Jonas Downey

@jonasdowney

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Joined September 2008
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    21 hours ago

    The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.

    6:53 PM - 9 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Apr 8 San Francisco, CA

    craigslist's design works and worked at scale for 20 years. no need to add parallax to every website just for the fuck of it.

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  3. Apr 8

    2) Craigslist is a really cool, weird company. Check out their job postings and benefits:

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  4. Apr 8

    1) Craigslist's aesthetic is absolutely intentional. It looks like classified ads on purpose. Fancy unsolicited redesigns miss this point.

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  5. Apr 8

    Lots of people have debated Craigslist's design on my Medium post this week. Two things I didn't get to mention in the post...

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    Apr 7

    The best reasoning for the importance of designers learning to build products I've ever read. Great story.

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  7. Apr 6

    Why I love ugly, messy interfaces:

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    Apr 2

    As a programmer, it can be hard to explain what exactly you did all day.

    3:23 PM - 2 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Mar 31

    “really successful companies usually tackle one bite-size task at a time. After a while, it really adds up.”

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    Mar 24

    I just published an article on about CSS Houdini, and how it will change everything we know about CSS!

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    Mar 30

    Watch Michael Stipe cover David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" on

    1:42 AM - 30 Mar 2016 · Details
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    Mar 29

    A Carson/Letterman/Leno/Shandling Photo That Closes The Book On A Late-Night Era

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    Mar 28

    absolutely the wildest thing i have ever seen in both my gaming and computing career:

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    Mar 28

    So how do you deal with people getting annoyed by your newsletters? Click the "unsubscribe" link for them.

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    Mar 25 Tamalpais Valley, CA

    Genius. made a text editor that only allow the 1,000 most used words in English.

    9:15 PM - 25 Mar 2016 · Details
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    Mar 25

    If you want to be a better writer, ignore this cover and read this book:

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  18. Mar 25

    Wrote a wee post about skipping the things you don't know yet. You Aren't Gonna Need to Design It:

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    Mar 24

    Every time I want to say "this product sucks", I instead spend that time fixing the thousands of things I've made that make others say that.

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  20. Mar 24

    I wonder if Alan Turing anticipated his test becoming an annoying design trend. 💬 NO! STOOOOPPP

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