Pardon my dust! I just migrated my website to the fantastic Eleventy and am recording the redesign process of adopting my design system for our AI & Design Systems course.
Pardon my dust! I just migrated my website to the fantastic Eleventy and am recording the redesign process of adopting my design system for our AI & Design Systems course.
Looking for recommendations for some sort of fatigue mat for my adjustable standing desk. Anyone have anything they really like? I'm seeing all sorts of goofy shit, and I'm open to it all if it actually works!
THE DAY HAS ARRIVED! I'm recording the live rebuild of my website as part of our AI & Design Systems course (https://aianddesign.systems/). I'm showing how to get AI to only use our design system infrastructure to help build the website, and create a genuine connection between system & product.
Back from a much-needed vacation. A+++++ highly recommend taking some time off.
I’m obsessed with this store.
Here's a 42nd thought on my 42nd birthday: things take the time they take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H86Ey31AryY
https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/things-take-the-time-they-take-a-42nd-thought-at-42/
All I want for my birthday is for you to send me something that’s made you laugh.
Sorry MUSE for ruining your song. https://youtube.com/shorts/bEwyYhjidE8?is=wZkYF9r_2MztU9n7
I have all Led Zeppelin albums permanently seared into my brain/soul, but I’ve noticed the album I most actively still listen to is Physical Graffiti.
I'm tired of saying I'm busy (it's unhealthy, not a badge of honor), but it continues to be the truth. I just shared a big ol' update on everything I've been up to: https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/coming-up-for-air/
Tons of exciting stuff! But it's taken a lot of work to get there.
After watching many musicians remix videos, I finally made one off of a super fun guitar loop. Wait for it! https://youtube.com/shorts/56gsPxsxthw?is=C3WtkAB3VsS9A8bc
In case anyone needs to play with a bunch of drum machines and sequencers today: https://roland50.studio/
We had a music session in our basement on Saturday, and improvised a whole bunch of stuff: Fly Like An Eagle, an old Fleetwood Mac Song, Amazing Grace (to House of the Rising Sun), Khruangbin, and some other fun jams.
Hope life is good to you this weekend! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd4hTpXQMsk
What presentation/talk have you delivered that you're most proud of?
Just watched a hawk swoop down and snag a bird from the bird feeder.
I needed the reminder that my day could be going a lot worse.
What helpful design systems resources should more people know about? And I mean "resources" in the broadest sense possible: people, communities, articles, podcasts, newsletters, books, conferences, websites, etc.
My wife and 8-year-old joined me for a bit of a family synth jam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI2ETylgSAc
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.
After all these years, I still reference this wonderful post by Trent Walton: https://trentwalton.com/2012/06/19/fluid-type/
A handsome dog.
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.
This is cool: CSS contrast-color 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
Has anyone used this in conjunction with their design token systems?
What's one of your evergreen favorite tools/utility websites?
I have many, but today I'll share the excellent CSS Stats: https://cssstats.com/
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
What are people using these days to self-host large files like videos and assets and serve them up to websites?
Me and Ian are playing some music! https://youtube.com/live/ZExb1vrdcXE?feature=share
✎ Grief in the AI Age https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/grief-in-the-ai-age/
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.
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/
When you feel overwhelmed, what are your go-to tactics for feeling more grounded?
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We just walked our new collaborator through some HTML basics, and her reaction of seeing <h1>Hello World</h1> change to <button>Hello World</button> was PRICELESS.
The Web is magic. The Web will always be magic.
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Super excited to work with JV!
So incredibly excited that TJ, Ian, and I are getting the first honest-to-goodness course videos for our AI and Design Systems course recorded and published! More soon!
So incredibly excited that TJ, Ian, and I are getting the first honest-to-goodness videos for our AI and Design Systems course recorded and published! It's happening!
So incredibly excited that TJ, Ian, and I are getting the first honest-to-goodness course videos for AI and Design Systems recorded and published! Here we go!
So incredibly excited that TJ, Ian, and I are getting the first honest-to-goodness course videos for AI and Design Systems recorded and published! Hold onto your butts!
So incredibly excited that TJ, Ian, and I are getting the first honest-to-goodness videos for our AI and Design Systems course recorded and published! Stay tuned!
So incredibly excited that TJ, Ian, and I are getting the first honest-to-goodness course videos for AI and Design Systems recorded and published! More soon!
Content Brain test.
Really enjoyed my conversation with Scott Jenson today.
Big takeaway for me: with AI moving fast, we have to stay super intentional about creating human-centered spaces in the tools and workflows we build. Otherwise it’s way too easy to optimize for speed and novelty and accidentally make things feel colder, noisier, and more overwhelming.
I’m going to eat some cheese now.
Gimme some link love please. I’m begging you! Also,
Ralph Macchio
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