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OMG. Life perspective through UI. I freaking love it. Check out My Life in Weeks by Gina Trapani

David Darnes says You’re Not Creating Enough Prototypes, and I agree! David shares some great real-world examples of how he’s wielded design system components for rapid prototyping. We need more of this!

So much great stuff here. We want to be seen. Appreciate everything endlessly. Reach out to people to say nice things Go down all the rabbit holes Truly amazing.  

Pattern Club is a curated gallery to find pattern inspiration.

How to Be Less Busy and More Happy is a great reminder about the busy busy busy waters we swim in. It’s been a long journey to work at this in my own life, and it feels like it will […]

We’re thrilled to announce that Chapter 2 of our Subatomic Design Tokens Course is now live! This chapter provides 74-minutes of video diving deep into design token architecture and foundations. We cover a ton of ground, including: The three-tiered token system consists of three tiers: […]

If you care about your creativity, and what you make and bring into the world, I’d suggest having your own website. A place you can shape and change as often, or as little as you like. That is something worth […]

Oh dang this is super cool. WhoCanUse succinctly demonstrates how people with different types of colorblindness see different color choices.

Here’s a great article by Tyler Sticka about using li:has(:checked) to elegantly style things in a list. Literally just used this technique on a website this week! Also, 👏 for using Blur’s discography as a demo.

Opera introduces a new web browser: Opera Air – Blog | Opera News Today we’re introducing Opera Air, the first web browser built around the concept of mindfulness. With Opera Air we’re introducing a secure, powerful, and fully functional browser that […]

Hey there! Big news: Chapter 1 of our Subatomic Design Tokens Course is live! Chapter 1 covers important core concepts about design tokens. What problems do design tokens solve? We introduce the concept of the “Multi-All-The-Things” organization; your organization needs […]

I had the tremendous honor of being the first guest on Elyse Holladay‘s new podcast, On Theme: Design Systems In Depth! Brad Frost takes us back in time to the early days of design systems, and walks us through some […]

CSS text-box-trim YESSSSS. Here’s Adam Argyle deftly explaining (as always) a CSS solution for a problem that’s been plaguing web designers for years. Jason Bradberry also has a great write-up with illustrations about what text-box-trim solves.

Josh wrote up a really sweet send-off for me, Ian, and Jessi as we embark on a new chapter of work and life. I share Josh’s bittersweet sentiment: It’s an end of an era for sure! Bittersweet is such a weird and […]

Pojman Pocket Protector Collection…1,719 and growing! This is an incredibly gallery of pocket protectors. Design inspiration galore! Via my pal Aaron Draplin

I’m excited to share that I — along with my brother Ian — are going fully independent and will be focusing on courses, workshops/training, and other fun adventures. A bittersweet farewell to Big Medium Josh Clark and I had been […]

2024 was a giant Kamehameha blast of self actualization. Through triumphant highs and addressing challenging situations head-on, I feel like I’ve grown so much, I’ve gotten so much closer to my true self, and I’m so incredibly excited to embark […]

Why does nobody care about anything? The world is full of stuff that could be excellent with just 1% more effort. But people don’t care. I find myself simultaneously vehemently disagreeing with AND agreeing with Nobody Cares by Grant Slatton. […]

OMG, this is such great news! My favorite newsletter Sidebar is back from its break. Designer Fabricio Teixeira is taking over the duties. He explains the spirit of Sidebar: Sidebar has always felt different. It has advocated for a healthier web […]

Like everyone else, the tragic wildfires ravaging Los Angeles area make our hearts ache. We feel for all of our friends, industry pals, and everyone who has been impacted by the fires. LA-based design systems extraordinaire Elyse Holladay has been […]

Ooooo, this looks great. Studioworks is business management software for creative studios. It’s made by my pals Jessica Hische and Chris Shifflet. I freaking love seeing good people make good honest software to help creative people.

I could do a deep dive into the UX of login codes, but I’ll do my best to keep it short. If your product texts/emails login codes, the experience better be amazing. Bad Better Best The best experience is for […]

I just got a Squire Bass VI, an instrument I didn’t know existed until developer/musician Tim Hilton mentioned it to me in a LinkedIn message (of all places!). I had a few holiday/birthday gift cards to my favorite local music […]

I wore my Olukai Mahana slippers all day every day for 3 years. They finally got beat up enough that when my family asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I said that I’d welcome a new pair of slippers. […]

Holy smokes, Balancing Text In CSS by Ahmad Shadeed is a phenomenal deep dive into a thorny subject. Definitely worth a read. Related: I finally added text-wrap: balance to my website’s h1 tags because title wrapping on this post finally […]

i really can’t overstate how nice it is to have these old posts to go back to and remind me of all i’ve accomplished. my brain tends to default to forgetting my wins and replaying the fails, so going back […]

In addition to stuffing our faces with cookies, Ian and I were hard at work over the holidays creating our design tokens course. I’m freaking thrilled that we published 2 hours of preorder-exclusive video content, shared several dozen links, and included […]

Stimulation Clicker by Neal Agarwal is incredible commentary. I feel like it’s spiritually related to Death To Bullshit.  

Frostapalooza was a one-of-a-kind concert and an unabashed celebration of love, joy, fun, music, creativity, and positivity. It was an excuse to celebrate our talents and collective human potential. It was a reminder to myself, my friends, my family, and […]

BIG NEWS! We’re hard at work making an online course called Subatomic: The Complete Guide To Design Tokens. Over the past decade, Ian Frost and I have created design token systems for dozens of organizations — including some of the […]