Mark W.rites

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. And this year, it feels especially important to acknowledge, given the rise of fascism around the world.

In 1978, Matthew Carter designed the typeface Bell Centennial. It was a special typeface, built for a unique set of goals. What manifested was an adaptable typeface that tackled the printing challenge of “dot gain.”

Your CEO, Tim Cook, must go. It’s as simple as that.

Music is of my favorite parts of the human experience. Few things bring me more joy. So every year I compile a list of my favorites to share with everyone.

Over the past couple years I’ve only written a handful of articles. This is because I’ve been writing a book. But this year I found the time to publish fifteen new pieces. I also published heaps of posts on Mastodon.

November is National Adoption Month, as set forth by Barack Obama in 2011. My wife and I are parents of five children, three of them adopted. I’d like to share some things we’ve learned on our journey (including transracial adoption).

On November 10, 2014 I published my first article on Medium. I had published other pieces elsewhere, but it was my first on this new-to-me platform. It was also the first time I published my own work instead of writing for publications.

The fundamental purpose of information architecture is to enable efficient information retrieval. We accomplish this with meaningful information structure and intuitive labels. And we bring them together with sensible navigation design.

On May 25th, 1977, the world met Star Wars, a film that changed science fiction forever. Go back nearly a century—to 1890—and a much smaller world met Clara de la Rocha, a woman who changed Mexico forever. And Princess Leia brought them together. At least according to George Lucas.

I don’t know that I have ever told this story to anyone, other than my wife, but there are a handful of people around my age who may remember it well.