Sign in

Rob Whiting 📓

@whitingx.bsky.social
3.1K followers 2.6K following 3.6K posts

#Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rest easy, Margaret Hamilton. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
news.mit.edu
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
07320
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 22h
#TeenageEngineering to Stop Making 🎹🎵 #Synths. www.highsnobiety.com/p/teenage-en...
highsnobiety.com
Teenage Engineering Is Going to Stop Making Synths
Founder Jesper Kouthoofd says the pivot is part of the enigmatic Swedish company’s plan to stay fresh.
010
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📖 ‘The Oldest #Book Printed with #MovableType.’ www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-...
openculture.com
The Oldest Book Printed with Movable Type is Not The Gutenberg Bible: Jikji, a Collection of Korean Buddhist Teachings, Predated It By 78 Years and It’s Now Digitized Online
The history of the printed word is full of bibliographic twists and turns, major historical moments, and the significant printing of books now so obscure no one has read them since their publication.
020
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It was a great insight to just how long the series of games ran. Having only played the original on Amiga, seeing the variants across the series ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming... ) as noted in this article was really interesting (though not sure I'd seek any of them out 😁).
en.wikipedia.org
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘The Lamentable Later Life of #Lemmings.’ www.filfre.net/2026/09/the-... #Amiga #OhNo 💥
filfre.net
» The Lamentable Later Life of Lemmings The Digital Antiquarian
110
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
World Wide Words “[Chronicling] at least a part of this shifting wordscape — new coinages, #Word histories, books on #Language, curious idioms, and the oddities of native #English speech.” www.worldwidewords.org
worldwidewords.org
World Wide Words: English Language Evolution & Word Origins
English constantly evolves as new words emerge and old ones vanish or transform: explore over 3,000 articles chronicling the shifting language of our times.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@webaim.bsky.social's #ScreenReader User Survey #11 Results. webaim.org/projects/scr... #Accessibility #AssitiveTechnology
webaim.org
WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #11 Results
010
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 30/09/2026
The 11th edition of the @webaim.bsky.social Screen Reader User Survey is now live! This is a vital resource into better understanding how people who use screen readers actually operate your website or app. webaim.org/projects/scr... My commentary on it as a thread 🧵 #a11y
webaim.org
WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #11 Results
13426
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dimensional drawings and technical specifications for #Apple products. developer.apple.com/accessories/...
developer.apple.com
Download Dimensional Drawings - Accessories - Apple Developer
Download dimensional drawings and technical specifications.
021
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎵 “People take pictures of the summer Just in case someone thought they had missed it And to prove that it really existed” 🎵 —The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkwq...
youtube.com
The Kinks - People Take Pictures of Each Other (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Kinks
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘How the Digital Attention Economy Has Taken Over Our Real-World Lives.’ “The common thread is that these behaviors are more about verification than they are about documentation. The experience feels incomplete until it exists in a form that others can observe.” lithub.com/how-the-digi...
lithub.com
How the Digital Attention Economy Has Taken Over Our Real-World Lives
When I visited the Louvre Museum in Paris, I was struck by how small the Mona Lisa looked in person—a common reaction—and by how most of the people in the room were not looking at the painting itse…
100
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is there such a thing as a Firefox extension that lets you jot notes on tabs and then access/download those notes? The native extension in Firefox Labs is just a note on the tab in local storage and that’s it.
423
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I may be going to Sheffield for a day soon - any restaurant recommendations?
1094
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘Not Dark Yet.’ agoodhardstare.substack.com/p/not-dark-yet ‘Time Out of Mind’ is one of my favourite #BobDylan albums (if not one of my favourite albums in general) so really enjoyed reading this deep dive into ‘Bob Dylan's second¹ act’. 🙂 ¹ I might have said this was his third.
agoodhardstare.substack.com
Not Dark Yet
Bob Dylan's second act
020
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎹 Terpstra #Keyboard terpstrakeyboard.com 🎹 Lumatone Isomorphic Keyboard www.lumatone.io #MIDI
terpstrakeyboard.com
Terpstra Keyboard | 280 Color Changing Continuous Controllers
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Early Transforming #Furniture: Richard Neutra's 🐪 Camel Table.” www.core77.com/posts/145432...
core77.com
Early Transforming Furniture: Richard Neutra's Camel Table - Core77
In the 1930s Richard Neutra, the Austrian architect who'd made his home in California, designed an early example of flexible-use furniture. Neutra conceived of a table that could transform from dining...
