iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If the whole history of the Earth was squeezed into one day... #dataviz Source: flowingdata.com/2012/10/09/h...

A 24-hour clock illustration depicting Earth's history as a single day. The clock starts at midnight for Earth's formation, with major events like meteorite bombardment from 12:00 to 3:00 AM, origin of life at 4:00 AM, oldest fossils at 5:36 AM, sexual reproduction at 6:08 AM, emergence of seaweeds at 8:28 AM, and mammals at 11:39 PM. Humans appear at 11:58:43 PM, just before midnight.

Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

During Q&A after a short panel discussing the human need to keep the lid on AI agents, I had to ask about the panelist’s view on what might happen when adding quantum computing to the mix …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We walked the red carpet, grabbed some tasty canapés, had some glasses of champagne and watched the thrilling documentary ‘AI Agents - How Do We Take Control Back’, the full VIP treat after a most insightful Day 1 of FOST London Conference.

Networking with drinks & canapés pre Agentic AI documentation screening.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Accessibility is still key, and over the last 5 years Apple basically failed to provide an ergonomically handy phone you actually can operate single-handed. Those tablet-size monsters phones are heavily far too big for people with disabilities.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Sometimes I truly wished that PWA’s could work fundamentally without that JavaScript …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I was stumbling across this little gem: Colorstrology - A little book on Pantone colours related to birthdays. Beside briefly describing each personality, it also specifically looks into each colour’s benefits. It certainly might come very handy when working on personal branding projects.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

YOU DON’T NEED JAVASCRIPT A practical guide to create modern websites and interfaces using only CSS by THEO SOTI has finally landed as a book. I can’t wait spinning up BB-Edit …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Between 0 and 1 there are infinite possibilities. The world ain’t black & white. Wishing everyone a happy Non-Binary People’s Day!

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

AI is keeping us warm: Microsoft emission up by 25%, Google emission up by 25%, AWS emission up by 16%, all in a single year ….

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

At times of AI euphoria #NetZero simply got kicked out of the window, and no one can remember ….

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I believe it’s billions of people in poverty, not just millions.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Apparently no one even checks W3C markup validation before shipping, especially with AI generated code …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Webpages should be optimised for humans first, not A.I.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It's fascinating to hear, and now I am very curious if someone actually tested the generated code quality? Does it actually validate to W3C standards using validator.w3.org? No warnings, no errors?

validator.w3.org

The W3C Markup Validation Service

W3C's easy-to-use markup validation service, based on SGML and XML parsers.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

La Migra! End of Schengen as soon you want to visit Germoney.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A very smooth ride until this sign came along …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Apparently the 06:16 Eurostar to Amsterdam became my preferred ride, reaching its destination in just 4 hours 4 minutes, on-time. Don’t we love an early start getting some vital work done …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Still in London but already Europe! It’s quite amazing how swift automated Schengen border control works out at St Pancras International, especially as U.K. resident holding an EU passport.

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London Web Standards @londonwebstandards.org · 30/12/2025

We have a diversity scheme for State of the Browser. This is for Students, people new to our industry, people from under-represented groups, unemployed, or anyone who feels they fit (we don't ask for proof we just trust people) 2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/#div... Please share

2026.stateofthebrowser.com

Tickets | State of the Browser

More information and buying options for tickets.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

What power structures are inherent to the field of computer-generated art? ‘1965 + 60 Years of Algorithmic Art with Computers,’ a talk by Emma Gerhard and Frieder Nake, 6.15pm GMT live from #39c3. streaming.media.ccc.de/39c3/zero/

streaming.media

Inspiration Station

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Coming up: The Art of Text (Rendering) w/ Nicolas Rougier at 10:00 GMT #Typography #39c3 fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...

fahrplan.events.ccc.de

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Time to RESET Time for a New Power Cycle The 39th Chaos Communication Congress #39c3 is about to start, with a plethora of insightful live streamed talks on security, society, bollocktics, art and tech to come …. fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/202...

fahrplan.events.ccc.de

Fahrplan - 39C3

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

It certainly is magical area for some to enjoy good drafted pint already at 5am, or purchase a litre of duty free booze from 12 quid.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

With border control and custom sorted, i believe this St Pancras International platform is already Europe, even its Central at London. When coming off the train Amsterdam Centraal in only 4 hours there won’t be any more checks ….

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 21/11/2025

The Web Day Out line-up is finalised! It's a conference all about the latest advances in #HTML, #CSS, and #JavaScript. Joining us on stage will be the fantastic @matuzo.at of HTMHell fame. Use my discount JOIN_RICH for 10% webdayout.com

webdayout.com

Web Day Out in Brighton, March 12th 2026

A one-day event all about what you can do in web browsers today!

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I thought driving license is driving license. Do you actually need a specific NYC license?

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

In order that agents can understand your site it must provide structured machine readable content and validate to W3C standards. Beside that a schema will also be very useful.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

It’s so valuable attending Computing’s quite intimate annual IT Leaders Summit at One Moorgate. Shared insights without that vendor fluff on global technology challenges, workforce and societal obstacles makes it a truly inspiring event.

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Anonymous @opsnowcrash.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

You think you’re free? Your brain’s a subscription service. Billionaires feed you dopamine and call it choice. Junk food. Infinite scroll. Nested systems built to mine your impulses and mold your identity. Welcome to the zoo. Cancel your conditioning. #Resist #EndOligarchy #Anonymous #Limitarianism

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🎉 Wishing you a Happy B-Day my friend; please enjoy that very special celebration! 💫

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The brain is like a muscle: you need to use it, or loose it.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

A.I. is not just drinking our water, but warming it up, warming up our oceans, slowly cooking its inhabitants, heating up our planet, letting it burn … 🔥

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

It’s a bit too early (früh) for me. 😅

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I gladly could fetch myself a rare copy of Conceiving Ada (1997) w/ Tilda Swinton in preparation …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Penpot has to be very careful about about #NoCode A.I. integration as it’s still not capable to generate quality markup to W3C standards.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I can’t wait to see W3C markup validation after code generation …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Whatever the approach, the litmus test will be W3C markup validation before shipping.

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

theatlantic.com

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Like the brown shirts in Germany did: you don’t fit in, you’re a target.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

The real terrorists are those who call others ‘terrorists’.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Apparently A.I. isn’t capable to create websites that validate to W3C standards, not to speak about fixing validators listed warnings & errors. #NoCode is a No Show!

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I used to call a fish tank Cats TV.

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

For this I believe screen readers will require a specific HTML element or attribute ..?

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I can’t wait seeing features filtering out A.I. generated copy …

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Michael R. Lorek @onlinedesign.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

It certainly is no abbreviation. So what is it then?

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