Richard Rutter

This was so much fun to do!

Unfinished Business Unfinished Business podcast with Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter

🎧️ New pod drop!
"Orangutan covered in coconuts"

In this episode we talk about how AI coding tools fit into their workflows at @Clearleft and Stuff & Nonsense. Then, Andy explains how he used AI to help him build Sho!io, his new app for sharing designs.

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So glad to hear that Jamie

Maybe someone will see sense and hire you! We’d work with you @clearleft.com again, given a chance.

While carrying out an audit for The University of Manchester we occasionally stumble across some weird, wonderful and fascinating work happening behind the scenes, such as this... dalton-nrs.manchester.ac.uk

We can't *guarantee* it's just a simulator

And if they’ve nit updated the roads, what about water, sewage, power, education, doctors , etc…?

What @sophiedennis.bsky.social said.

Beautiful! Look at that lachrymal shape - that's how to _look_ fast (and be fast, of course).

Don't forget on Thursday this week is another Service Design Breakfast. Join us at @clearleft.com's place in Brighton for a good old chinwag - this time with a guest speaker!

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#serviceDesign #brighton

Getting fomo. At least I’ll see you tomorrow!

For some reason The Boy's school is making him 'learn' pi (not learn _about_ pi). So I showed him this great article from NASA: www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/how...

Web Day Out in Brighton, March 12th 2026 A one-day event all about what you can do in web browsers today!

Fancy webdayout.com instead?

Pro tip: get a SotB virtual ticket, give it to someone who needs it, and you'll get £70 off a Web Day Out ticket.

I somewhat agree, although careful what you wish for – Reform would make a lot of ground under PR (as would Greens).

Wouldn’t mind Labour’s majority if they were using it to make a positive difference instead of cos-playing Reform-lite.

Thanks Vale - much appreciated.

I think "already know how to do" could extend to "or know you could find out how to do". Point being you're in a position to assess the mediocrity and debug the problems.

"Rule #1 Use AI only for tasks you already know how to do, on occasions when the time that would be spent completing the task can be better spent on other problems."

You want lists? You got lists!

In 2017 my Web #Typography book had ~300 words on styling lists. Now, in 2026, I've written 3000 words on the subject!

#CSS sure has moved on...

It doesn't really help get books into the library system, but have the British Library demanded a copy? (It's some sort of legal requirement for UK publishers, which you're not of course)

Yep you’re still “Vatmoss girl” in my mind 😉

Here, it will happen Here, is a university that defied a king, refused to accept the established order and opened the doors to education wider.

To mark UCL’s bicentennial, we helped launch a new alumni community hub in the latest step of our long-standing partnership.

Through research, content design and IA, we created new pages and CMS templates to support the “Here it will happen” campaign 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/giving

Thoroughly enjoyed your recent missives, Ned. They've made my miserable 🌧️ morning dog walks something to look forward to!

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Nice one mate! Hope you feel good for it.

Container style queries are one of the focus areas of Interop 2026. That's exciting because I have many useful demos in my talk at Web Day Out that I can't wait to show you! You can check them out on March 12th in Brighton!

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Looks *so* useful. Thanks for giving this to the world Matt.

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Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.

Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.

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Unfinished Business Unfinished Business podcast with Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter

Had a great chat with @letorey.co.uk and @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social in the latest unfinished.bz/episodes#ep-...

We talk web design as a craft, the perils of organising conferences, the joy of mentoring new speakers and how we hope to bring humanity back to the web we love. And red hats.

Web Day Out in Brighton, March 12th 2026 A one-day event all about what you can do in web browsers today!

Plus you get £75 off webdayout.com with an online ticket for #SotB26

A mock-up of my Web Day Out lanyard – use JOIN_RICH for 10% off.

What’s new in web typography?

This is a question I’ll be answering at this year’s webdayout.com

I'll cover the paved cowpaths and the shiny things that bring expressiveness, fine detail, responsiveness, consistency and efficiency to your work.

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#typography #css

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Web Day Out Brighton, 12 March 2026
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