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A11Y Experience Guide “An #Accessibility (#a11y) specification for experience designers. Synthesizing complex compliance standards into clear, actionable #Design rules.” emesstyle.com/a11y-design/ #WCAG
emesstyle.com
WCAG Accessibility Guidelines Explorer
Learn and understand web accessibility standards with interactive demos showing violations vs. solutions. Covers WCAG 2.2, 10+ categories, and future standards.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“John Wilson’s ‘The History of #Concrete’ Is Anything But Mundane.” www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/john... I really enjoyed ‘How To with John Wilson’ so looking forward to this #Documentary. 🙂
thisiscolossal.com
John Wilson's 'The History of Concrete' Is Anything But Mundane
Wilson's movie debut is primed for absurdity, delving into something that's immanently mundane yet fundamental to the way we live.
000
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Sam at BLAG @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Reminded me of this collection of archival Hungarian sign painting/painter photos: bl.ag/a-fascinating-collection-of-h… #SignPainting #SignPainters #Signwriting #Hungary
bl.ag
A Facinating Collection of Hungarian Sign Painting Photos, 1906–1976
Women feature prominently in these archival images of signs and sign painters at work in Hungary.
011
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 🎞️ Film Experience. A free course from #MIT that “… concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of #Films, from the early silent period, classic #Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art #Cinema.” ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-...
ocw.mit.edu
The Film Experience | Literature | MIT OpenCourseWare
This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and J...
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The Interim #Computer #Museum … interactive exhibits using vintage hardware with modern enhancements [that] provide a hands-on experience that bridges the past and the present, allowing visitors to explore the evolution of computing technology.” icm.museum
icm.museum
The Interim Computer Museum
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An archive of colour gradients for 🗺️ #Cartography, technical illustration and #Design. phillips.shef.ac.uk/pub/cpt-city/
phillips.shef.ac.uk
cpt-city
Rain in the eastern Caribbean using a scheme by Hayden James
021
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Making #Tables #Accessible “Learn how to correctly tag complex #PDF table headers for #ScreenReaders …” creativepro.com/making-table...
creativepro.com
Making Tables Accessible
Learn how to correctly tag complex PDF table headers for screen readers with Dax Castro.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Use a #MIDI foot controller as an extra #Keyboard for your #Mac.” github.com/JamesRyanATX...
github.com
GitHub - JamesRyanATX/fcbnerd: Do things with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI pedalboard in MacOS
Do things with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI pedalboard in MacOS - JamesRyanATX/fcbnerd
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Designed by the National Design Studio, America.gov ’s new chatbot wants to reduce #Government complexity to a prompt box.” www.fastcompany.com/91614952/ame...
fastcompany.com
America gets a chatbot
Designed by the National Design Studio, America.gov's new chatbot wants to reduce government complexity to a prompt box.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Amiga Screens: A Primer. www.datagubbe.se/amscr/ #Commodore
datagubbe.se
Amiga Screens: A Primer | datagubbe.se
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GLYPH Immersive glyph.kateander.com “… a simple space that balances possibility with constraint, encouraging experimentation, play, and reflection about the systems that we inherit …” #Icons #PixelArt #Grids
glyph.kateander.com
GLYPH Immersive
030
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚫️🎵 ‘This #Vinyl seller is finding new ways to make #Records collectible.’ www.fastcompany.com/91587914/blo...
fastcompany.com
Streaming made music disposable. This vinyl seller is finding new ways to make records collectible
With record sales soaring, Blood Records is putting a trendy spin on an old format to deliver for younger collectors.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“… a new report reveals that smaller UK cities are quietly challenging the capital's long-held status as the ultimate destination for design professionals.” www.designweek.co.uk/the-death-of...
designweek.co.uk
The death of the London creative monopoly? - Q&A with Deanna German
As the cost of living bites and regional hubs invest in creative infrastructure, a new report reveals that smaller UK cities are quietly challenging the capital’s long-held status as the ultimate dest...
