This is a curated list of articles I've read and have shared online as I believe they are worth sharing. I aim to update this list on a weekly basis. You can keep up to date with all the links I share by revisiting this page, or alternately, you can subscribe to the RSS feed for links.
Royal Mail? More like Royal FAIL
Last week my friend, Rachael got married. I ordered her a gift using MoonPig and arranged delivery for Tuesday (the day she’d arrive back). But…
Using the Popover API for HTML Tooltips Can it be done?
This plucky front-end developer intends to find out. Can we do it? We looked at the Popover API and how it’s made it’s way across all browsers…
Using the ':not()' pseudo-class to remove styles from ':last-child'
I was re-designing the footer for my blog when I added a…
How to usability test your product (if you want bad UX)
On Friday, I met up with a friend for lunch. The day before, he’d been a research participant to taste-test 4 different brands of Jaffa cake…
How to Conduct a Design Audit in 2023: A Beginner’s Guide
Have you ever wished there was a way to determine if your website’s UX/UI design is delivering the value it’s supposed to? Enter: The design audit. A website…
Never half-ass two things
One alpha and one discovery I've finished my first sprint of being split between 2 services this week. I'm already feeling like it's not the most efficient use…
Asking the right questions to frame the problem
Framing the problem is vital for designers. We need to be relentlessly talking about the core benefits that a product or service delivers, and why. I’ve found…
Eleventy Transform speeds local development...a lot!
Ever since the Eleventy v3.0.0 came out and the new Eleventy Image plugin came out…
Syndicating to Bluesky
Back then my approach to syndicating to Bluesky was to piggy-back off my micro.blog account (which is really just the RSS feed of my notes): Micro.blog can also…
Playing with Infinity in CSS
CSS has an infinity constant. When I first learned about this, my brain lit up with all kinds of absurd possibilities. Let’s discuss! There might even be some…