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2024
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Using Object Maps in Design
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Native CSS Nesting
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Learning through Teaching
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It's Autism Acceptance Month
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March 31st, Q1 Update
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Leveraging AI to Improve Accessibility
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The Box Model for Design
Understanding the box model is key to creating modern and robust web layouts
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Declarative Design and the Unknown Web
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How To Center a Div
Josh W. Comeau provides a deep dive into the methods for centering an element in css today.
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Taking Astro’s Starlight for a spin: Design System Documentation
Exploring using Astro's docs platform Starlight for design system documentation
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Managing Change in your Design System: Workflows and Change Control at Enterprise Scale
Notes from the fantastic webinar put on by Knapsack with Nathan Curtis
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Systems of Harm
Amy Hupe dives in to how design systems can also propogate harmful assumtions and other users at scale
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Systemic Improvement is a Snowball
Noticed some interesting design system allegories in Against the Storm
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2023
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Learning IndieWeb with Apple Annie
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Semantic HTML and Accessibility
Explaining what semantic HTML is and how it benefits accessibility
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Learning Grid Thanks to Codepen Challenges
Sharing thoughts about how I learned more about CSS Grid thanks to the November codepen challenge
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Using Block Quotes for Social Embeds
Custom styles for block quote elements using the power of the :has selector
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Why I'm Not an Accessibility Expert
Thoughts on what it means to be an expert, and the importance of continued learning
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Shoutout to Syntax Highlighting
A painful experience of manually highlighting code gave me a new appeciation for automated syntax highlighting
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Brad Frost on Atomic Design
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Andy Bell updated his CSS reset!
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A Playbook for Accessibility
A playbook for designers, developers, and product owners on their journey of accessibility
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Starting a Digital Garden
Exploring the ideas of public learning and developing ideas in the open
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CSS Reset, Normalize, and Base Styles
The origins of CSS resets and why we might still use them today
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Diving into DesignOps
Some thoughts on what DesignOps is and how it benefits a design organization
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Be a Design A11y: An Introduction to Accessibility
This is an introductory overview of Accessibility and how it relates to designing and building digital products and experiences
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2021
2019
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Extending CSS with Programmatic Selectors
Powerful CSS tricks beyond the simple class and id selectors
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2016
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The Importance of UX and a Guided Introduction
A case-study on the user experience of Pokemon Go
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I dont want a 'Smart' Home, I want a Smarter Home
All 'smart' products and ideas share one core value; making daily tasks available instantly and on demand.
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Everyone has a Hammer, No one sees the Nail
Break down rigid silos to get the most out of your teams and deliver outstanding products
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2015
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The #Talkpay Hashtag
Something interesting happened on twitter this week. The #Talkpay hastag went viral
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2014
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Designing a Workflow and Team Dynamic
Know where you are and know to help others get there
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Scrum and the Agile Philosophy
Developing our own process is something that we should take pride in
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