Words that would otherwise be coming out of my mouth

The fact that A BUNCH OF PEOPLE have sent this to me makes me feel like I’m doing life right.

On the latest episode of Wake Up Excited!, I talk with my friend Christine Vallaure. Christine is a designer, speaker, and the founder of moonlearning, an online learning platform for UI and product design. She’s also the author of the […]

For years and years, I’ve helped teams evaluate their systems, fix their systems, tweak their systems, and evolve their systems. And sometimes it’s even been necessary to help teams declare bankruptcy on their systems, blow them up, and start anew. […]

I got some wonderful bit of Hemmingway-esque consulting advice from the garage door repair guy.

Marc shared his perspective on my Beyond Tellerrand performance, and Marc recounts the original discussion in the early hours in Antwerp 2024. (Marc always seems to be the last man standing at a conference after party, and I’ve always been […]

This performance has been years in the making. In a sense, you could say it’s been a lifetime in the making. On November 6th, 2025, my brother Ian and I gave a “talk” at the amazing Beyond Tellerrand conference in […]

📺 I’m live-coding a redesign of my website! You can watch me here.

They have to be able to talk about us without us. What this phrase means, in its simplest form, is that you have to tell a story so clear, so concise, so memorable and evocative that people can repeat it […]

I had the opportunity to participate in a discussion with my pals at Storybook to show off the powerful formula of Design Systems + AI (we’ve been using the abbreviation “DS+AI” as “AI+DS” is 😬). The Storybook team demonstrated their […]

MY WIFE GRADUATED AND GOT HER MASTERS IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND ART THERAPY! I am so massively proud of her! Melissa has busted her ass and has demonstrated superhuman levels of grit and determination over the last four and […]

Size of Life by Neal Agarwal is absolutely beautiful, incredible, and informative. Web design inspiration at its finest.

A big part of our chat circled around authenticity and self-worth. A few questions we touched were: How easy is it to overlook your own achievements? How strange does it feel to work alone so much? How often do we […]

On the latest episode of Wake Up Excited! , I talk with my good friend Marc Thiele. Marc is the organizer of the Fantastic Beyond Tellerrand conference that happens every year in Germany. I really feel like Beyond Tellerrand should be […]

A blog alarm clock lives inside me. As time passes, an uncomfortable pressure builds up until the alarm finally goes off, rattling my bones and my soul. Snoozing isn’t an option; the only way to turn the alarm off and […]

CSS Wrapped 2025 is a super fun website that shows off the latest and greatest CSS features. The website’s got some fun light/dark mode action going on too!

I’m super excited to talk about the potent combination of AI and design systems with my pal Dominic Nguyen and the folks at Storybook this Thursday. I got to huddle with Dom today, and this is something that’s going to […]

Being a fan is all about bringing the enthusiasm. It’s being a champion of possibility. It’s believing in someone. And it’s contagious. When you’re around someone who is super excited about something, it washes over you. It feels good. You […]

We rendered over 1 million of the web’s top homepages. This is the result. Zoom, pan and click to explore – like Google Maps. Source: One Million Screenshots

A few months ago, I had the privilege of being interviewed on the Design Systems Collective by Shane P Williams. This interview captures a lot of my current thinking about design systems, our design tokens course, collaboration, recipes, and more.

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore. Scientists Retrace 30,000-Year-Old Ocean Voyage, in a Hollowed-Out Log. I freaking love this. “Learn by doing” taken to the extreme.