, disorganized. Computing environments for creative work don’t support ‘scruffy’ work very well, nor do they make it easy for neat and scruffy work to peacefully coexist. Can we do better?”
Will kids in the near future refer to virtual study as ‘school’? →
“We know that most of the time, fastly-taken decisions usually become long-lasting solutions, and this is the time to ask ourselves: What are the real impacts of these fast changes on systems of education? What is the role of UX to ease this traumatic experience for a plethora of potential users?”
Three simple ideas for better election poll graphics →
“There are multiple organizations that produce election polls, and the results often differ significantly. And sometimes, a pollster may just get it wrong, without any political bias involved. Political polls are not an exact science after all.”

Little gems this week

Alexander Isley: A designer with nonconventional thinking →

Designing for the illusion of speed →

Sneakers, unboxed →

Tools and resources

Skip links →
Why skip-links are important for accessibility.
Adobe XD →
Building micro-interactions in Adobe XD.
Pairing fonts →
3 ways to find great typeface combinations.

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