Mat Janson Blanchet
@jansensan.bsky.social
French Canadian, interaction and user experience designer, tinkerer, guitarist and melodist.
FR, EN
FR, EN
Same, there is always so much crap with generated code from design software.
Also, they never resize properly if you don't add the appropriate attributes manually. Let's not talk about how colour values do not play nice with CSS.
Also, they never resize properly if you don't add the appropriate attributes manually. Let's not talk about how colour values do not play nice with CSS.
Apparently I am one of those rare weirdos who won’t let an SVG onto my page without at least opening it in a text editor. In particular, I've learned not to trust the code from Adobe Illustrator (never trust Adobe).
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July 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Same, there is always so much crap with generated code from design software.
Also, they never resize properly if you don't add the appropriate attributes manually. Let's not talk about how colour values do not play nice with CSS.
Also, they never resize properly if you don't add the appropriate attributes manually. Let's not talk about how colour values do not play nice with CSS.
Firefox' "Enhanced Tracking Protection" is breaking my access to so many sites that I'm considering ditching the browser I prefer.
July 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Firefox' "Enhanced Tracking Protection" is breaking my access to so many sites that I'm considering ditching the browser I prefer.
Another day, another case of IT superceding UX.
July 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Another day, another case of IT superceding UX.
This movie is an uneven mix of 2, 3 maybe 4 things. Feels like I was watching a 2 hour short film showcased in an artsy gallery. Sometimes great, often noisy, sometimes slow and boring. Just like Pavement.
June 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This movie is an uneven mix of 2, 3 maybe 4 things. Feels like I was watching a 2 hour short film showcased in an artsy gallery. Sometimes great, often noisy, sometimes slow and boring. Just like Pavement.
Years ago, likely in the 1970s, my uncle (mom's brother) made a mix tape for my dad.
There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.
It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.
Let's see where this goes!
There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.
It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.
Let's see where this goes!
June 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Years ago, likely in the 1970s, my uncle (mom's brother) made a mix tape for my dad.
There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.
It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.
Let's see where this goes!
There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.
It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.
Let's see where this goes!
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UX Designers: having problems in your role? Learn JavaScript. It will make your old problems seem like no big deal.
June 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
UX Designers: having problems in your role? Learn JavaScript. It will make your old problems seem like no big deal.
New book for morning reading. Rosenfeld always publishes useful books to manage design collaboration.
The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.
The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.
June 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New book for morning reading. Rosenfeld always publishes useful books to manage design collaboration.
The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.
The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.
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Consequences of removing the headphone jack from the phone.
June 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Consequences of removing the headphone jack from the phone.
2FA is a plague on those of us with an attention deficit disorder.
June 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
2FA is a plague on those of us with an attention deficit disorder.
Pocket is shutting down.
Yet another useful tool disappears.
As usual, I will not be looking for a replacement, I'll either build my own alternative or just stop doing whatever that service offered.
Yet another useful tool disappears.
As usual, I will not be looking for a replacement, I'll either build my own alternative or just stop doing whatever that service offered.
May 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pocket is shutting down.
Yet another useful tool disappears.
As usual, I will not be looking for a replacement, I'll either build my own alternative or just stop doing whatever that service offered.
Yet another useful tool disappears.
As usual, I will not be looking for a replacement, I'll either build my own alternative or just stop doing whatever that service offered.
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A reminder of how these assholes behaved when we stole THEIR shit. They came for kids’ MP3s. House raids. Absolute terror. So no, we’re not gonna let you steal OUR shit.
May 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A reminder of how these assholes behaved when we stole THEIR shit. They came for kids’ MP3s. House raids. Absolute terror. So no, we’re not gonna let you steal OUR shit.
Streaming services — music or video — that hide recent listens/watches to peddle their own suggestions or their own features misunderstand their services need to be easier and more useful than piracy to be useful.
May 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Streaming services — music or video — that hide recent listens/watches to peddle their own suggestions or their own features misunderstand their services need to be easier and more useful than piracy to be useful.
