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Jan 31

A collection of pens showcasing the new CSS sub grid property.

A collection of pens showcasing the new CSS sub grid property. I’m excited to dive into this new feature. #CodePenChallenge: Subgrid - a Collection by Team CodePen on CodePen Pens from week three of the January 2023 "New CSS" challengecodepen.io A podcast from Tech Won’t Save Us where host Paris Marx and guests revisit Google Glass and talk about the new wave of AR wearables from tech giants. They dive deep into the culture, fashion, and of course privacy of wearable tech. Worth a listen for a laugh and a think.

CSS

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A collection of pens showcasing the new CSS sub grid property.
A collection of pens showcasing the new CSS sub grid property.
CSS

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Jan 19

Things I consumed — W3 ‘23

Typographic trends, a “cool” typeface, and a building-block font designing tool. — Remember that Cool S that you used to draw on your desk in middle school? It has an entire font that you can download for free. Five typographic trends for 2023 from the It’s Nice That blog. These are trends that you wouldn’t find in your typical Figma project. Highlights include Hallucinating Type by Rajshree Saraf. A project that uses augmented reality to display type. Don’t let the buzz-word fool you, it’s worth the click.

Typography

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Things I consumed — W3 ‘23
Things I consumed — W3 ‘23
Typography

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Jan 14

Things I Consumed — W2/23

On one end of the spectrum we have Ezra Klein and guests talking about a skeptical take on all this AI stuff, and on the other end we have a Learn Prompt Engineering guide that touts that “AI is currently revolutionizing many industries, including journalism, healthcare, and education.” Both interesting to take in no matter where you place yourself on this spectrum. https://learnprompting.org/docs/intro

AI

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Things I Consumed — W2/23
Things I Consumed — W2/23
AI

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Jan 12

Things I consumed — W1 ‘23

My plan is to share the interesting design-and-tech related things that I come across every week. From documentation to real-life examples of great — or terrible — design. Stay tuned for a weekly digest. A comprehensive guide on styling websites for RTL (right-to-left) languages by Ahmad Shadeed https://rtlstyling.com/posts/rtl-styling The section on Bias Free communication on the Microsoft style guide https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/bias-free-communication

Design

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Things I consumed — W1/23
Things I consumed — W1/23
Design

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Jun 24, 2019

The Accessibility of Web Maps

You may have heard of accessibility as being referred to as A11Y. A11Y is what’s known as a numeronym. The first and last letters of “accessibility” are preserved, replacing the remaining letters between with their sum total of 11. Digital accessibility is much more than just making your website or…

Accessibility

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The Accessibility of Web Maps
The Accessibility of Web Maps
Accessibility

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Jan 24, 2019

Designing for the Power-User

Users generally want to be in control of the system that they’re using, but sometimes it’s alright to put on auto-pilot and let it do the work for you. With most systems, the more advanced the user, the more finite control they want. A professional photographer will use the manual…

Design

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Designing for the Power-User
Designing for the Power-User
Design

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Dec 21, 2018

The Usability / Functionality Trade-off

Imagine you were designing an app that did a thing. And the only UI component of that entire app was a button that said “Do The Thing“. Your users would push it, the thing would happen, and that would be it. The end. It would be effortless. But ease-of-use is…

Design

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The Usability / Functionality Trade-off
The Usability / Functionality Trade-off
Design

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Nov 26, 2018

The Information Architecture of Web Maps

As a UX/usability designer, one of the things that I always consider when designing interfaces and experiences is what’s known as Information Architecture (IA). IA is an important part of designing any information system. It is the scaffolding that supports the usability of that system. I’ve always considered maps as…

UX

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The Information Architecture of Web Maps
The Information Architecture of Web Maps
UX

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Oct 29, 2018

The usability of all these new TLDs and .me

A TLD is a Top Level Domain. It refers to the part after the last period of a domain name. eg., .com, .ca, .net, .org, etc. The world is running out of domain names. Many of the common words and 2-and-3 letter domains with common TLDs being bought more than…

Tld

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The usability of all these new TLDs and .me
The usability of all these new TLDs and .me
Tld

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Sep 24, 2018

You have skills, everybody else doesn’t.

One of the more difficult parts of a usability designer’s job is empathy. The ability to think like the user, feel what the user is feeling, and be able to predict what your user will do, then reflect that in the interface and experience. If you’re a software designer, you’ll…

UX

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You have skills, everybody else doesn’t.
You have skills, everybody else doesn’t.
UX

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