Short notes from Brad Frost 2026-06-24T12:36:00Z https://bradfrost.com/ Brad Frost 2026-06-24T12:36:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/0836/ <p>In case anyone needs to play with a bunch of drum machines and sequencers today: https://roland50.studio/</p> 2026-06-22T13:05:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/0905/ <p>We had a music session in our basement on Saturday, and improvised a whole bunch of stuff: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frostfrost-1/fly-like-an-eagle-6?in=frostfrost-1/sets/frosty-nightz-4&amp;si=da13adaeadbd4a549218a5f6be8448e6&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing">Fly Like An Eagle</a>, an old <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frostfrost-1/need-your-love-so-bad-4?in=frostfrost-1/sets/frosty-nightz-4&amp;si=4e925aebfe4c4bd7892877751b2810e7&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing">Fleetwood Mac Song</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frostfrost-1/amazing-grace-5?in=frostfrost-1/sets/frosty-nightz-4&amp;si=bd689bb861804127ba285802468f2b7b&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing">Amazing Grace (to House of the Rising Sun)</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frostfrost-1/so-we-wont-forget-10?in=frostfrost-1/sets/frosty-nightz-4&amp;si=3b0445a6604d4fbdb2657c0a12bd37c6&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing">Khruangbin</a>, and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frostfrost-1/groove-3?in=frostfrost-1/sets/frosty-nightz-4&amp;si=ddbbb6415b01480fb5e87507fc439d05&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing">some other</a> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frostfrost-1/zach-latin-11?in=frostfrost-1/sets/frosty-nightz-4&amp;si=1ac4b78be5b744cb911a453b763b4cbc&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing">fun jams</a>.</p> 2026-06-12T22:07:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1807/ <p>Hope life is good to you this weekend! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd4hTpXQMsk</p> 2026-06-12T13:20:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/0920/ <p>What presentation/talk have you delivered that you're most proud of?</p> 2026-06-11T17:56:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1356/ <p>Just watched a hawk swoop down and snag a bird from the bird feeder.</p> <p>I needed the reminder that my day could be going a lot worse.</p> 2026-06-08T18:09:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1409/ <p>What helpful design systems resources should more people know about? And I mean &quot;resources&quot; in the broadest sense possible: people, communities, articles, podcasts, newsletters, books, conferences, websites, etc.</p> 2026-06-06T21:45:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1745/ <p>My wife and 8-year-old joined me for a bit of a family synth jam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI2ETylgSAc</p> 2026-06-05T17:54:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1354/ <p>Hard week with lots of work to do. But making the executive decision to get ice cream on my daughter's last day of school instead.</p> 2026-06-04T02:51:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/2251/ <p>After all these years, I still reference this wonderful post by Trent Walton: https://trentwalton.com/2012/06/19/fluid-type/</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://bradfrost.com/images/w7XMdyYybp-1846.avif 1846w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://bradfrost.com/images/w7XMdyYybp-1846.webp 1846w"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://bradfrost.com/images/w7XMdyYybp-1846.png" alt="Text-based design tutorial showing lorem ipsum text in a turquoise box with two asterisks marking character count boundaries for responsive typography adjustments" width="1846" height="1088"></picture></p> 2026-06-03T14:55:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1055/ <p>A handsome dog.</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://bradfrost.com/images/CDWc6EhUuW-887.avif 887w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://bradfrost.com/images/CDWc6EhUuW-887.webp 887w"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://bradfrost.com/images/CDWc6EhUuW-887.png" alt="Black and white French Bulldog wearing blue harness standing in tall grass and wildflowers, looking to the side" width="887" height="731"></picture></p> 2026-06-01T13:54:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/0954/ <p>I'm always fascinated by the likely fact that every invented object we encounter is the result of a stew of ideas, meetings, decisions, plans, and actions.</p> 2026-05-26T15:12:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1112/ <p>This is cool: CSS <code>contrast-color</code> is now part of the browser baseline and helps enforce color accessibility! https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/color_value/contrast-color</p> <p>Has anyone used this in conjunction with their design token systems?</p> 2026-05-26T13:49:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/0949/ <p>What's one of your evergreen favorite tools/utility websites?</p> <p>I have many, but today I'll share the excellent CSS Stats: https://cssstats.com/</p> 2026-05-24T19:14:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1514/ <p>I'm live on YouTube playing the drums to a collection of songs I've been curating to record one day: https://youtube.com/live/SiHAnC1HKUU?feature=share</p> 2026-05-22T14:23:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1023/ <p>What are people using these days to self-host large files like videos and assets and serve them up to websites?</p> 2026-05-21T19:25:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1525/ <p>Me and <a href="https://ianfrostweather.com">Ian</a> are playing some music! https://youtube.com/live/ZExb1vrdcXE?feature=share</p> 2026-05-18T13:10:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/0910/ <p>✎ Grief in the AI Age https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/grief-in-the-ai-age/</p> <p>The explosion of AI has triggered a grief response in many people —myself included. I'd love to hear if this resonates with you at all.</p> 2026-05-14T18:26:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1426/ <p>What better way to test out my newly-migrated newsletter than to share some big news! Sending soon; you can sign up for my newsletter here (I hope! 🤞🤞🤞) https://bradfrost.com/newsletter/</p> 2026-05-13T13:21:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/0921/ <p>When you feel overwhelmed, what are your go-to tactics for feeling more grounded?</p> 2026-04-12T18:07:00Z https://bradfrost.com/notes/post/1407/ <p>About to share an amazing, inspirational conversation. Follow my:</p> <p>◉ <a href="https://bradfrost.com/feed/feed.xml">RSS feed</a></p> <p>◉ <a href="https://bradfrost.com/newsletter/">newsletter</a></p> <p>◉ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@brad_frost">YouTube channel</a></p> <p>◉ <a href="https://podcast.wakeupexcited.show/subscribe">Audio podcast</a></p>