Reflections on 4 years at Carpages.ca
“Your main contribution to this company won’t be in code writing.” – this shocking statement came from the VP of Technology very early in my days in the role of a front-end web designer at...
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Funcussion: The defining moment of 2019
Imagine opening your eyes and finding yourself unexpectedly in the foyer of a hospital. You’re alone. It’s suddenly night time, but your internal clock says it should be afternoon. How would you feel...
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Practical Concussion Strategies for the knowledge worker
It’s an exaggeration to say that everything that is fun will exacerbate a concussion’s symptoms, but for me it was only a tiny exaggeration. The amount of waking hours I spend on cognitively-expensive...
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Remote Work as a Tool
For me remote work has been an incredible tool. For over a decade working from home has been a once-a-week necessity. I have called it my “speed bump”. Email and work place messengers allow us to stay...
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Ergonomic writing setup
It’s sobering to think that the daily computer ergonomics I practice now will have massive impact over which decade of my life I’ll no longer be able to use computers without pain. I love the...
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Onyx Boox Max3
Early adopters and the eccentric will know all too well that you can’t always try a new piece of technology before buying it – sometimes you just have to take the plunge! This post is about one of...
View ArticleLearning Process case study: Making eBooks the Hacky Way
I’ve never shared an early, messy workflow with anyone before, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about different learning styles, and this is a good case study of my iterative approach. I do my best...
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Webflow vs. OOCSS
Webflow and the #nocode movement rubbed me the wrong way when I first heard of them. There are few things I enjoy more than writing HTML and CSS, and the idea of exchanging that for a mouse-heavy UI...
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Clipboard Managers
The clipboard is one of the most under-appreciated functions of any computer; when you paste anything it’s the clipboard you have to thank. In my earliest days of computer use that ctrl+v felt like...
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Codepen: Responsive Breadcrumbs
I love Codepen, and don’t doodle around with it nearly as much as I should. I recently discovered that my most viewed Pen was an idea Karl Stahl and I worked on in 2014; Responsive Breadcrumb...
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A quieter, more private web
It’s a noisy world isn’t it? The conflict, confusion, and controversies of 2020 continue (published on March 283rd, 2020). As a result I am all-but off of Twitter, additionally I’ll be shutting down...
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Exploring AI 2021
I spoke in Chapel today at Crossroads, and began with this video, titling my talk “Deep Calls to Deep” (citing a classic Bible verse from the Psalm 42) I wish I could have seen all the reactions… The...
View ArticleDialog: The most anticipated DOM element of 2022?
One of the most exciting upcoming HTML primitives that’s being developed right now is the <dialog> element – this will create a native version of the pattern we know as modals or popups. Modals...
View ArticleTech Predictions for 2022
In my house we rely on technology to the point where much of it is invisible; so common place that we take for granted its function and presence. Air conditioning, electric light, even Internet are so...
View ArticleSolving Infuriating Mac Error Sounds
Look. I’m not the most patient person. When my Mac started making the bonk/boop/beep sound with my Command+Ctrl+Down Arrow line-bubbling keyboard shortcut I started slowly losing my mind. I originally...
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