Max Glenister

Max Glenister

2026

July

They're hositng a summit to talk about weather icons! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ly34z81qeo

Also I wrote previously on this https://blog.omgmog.net/post/your-forecast-is-accurate-and-still-wrong/

Chester Zoo summit aims to tackle 'misleading' weather apps The zoo says rain icons lead some would-be visitors to believe the whole day will be a "washout". www.bbc.co.uk Your forecast is accurate and still wrong — Max Glenister Icons work because they’re fast. One glance, immediate meaning, no reading required. The tradeoff is that they compress complex information into a single symbol, and compression always drops something. blog.omgmog.net