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#popular	Most popular posts on Unsung / 18 posts
#case study	Specific craft case studies / 7 posts
#humor	Things that are (meant to be) funny / 15 posts
Other media
#review	Reviews of any sort of media (books, movies, etc.) talking about craft or quality / 10 posts
#book	Books related to craft or quality / 12 posts
#book review	Reviews of books writing about or related to craft/quality / 8 posts
#podcast	Recordings of podcasts talking about craft or quality / 7 posts
#conference talk	Recordings of conference talks talking about craft or quality / 8 posts
#youtube	Posts that talk about YouTube videos or link to them / 112 posts
#movie review	Reviews of movies or TV shows related to craft or quality / 3 posts
#explainer	Interactive explainers or playgrounds / 10 posts
#reference	Books or sites that are specifically references of things useful in UX design / 5 posts
Unsung themes and series
#deeper dives	Longer-than-usual posts, going deeper into a particular product or area / 2 posts
#got your back	Interfaces that care extra about the user and do not allow them to make a mistake / 8 posts
#sins of our finders	Bugs and deficiencies in macOS’s Finder / 6 posts
#tips	Tips and tricks for good craft / 3 posts
#unsung heroes	Going deeper into underappreciated experiences or products / 3 posts
#windows does it better	Occasions where Windows does a better job than Apple’s efforts / 3 posts
#about unsung	Meta posts talking about this very blog / 8 posts
The good, the bad, and the ugly
#above and beyond	Celebration of great quality, exemplary work, and going above and beyond / 29 posts
#bugs	Software bugs and problems / 58 posts
#bug deep dives	People’s case studies or deep dives into individual bugs / 14 posts
#easter eggs	Easter eggs in software design / 8 posts
#enshittification	Software getting worse / 13 posts
#hacks	Specific hacks, workarounds, and similar creative solutions / 12 posts
#third party fixes	People or companies who fix problems with software made by someone else / 7 posts
Design areas
#interface design	Interface design, UX design, UI, user experience, etc. / 106 posts
#typography	Fonts, typography, and typesetting / 33 posts
#iconography	Icons, symbols, and so on / 19 posts
#colors	Colors, colors spaces, etc. / 9 posts
#writing	UX writing and copy / 17 posts
#localization	Localization, internationalization, and related aspects / 9 posts
#motion design	Motion design, animations, and transitions / 13 posts
#sound design	Interface sounds and audio design / 7 posts
#direct manipulation	Direct manipulation (in the GUI sense) / 7 posts
#ergonomics	Ergonomics a.k.a. human factors / 7 posts
#errors	Errors, error handling, user mistakes, and so on / 15 posts
#flow	Flow as defined by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, and casually: designing experiences that allow you to do things without thinking about the interface / 62 posts
#loading states	Loading states and loading experiences in general / 9 posts
#skeuomorphism	Skeuomorphic design / 7 posts
#system design	Designing complex systems and systemic considerations / 16 posts
Features
#copy paste	Cut, copy, and paste, and attendant features / 6 posts
#dark mode	Dark mode or dark themes / 7 posts
#menus	Main menu, context menus, all that stuff / 5 posts
#onboarding	Onboarding, conveyance, new feature education, and so on / 18 posts
#preview	Any sort of previewing features / 10 posts
#release notes	Updates and release notes for software / 8 posts
#search	Search and finding experiences / 5 posts
#selection	Object or text selection / 6 posts
#settings	Settings, preferences, options, and so on / 4 posts
#undo	Undo or redo as features / 11 posts
Modalities
#keyboard	Keyboards, keyboard shortcuts, modifier keys, and layouts / 56 posts
#mouse	Mouse, trackpad, gesturs, drag-and-drop, and so on / 17 posts
#touch	Touch and multitouch interfaces / 24 posts
#text editing	Text editing and word processing / 20 posts
#command line	Command-line interfaces, a.k.a. shells / 5 posts
#internal ui	Internal UIs and tools built by companies / 3 posts
#hardware	Hardware and physical devices / 15 posts
#real world	Things happening in the real world, outside of software and hardware / 33 posts
Design aspects
#art	Art and artists intersecting with interface design / 8 posts
#attention	Attention, notifications, and so on / 19 posts
#change management	Change management, change blindness, and change aversion / 18 posts
#complexity	Complexity, simplicity, cruft, and bloat / 28 posts
#craft	Craft/craftsmanship as it pertains to software design / 23 posts
#culture	Shaping (corporate) culture that leads to better craft / 11 posts
#details	Specific details or nuances of design / 64 posts
#maintenance	Maintenance and preserving quality in the long term / 21 posts
#qa testing	Quality assurance and other types of testing / 2 posts
#process	(Company or design) process as it pertains to good craft and quality / 14 posts
#research	User research and user feedback / 4 posts
#storytelling	Narratives, storytelling, and writing about craft and quality / 6 posts
#style guides	UI guidelines, style guides, and interface guidelines / 2 posts
#toolmaking	The art of making useful tools / 8 posts
Theory
#definitions	Definitions of design terms / 24 posts
#principles	Design principles and laws / 19 posts
Software aspects
#ai	Artificial Intelligence, LLMs, generative AI, and so on / 13 posts
#coding	Programming, coding, and software engineering / 12 posts
#encoding	Encoding schemes, escaping, and so on / 7 posts
#frontend	Front-end (as opposed to back-end) / 4 posts
#graphics	Graphics and visuals / 22 posts
#performance	Performance, latency, speed, and attendant considerations / 10 posts
#piracy	Software piracy and anti-piracy measures / 5 posts
#security	Software security / 9 posts
#software evolution	Evolution of software and the industry / 28 posts
History
#before pixels	Examples of physical interfaces / 2 posts
#emulation	Software emulation, emulators, and simulators / 6 posts
#preservation	Software preservation, archivization, and so on / 6 posts
#history	Software or design history / 59 posts
#museum	“Real” museums or software museums / 3 posts
#software eulogies	Celebrations of software and apps that no longer exists / 4 posts
Games
#games	Videogames – particularly game craft, mechanics, and play / 74 posts
#speedrunning	Speedrunning games and various hacks and discoveries involved in that / 6 posts
Platforms
#android	Google’s mobile operating system Android / 3 posts
#mac os	Apple’s operating system macOS / 36 posts
#ios	Apple’s mobile operating system iOS / 16 posts
#next	The historical operating system NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP / 3 posts
#web	The internet, the web, and browsers / 28 posts
#windows	The operating system Microsoft Windows / 11 posts
Apps
#bear	A note-taking app called Bear / 9 posts
#finder	Mac’s Finder / 15 posts
#linear	A task management software suite Linear / 2 posts
#nova	A coding editor Nova / 7 posts
#raycast	A productivity tool Raycast / 4 posts
#super mario bros	Nintendo’s Super Mario videogames / 8 posts
People
#marcin wichary	Work made by me, Marcin Wichary (outside of this blog) / 12 posts
#david jonathan ross	Work by the type designer David J. Ross / 4 posts
#nick heer	Work by Nick Heer at Pixel Envy / 7 posts
#nikita prokopov	Work by Nikita Prokopov/Niki Tonsky / 6 posts
#good people to follow	Celebrating people worth following online / 1 post
Companies
#adobe	Adobe, Inc. and its software / 5 posts
#apple	Apple, Inc. and its software and products / 52 posts
#google	Google and its software and products / 20 posts
#panic	Panic, Inc. and its software and products / 5 posts