Posts in ‘link’ Category

Behold the Winamp Skin Museum! OH MAN. Winamp was such an inspiration for me; it’s so beautiful to see these skins laid out in a beautiful grid.

Eject disk. by Greg Storey is well worth your time. He’s hitting on a lot of the issues that have bubbled up in many conversations I’ve had over the last few years. What follows here isn’t a framework or a […]

I had the extraordinary honor to appear on the Design Better podcast and talk with my friends Aarron Walter and Elijah Woolery. We talked about why we’re still passionate about design systems after 12 years, the human side of design […]

There’s some fantastic UI inspiration on Fancy Components. I can already here the grumblings around practicality, accessibility, React, etc, but let’s park all that for a bit and just enjoy some fun and creative UI design.

Here’s Geoff Graham on our new Open Up show: There are a lot of feelings in tech. We feel a certain way about our jobs. We feel certain ways about certain web development techniques. We feel certain things about the landscape of […]

Some great thoughts here from Scott Berkun: It’s good to buy books even if you don’t end up reading them. Why? 1. It supports authors who made something that interests you 2. It signals to publishers there is market for […]

My friend Eva Lin Douglass wrote a beautiful children’s book: The Light in You.  Deep within you is a very special spark. It’s a Light you are born with that never goes dark. If there’s a message kids (and let’s […]

“I honestly kind of cringe seeing how Maddy just goes along with what naturally appeals to her,” said local woman Kelly Olsen, who scoffed at how Derry’s taste in everything from clothing to movies and music appears to be dictated […]

Wired has a solution — it’s going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. This approach makes a lot of sense from the standpoint of civil duty. They’re called […]

This is awesome. Artist Marina Kappos created a whole series of symmetrical paintings inspired by her relationship with her twin sister. This resonates with me as my mom is a twin. And is also an art teacher! But also! My […]

OH HELL YEAH: designtokens.fyi by Donnie D’Amato is a mega-helpful glossary of design tokens terms.

The team that built the U.S. Web Design System, along with many many many other important digital initiatives for the United States of America, was just eliminated. We’re not done yet. We’re still absorbing what has happened. We’re wrestling with […]

I just became aware of Future Fonts, which is “where type designers sell fonts-in-progress. Despite not actively being in the market to buy fonts, I ended up buying this beauty called Mayonnaise and swapping out a boring-in-retrospect Google Font for […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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.

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 […]