Words that would otherwise be coming out of my mouth

Oh man, thanks Shannon Fisher for this wonderful illustration of Ziggy! Oh hai, Ziggy. #bulldog A photo posted by shannon fisher (@shannonmariah) on Jun 19, 2015 at 11:32pm PDT This guy. A photo posted by Brad Frost (@brad_frost) on Mar […]

It’s an honor to be interviewed for Next Pittsburgh, a great publication highlighting all the great things going on in my beautiful city of Pittsburgh. I had a great time chatting with Leah Lizarondo about trends in web design, what constitutes good design, […]

  Great news! Future Friendly helmet t-shirts are back on Cotton Bureau. Share your love for a future-friendly Web and support The Internet Archive project in the process. There are even a few new colors (and even a sweatshirt), which is […]

In the last 24 days I’ve given: 3 conference workshops 4 conference talks 1 meetup talk 1 virtual seminar and 3 company workshops in 6 cities in 4 countries And so far this year, I’ve: Traveled 97 days (out of 157 days […]

I recently spoke at An Event Apart in San Diego where I presented on the whys, whats and how’s of style guides. Here are the slides: And here are some resources I reference in the talk:   Style Guide Types […]

Really cool to see A List Apart hosting a conversation all about style guides, featuring some fantastic people! Looking forward to this.

Great long read from Nicole Fenton about designing effective interface copy.

Adam Onishi talks about the dangers of using words like “obviously” (and “just”) when we’re communicating with others. When we try to teach people whether in a tutorial, a conference talk, or even some over the phone training, we need to […]

This is a tiny content strategy framework focused on goals, messages, and branding. This is not a checklist. Use what you need and scrap the rest. Rewrite it or add to it. These topics should help you get to the […]

Little known fact: I’m a huge fan of pinball. This is a fascinating story about how pinball was considered illegal for a long time, even at the height of its popularity. This topic is also covered in the excellent pinball documentary […]

I recently had the opportunity to be the opening keynote at Generate Conf in New York City. I got a chance to talk about dealing with uncertainty of the future. Here is the video of the talk: And here’s the transcript: Thank you. How’s […]

Stephanie Walter created some beautiful illustrations based on my post about responsive design strategies. I absolutely love the pooling water around the mobile screen in the retrofitting example, and love the layered shades of blue in the mobile-first example.

Love these images of my neighborhood in Pittsburgh that demonstrate how much (and in some cases how little) it’s changed over the years. via Jason Head

Really handy tips from Luke about multi-device trends and designing for a whole slew of screens.

This post by Jeremy really resonated with me. Definitely worth your time to read it in its entirety.

We print out page designs, hand them some scissors, and get them to cut up the pages into their smallest components. Mix them all up so you can’t even tell which components came from which pages. I really like this […]

As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about modular design and development, it’s cool to see the Polymer project evolve with this nice catalog of components. There’s even a little chemistry metaphor going on, which of course makes […]

What is the Web for? Is it a platform for robust applications? Or should the Web admit defeat and settle on being a web of documents? These are the wrong questions. The question is not “what is the Web is for”, but […]

Ben Brignell’s sketch notes from my atomic design talk at #uxlondon.  

As part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the folks at Fresh Tilled Soil asked me for my thoughts on accessibility. So here they are: And in the spirit of accessibility, here’s a transcript of the video: Yeah, accessibility matters a […]