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I remember sitting at my desk tuned into a virtual conference, listening to Josh Clark give a talk about creating tapworthy mobile experiences. My co-worker sitting beside me was also listening in, and after his talk he turned to me and said “that guy’s […]

I’m super excited to head to Montreal October 25th to give a full-day workshop all about atomic design, establishing effective pattern libraries, Pattern Lab, and working with a pattern-based workflow. There are only a few tickets available (maximum of only 30 people), […]

I used to read Web Design Ledger frequently when I was first starting out as a designer. As time went by they dropped off the radar, but it’s good to see they’re back with new leadership. I gave a lengthy […]

I wrote a chapter all about responsive design patterns for Smashing Magazine‘s The Mobile Book a few years ago. Now my chapter is rounded up with chapters from other great authors from other Smashing books. And the best news, you can […]

Pam Griffith created a script to migrate patterns from inside of Pattern Lab into a CMS. She wrote a post explaining a bit more about the project: So I’ve been playing with making a conversion script that takes the patterns from […]

I had a great time talking with Andy Clarke and Stephen Hay about tools, complexity, and making stuff for the Web. When Andy reached out to us about what to talk about on the show, I suggested this would be a great topic […]

My brother started working for me last week. He’s a meteorologist by trade, so shifting into the world of web design and development is quite a big move for him. I’m treating this arrangement as an apprenticeship. The folks over […]

Jake Archibald (@jaffathecake) wrote a really fantastic piece about progress and the Web, in response to a post by PPK (@ppk) called Stop moving the Web forward. PPK is concerned about the flood of features for Web developers to wrap […]

I had a great time talking about atomic design, web components, and trends in modularity with Erik Isaksen and Justin Ribeiro on The Web Platform Podcast.

It’s really cool to see Los Angeles using Pattern Lab to make and maintain their website’s style guide.

I absolutely love Harry’s post about creating agnostic UI components for more resilient design systems. I get this question a lot: how do I create a component that looks/behaves one way in one context, but another way in a second context? And […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.