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"In its very bones, Babylon 5 was a unique experience. It was a bold attempt to experiment with the conventional format of TV, with a serialized storyline and continuity, unlike earlier shows like Star Trek or Quantum Leap or any number of other “story of the week” style science fiction programs. Here in our current era, post-prestige TV, that kind of storytelling is common, but in the 1990s, when Babylon 5 first entered pre-production, it was nearly unheard of."

"...most of what we make or design is actually aimed at a public that is there for something else. The design is important, but the design is not the point. Call it "public design"…
Public design is for individuals who have to fill out our tax form, interact with our website or check into our hotel room despite the way it's designed, not because of it."

An overview of all the stuff X would draw itself based on client instructions, rather than the client drawing it and sending it over, which is more common now and is the way Wayland works.

"They were the original gentlemen’s clubs. "

"Once we understand how things work, we have a chance to interact with them. Not with memorization or rote or politics, but with practical effort.
First, though, we need to understand the mechanism."

"Starving settlers ushered in a craze and decimated surrounding lands."

From 2008, and less critical for high-speed connecionsbut key takeaways are still useful:
1. Minimize the overhead of JS/CSS libraries and frameworks. 2. Update page fragments instead of reloading the whole page. 3. Don't target a single device. 4. Optimize everything. 5. Tell the user when you're doing something.