This week, we talk about the uncanny sameness of the web and debate uniqueness in site design. In News, we discuss the pros and cons of sharing your early, in-progress work with non-designer colleagues. And as always, we share a couple cool things, including an immersive gaming experience and a new feature proposal for React.

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Follow-up:

• The Dunning-Kruger Effect features "Mount Stupid and the Valley of Despair," not "Stupid Mountain and the Valley of Doubt." Pretty close, though.
• Video: Apple October Event 2018 (1:10:00) - A very precarious grip method on the new iPad
  • The new Smart Keyboard for iPad, when in tablet mode, doesn't feel so great with the keys on the back
• Kevin Gutowski might have a workaround for the Cmd-H issue in the future. Stay tuned :)
  • Video: "DOZENS!"
• Article: "New Chrome Feature Prevents Those Didn’t-Mean-To-Quit Blues"
  • Jakob's Law

News:

• Josh Hemsley tweeted a screenshot of collaborating with non-designers in Figma
  • Morgan Knutson had a thoughtful response
  • 17:06 - Note: Marshall says "parallel." He meant "serial."
• Article: "Why Do All Websites Look the Same?"
  • Article: "Skeuomorphic Design — A controversial UX approach that is making a comeback"
  • Claudio Guglieri has a very nice personal site
  • We found Claudio's lost blog posts!
  • Article: "Why Game Accessibility Matters"
  • Graceful degradation versus progressive enhancement

One Cool Thing:

• Marshall shared Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Video: "11 Of The Most Amazing Details In Red Dead Redemption 2"
  • "Red Dead Redemption 2's 80 Second Rule"
  • Morality in Mass Effect provides the extremes of Paragon and Renegade
• Brian shared React Hooks

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