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cianfrani.dev

Designing in English

Components are dead. Use your words.

rehumanize.io

AI Humanizer

The irony of this: Make content natural to bypass AI detection and feel truly human.

lethain.com

Refactoring internal documentation in Notion

Making changes that actually work instead of optically sounding impressive.

alttextselfies.net

Alt Text Selfies

This project takes a well-known practice—the selfie—and approaches it through a disability lens.

erikjohannes.no

Outsourcing thinking

With certain skills you have to "use it or lose it" seems intuitively and empirically sound.

iterativewonders.com

The word “Computer” meant human (at some point)

Originally named after the person it was meant to replace.

niemanlab.org

Predictions for journalism 2026

Each year, NiemanLab asks some of the smartest people in digital media what they think is coming in the year ahead.

taylor.town

How to win titular metagames

Good titles permit readers to quickly estimate the relative value of articles, essays, videos, etc. Everybody wins when titles are accurate.

sh-reya.com

On the consumption of AI-generated content at scale

“I might be going insane because half of what I read now sounds like ChatGPT.”

chrisyoong.com

Debunking the Alt text character limit

100, 150, or 200? The arbitrary limit can be built into input fields and automated tooling.

auldenglish.com

Auld English fonts

Fonts that simulate the experience of reading in olden days, by diverse means.

jaredcunha.com

Writing alt text with AI

LLMs can lower the burden of writing useful alt text for images, with the right prompting.

uxdesign.cc

AI interfaces and the role of good writing

Why clear, strategic writing is more critical than ever.

herbertlui.net

Craft, not fame, makes your story worth telling

The possibility is there, if you’re willing to put in the effort.

thenextfouryears.ai

The next four years

A self-generating story based on several months of the US government upheaval. All written by AI.

equalentry.com

Accessible content for people with limited English proficiency

Unclear language and poor design can turn everyday tasks into stressful barriers, eroding independence and dignity.

en.wikipedia.org

Wikipedia: signs of AI writing

A list of writing and formatting conventions typical of AI chatbots, with real examples taken from Wikipedia articles and drafts.

hidde.blog

The writer, the text and the audience

Meaning in art comes from more than the artifact.

a11y-collective.com

Accessible writing techniques

If you want your content to reach and engage more people, accessibility should be at the heart of your writing process.

tpgi.com

On dashes, AI, and screen readers

Em dash, en dash, hyphen, minus symbol - what do they have to do with AI and how do screen readers treat them?