Apple at 15
At Apple's 50 years, I’ve been using Apple products for about 15 years.
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Web design without design software
Designing directly in the browser, using only HTML and CSS.
Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore
A good overview of things you can now do with just HTML and CSS that you no longer need a Javascript library for.
AI for generating truth
Using AI to collate information and generate art for expression continues to raise questions.
Apple design talks
Highlighted design videos from Apple's yearly WWDC event.
Close to the metal: web design and the browser
The craft of building websites evolves when it follows web browsers, instead of fighting against them.
A more natural way to organize website folders
I’ve changed how I organize my website folders and files, away from the most common method.
The indie web in action
My work on Indie Aisle: made for indie creators, based on indie web principles.
The micro guide to microformats
Why you should use microformats and some examples of how they work.
AI needs better interfaces
Apple’s approach to AI is a step in the right direction for how we interact with generative AI.
Figuring out the best page container width
Using the CSS ch unit, and taking into account modern desktop screens.
The AI hype is about how we dream to interact with our tech
Getting the wrong idea of what AI can actually do because we’re trying too hard to put a human face on our devices.
How to handle spacing between components
CSS grid gap, when to use margin and padding, and CSS units of measurement.
Modern email design for web designers
Differences between web and email dev and coding an email based on the latest email design trends.
My page layout grid system setup
Using CSS grid for a flexible, responsive, column-based system.
How I organize my CSS
Structuring my CSS code around newly supported CSS nesting.
Apple Vision Pro, a glimpse into the future
I’ve been using the Vision Pro for a week and it is as neat as everyone says, but it’s just too uncomfortable for my particular head.
Links page of what you follow
Beyond a blogroll, for all the updates you follow on the web.
A follow button for your site
Allow your visitors to get your updates by showing them the ways you’re available, all presented on a Follow page.
ChatGPT is a scam: a bad product, built unethically
How OpenAI uses AI hype, and fear, to cover up its harmful practices.
Sharing your code
A guide with formatting and color-coding, and the option to copy code snippets to clipboard.
An RSS feed with a custom reading view
Using Atom for RSS with a customizable preview option for browsers.
The only share links you need
Stop linking to social media platforms to share content on your site.
Start sending out emails
I used to tell people that if they have anything that they want to share with the world, the first thing they do is should get a website up.
Information overload
It's not about having too much information, but how we process the information.
Attention deficit
Our phone is a distraction in not only wasting our time, but wasting our attention.
From marketing to sales
Just how marketing is a way to present ideas, sales is essentially trading those ideas with each other and goes hand in hand with marketing.
This thing called Marketing
I've been spending the last six months or so writing content for my startup, Blocks Edit, fine tuning the website to clearly communicate what the product does, how it does it, and who it's for, along with regularly writing blog posts to further promote the ideas behind it. And during this period, I learned what marketing really means.
Startup products and community
Lifting my head up from work to hear other people talk about their startup journeys while sharing mine helps me be more mindful of the ups and downs of running a business, appreciating the things that work well and making the stuff that doesn't feel less frustrating.
RIP Flash
Recently, Adobe officially announced it is discontinuing support for its Flash browser plugin by 2020.
The Transform app
Chris and Heidi Powell put all of their personal training experience in app form, giving people the assistance they’ve provided on their TV show, Extreme Weight Loss.
Being an Apple fan
I'm an Apple user because I want technology to fade into the background of what I'm doing.
Facebook algorithms and the problem with majority rule
...recently, Facebook started automating the filtering of posts which is really annoying because no one really knows exactly how the filters work.
What a bad interface can do
I lost all my Google Docs files unknowingly with a few simple steps.
The new Microsoft CEO: me
My qualifications as the new Microsoft chief are as good as anyone.
Learning by copying
Taking apart someone else's work as practice.
Programming made for humans
Writing less code and using an interface to program on the web.
Marketing a web app
The only way to really know if someone is using your product, this making it successful, is if they are happily paying for it!
The Content Management System that wasn't
...what started out to be a simple tool quickly turned into something rather complex and may have been too ambitious in the end.
My switch from Android to iPhone
A few months I made a list of what I wanted in a new phone as my two-year contract with my Droid was almost up.
Developing a web app
My side project, Indie Aisle has been online for a few months now and as I did with designing the web app, I'd like to share my thoughts about the development process.
Wrong default web cursor
This past year, I've tried an experiment on the site. I've replaced the 'text select' cursor that shows when mousing over text on a website with the default arrow cursor.
Designing an online app
Indie Aisle is a project I've been working on and off for a couple of years now. This past year however, I really got going with it, spending most of my available time outside of client work.
Tech trends shaping habits and social interaction
Two kinds of technologies have in recent months changed my daily habits and how I interact with people: web-based apps and smartphones.
On Web Standards and rounded corners
While general web practices make sense, the need for having formal standards seems unnecessary. Website-building technologies have in a lot of ways standardized themselves because of individual developers deciding what is appropriate to use.
Farewell Windows Mobile, hello Android
It's no surprise, that like a lot of people, I've been becoming more and more of a Google fan this past year...
Evolution of storytelling and technology
Since the beginning of humanity, storytelling and our ability to learn is what has set us apart from other species.
New Xbox Experience (NXE) interface
What started out as a few downloadable games and videos has exploded into an extensive marketplace of game content, movies and television programs.
Sam and Max, video game or interactive tv show?
Sam and Max is the first successful episode-based video game series.
What you should know about the GTD method
I found that as I was getting my thoughts out of my head and into my system, I was able to accomplish things in a logical way that lead to better focus of my upcoming goals.