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘The Top 50 #UK Cities for #Design #Creatives’ - a report from Affinity www.affinity.studio/blog/uk-crea...
affinity.studio
UK Creative Cities Report 2026 | Affinity
Discover the top 50 creative cities in the UK, with the best access to space & opportunities, & how the rising cost of creativity is driving a regional shift.
111
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Flashpoint Archive flashpointarchive.org “… a community effort to preserve games, animations, and interactive experiences from the web.” #Flash
flashpointarchive.org
Flashpoint Archive
Flashpoint Archive is a community effort to preserve games, animations, and interactive experiences from the web.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚷 Walking Men Worldwide™ “… a series of public art installations, a photographic collage of #Pedestrian #Traffic #Icons assembled from around the world, presented in humane scale.” walking-men.com #Wayfinding #Semiotics
walking-men.com
Walking Men Worldwide™ by Maya Barkai – Public Art Installations
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A browser-based program for developing #Commodore #Amiga Workbench #Icons. amigaicon.madzel.de
amigaicon.madzel.de
Amiga Workbench 1.x Icon Maker
Klassische Amiga Workbench 1.x Icons zeichnen, PNG konvertieren und echte .info-Dateien lokal im Browser bearbeiten.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘The same nine #Streaming #Subscriptions cost $702 more a year than in 2021.’ honestlyranked.com/guides/strea... 📀 #PhysicalMedia
honestlyranked.com
Streaming costs $702 a year more than in 2021 | HonestlyRanked
9 major streaming services cost $95.91/mo in 2021-03 and $154.41/mo today, up 61%, or $702 a year. Every change sourced.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#CSS Curiosities of the Past. vale.rocks/posts/css-re... 👆 via @vale.rocks
vale.rocks
CSS Curiosities of the Past
Summary of the various CSS syntaxes, parsing bugs, hacks, bespoke features, and implementations used across browsers and the web to achieve specific goals in the days before browser vendors became more adherent to a single solid specification. Particularly focusing on the non-compliant, bespoke implementations of functionality seen in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
010
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ah - I wondered what the missing 10th principle (commandment?) was. 😁
010
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
9. A prototype can be archived.
000
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
8. A prototype should be changed.
100
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
7. A prototype reduces the risk of delivering something that is not needed.
100
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
6. A prototype involves team collaboration.
100
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5. A prototype is accessible.
100
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
4. A prototype is tested with people who will use the service.
100
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
3. A prototype can be any format.
100
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
2. A prototype is only as detailed as we need to answer our question.
100
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. A prototype answers a question.
100
Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
9 #Principles of #Prototyping. designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2026/09/29/w... By @cifountaine.bsky.social 👆 via @karakane-kk.bsky.social
designnotes.blog.gov.uk
What are the principles of prototyping?
An evolving set of prototyping principles to help people use prototypes to learn and improve their products or services. These principles were contributed to by people across government during Service...
331
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Nexer_Digital @nexerdigital.com · 28/09/2026
🎉 Save the date: #CampDigital is back on 13th May 2027! Join us as we celebrate 15 years of bright ideas, brilliant talks and thousands of conversations sparked. 🔥 Early bird tickets go on sale soon. Stay tuned for more updates!
Save the date graphic for Camp Digital 2027. The image features the Camp Digital logo on a dark purple background with bold geometric shapes in orange, yellow and white. Text reads: “We’re back. Celebrating 15 years. Thousands of conversations. One brilliant community.” Event details shown are: “13th May 2027” and “Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester”.
053
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Oliver Mantell @olivermantell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah, the classic “Equality / Equity / Espionage” diagram…
0448
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The first rule of Yorkshire Club: do talk about Yorkshire Club.
042
Reposted by Rob Whiting 📓
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 28/09/2026
two days left!
041