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I have French subtitles for Human Movie, which for technical reasons were not shown at last night's screening. But if anyone else wants to show the film in France or Quebec, we have subtitles! And if it's after August, I can have a French voice over. Reach out here if interested ⬇️
Human Movie: Six Meditations on a Compression Algorithm (2025) — Cybernetic Forests.
A dreamlike experimental video essay using found footage, compression artifacts, and glitched AI imagery to disentangle the human mind from the metaphors of mind as applied to generative AI.
www.cyberneticforests.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have French subtitles for Human Movie, which for technical reasons were not shown at last night's screening. But if anyone else wants to show the film in France or Quebec, we have subtitles! And if it's after August, I can have a French voice over. Reach out here if interested ⬇️
Un expert (@luclefebvre.bsky.social) préconise une meilleure littéracie numérique
www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/05/18/u...
J'irais jusqu'à dire qu'il faut une éducation médiatique plus large, qui inclut la compréhension de lignes éditoriales dictées par les propriétaires de médias.
www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/05/18/u...
J'irais jusqu'à dire qu'il faut une éducation médiatique plus large, qui inclut la compréhension de lignes éditoriales dictées par les propriétaires de médias.
May 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Un expert (@luclefebvre.bsky.social) préconise une meilleure littéracie numérique
www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/05/18/u...
J'irais jusqu'à dire qu'il faut une éducation médiatique plus large, qui inclut la compréhension de lignes éditoriales dictées par les propriétaires de médias.
www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/05/18/u...
J'irais jusqu'à dire qu'il faut une éducation médiatique plus large, qui inclut la compréhension de lignes éditoriales dictées par les propriétaires de médias.
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Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
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hello, yes, just for the record, I have NEVER wished for a document to suggest how to type in it every 5 seconds. for the love of all that has ever been actually user-friendly, cut it out
May 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
hello, yes, just for the record, I have NEVER wished for a document to suggest how to type in it every 5 seconds. for the love of all that has ever been actually user-friendly, cut it out
So, to prevent a would-be king to take over Canada, an actual king from a foreign country will come here to address the serfs of his dominion?
Fuck monarchy, now and always, foreign and local.
Fuck monarchy, now and always, foreign and local.
May 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
So, to prevent a would-be king to take over Canada, an actual king from a foreign country will come here to address the serfs of his dominion?
Fuck monarchy, now and always, foreign and local.
Fuck monarchy, now and always, foreign and local.
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Drawing Machines (x20) –– Collaborative robots in nature, water crisis art, maps redrawn, satellites tracked, ancient monument engraved, spray paint high pressure (random) machine, and more → ca-n.in/drawingmachi...
April 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Drawing Machines (x20) –– Collaborative robots in nature, water crisis art, maps redrawn, satellites tracked, ancient monument engraved, spray paint high pressure (random) machine, and more → ca-n.in/drawingmachi...
Dans son livre "Humain, pour un gouvernement plus centré sur la personne", @daniellafreniere.bsky.social démontre une des complexités — parmi une panoplie d'autres — des soutiens financiers gouvernementaux.
Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...
Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...
April 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Dans son livre "Humain, pour un gouvernement plus centré sur la personne", @daniellafreniere.bsky.social démontre une des complexités — parmi une panoplie d'autres — des soutiens financiers gouvernementaux.
Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...
Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...
Today's finds at a record store: rockin' ladies:
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
April 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Today's finds at a record store: rockin' ladies:
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
My hobby room. #funny #hobby #hobbies
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April 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
WestJet, a Canadian Airline, is unable to accept accents in its text fields. The error that occurs then shows me a stupid message and a RegEx.
It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.
It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.
March 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
WestJet, a Canadian Airline, is unable to accept accents in its text fields. The error that occurs then shows me a stupid message and a RegEx.
It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.
It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.
I've been on a Steve Reich discovery streak lately.
While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.
While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.
March 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I've been on a Steve Reich discovery streak lately.
While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.
While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.
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Que deviennent les archives de MusiquePlus ? www.lapresse.ca/arts/televis...
March 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Que deviennent les archives de MusiquePlus ? www.lapresse.ca/arts/televis...