Jul23

"Blog Wayfinding: Is “Next” Newer or Older?"

It is with much heartache that I must confess the hapless shortcomings of my portfolio. As of today, the content of my Work section is almost identical to what it was when I first shipped this site live back in September of 2010. (I still can’t believe I’ve been through over ten portfolio designs in [...]

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Jun02

"Things I Love About Internet Explorer"

After reading a long and informative—but damning—post on Quora about the origins of the Internet Explorer browser, I was motivated to write this post on what I love about Internet Explorer.  I’ve used the infographic above for the sake of simplicity and straightforwardness.

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May10

"Tiny Fluid Grid"

It seems like the best products are always the most obvious, and oftentimes, the most iterated.  There are plenty of CSS grid generator tools out there, but none look near as cool as Tiny Fluid Grid. Tiny Fluid Grid is a web development tool that helps developers build grid-based layouts with laser-guides and a shiny, [...]

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Apr21

"What The Font Took So Long?"

This post originally began as an in-depth evaluation of the varying options available in the modern landscape of font embedding.  Then I decided (after trashing a lot of paragraphs of writing) that I probably shouldn’t be talking about or advocating technologies that are outdated; namely, Cúfon, sIFR and FLIR.  With over fifteen digital years behind [...]

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Apr07

"Shipping Container Homes"

I feel strongly that low impact housing is not just the flavor-of-the-month for greening up your life, and helping give back to Mother Nature.  The buildings that we work, live and shop in account for approximately 60% of all energy usage on Earth, and housing is among the worst of the energy hogs (think about [...]

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