Words that would otherwise be coming out of my mouth
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13 Feb, 2024
Can Apple Win Back Music | Vulf Opinion
I love me some Vulfpeck. Especially the music. But also the aesthetic and really the whole package. This piece of commentary is great for a number of reasons, including his sensible proposed change in business model around music. But the […]
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08 Feb, 2024
Thoughts on a Global Design System – Chris Coyier
Here’s Chris with some excellent thoughts on the idea of a Global Design System. Between this post and our ShopTalk Show conversation, there’s some great stuff to respond to! Chris spells out a lot of tough questions and challenges around […]
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08 Feb, 2024
Are Design Systems a zero-interest rate phenomenon? | daverupert.com
I love this entire post from Dave, which matches my experience helping scores of organizations navigate their design system efforts. Design systems are a hard sell on their own, as Dave explains: There’s no particular “hair on fire” problem that […]
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06 Feb, 2024
Come to Frostapalooza!
Woohoo! I am so incredibly excited to announce that Frostapalooza is now live! The show is on August 17th at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA, and you can see the event on Mr. Smalls’ website and get tickets at […]
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06 Feb, 2024
601: Brad Frost on A Global Design System + Frostapalooza – ShopTalk
Hooo boy, this is great! I had a fantastic time on the ShopTalk Show talking about the need for a Global Design System. It was a great conversation with two people that I feel fundamentally get it; so it was […]
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05 Feb, 2024
Introducing the “A Little Big Medium” newsletter
Exciting news! My Big Medium colleagues and I are launching a newsletter called “A Little Big Medium”. The website does a good job explaining what it’s all about: Love email? Neither do we! But we really, really, really love sharing […]
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01 Feb, 2024
The Gulf Between Design and Engineering / Design Systems International
The most crucial mistake in the collaboration between designers and engineers happens when we conflate this division of tools with a need for a strong division of labor. Treating design and engineering as two completely separate processes leads to an […]
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01 Feb, 2024
What’s inside this crater in Madagascar?
I found this to be incredibly captivating.
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09 Jan, 2024
A Global Design System
TL;DR: This is a call to action to create a Global Design System that provides the world’s web designers & developers a library of common UI components. A Global Design System would improve the quality and accessibility of the world’s […]
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06 Jan, 2024
Retired country maths teacher Robert Martiensen created thousands of artworks in secret – ABC News
This is freaking wild: Retired country maths teacher Robert Martiensen created thousands of artworks in secret. Dude created over 7,000 works of art without telling anybody. That blows my mind.
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06 Jan, 2024
It’s 2023, here is why your web design sucks.
I don’t know how else to answer this, besides: the gendering of design as women’s work is why people don’t use the title “web designer” anymore. It’s been belittled and othered away. It’s why we’ve split that web design role […]
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06 Jan, 2024
The World’s Writing Systems
This web site presents one reference glyph and basic information for each of the world’s writing systems. Source: The World’s Writing Systems
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06 Jan, 2024
17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian – The Marginalian
There is so much beautiful wisdom in this: 17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian. I’ve been following Maria Popova for years, and have always love the way she’s used hyperlinks to weave through lines across many voices, perspectives, […]
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05 Jan, 2024
Amazon’s plastic packaging waste grew 18% in 2021, report says | Grist
If all the company’s plastic from 2021 were converted into plastic air pillows — the inflated pouches inserted in some Amazon packages to reduce shifting during transit — and laid side by side, Miller said it would circle the globe more […]
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04 Jan, 2024
2024 Design System Vibes
OUT: Pattern Police IN: Empathic Sherpas OUT: An overstuffed design system libraryIN: A thoughtful, layer-cake design system ecosystem OUT: Unnecessarily verbose documentationIN: Just enough, just-in-time documentation OUT: Single discipline-focused design systemsIN: Cross-disciplinary design systems that serve the entire org OUT: Rushing […]
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04 Jan, 2024
2023
There’s no doubt about it; 2023 was objectively way better than 2022. And 2021. And 2020. Our family has been through a lot over the last 5-ish years, and I’m happy to report that 2023 contained no major medical emergencies, […]
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28 Dec, 2023
Footer — The only footer gallery on earth.
Footer — The only footer gallery on earth. This gives me all the web design gallery nostalgic feels.
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16 Nov, 2023
Tina Weymouth’s Moog Rogue with Stop Making Sense Presets
This is so cool; I found this image on Facebook that shows the Moog Rogue Tina Weymouth used on Talking Heads’ incredible Stop Making Sense concert film. It’s fascinating to see the song presets laid out using tape and shapes […]
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02 Nov, 2023
Joining Big Medium
Well I’ll be, I’ve now been running my own business for over a decade! In January 2013 I left agency life and set out into the world of self employment. When I announced I was going to start my own company, here’s […]
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23 Oct, 2023
Ship Faster by Building Design Systems Slower | Big Medium
Here’s my partner Josh Clark with an absolute barn-burner of an article: Ship Faster by Building Design Systems Slower. In our work at Big Medium, we’ve guided dozens of design system teams who have felt the stress of being perceived as […]