Ad Blocking and the Future of the Web

YOUR SITE may soon be collateral damage in a war between Silicon Valley superpowers. By…

Designer Blindness

If an interface is poorly designed, I will not see the data I looked for, even if…

The Year in Design

• Mobile is today’s first screen. So design responsively, focusing on content and structure first.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Medium?

Why are we afraid of Medium? How does it differ from all previous…

Save “Save For Web”

TWENTY years or so ago, Adobe Photoshop was, as its name suggests, primarily a tool for professional commercial…

Jesus and the Uber Driver

Jesus would walk.

They Made Me a Criminal

THE JAIL DOOR SLAMMED and I was left in a women’s holding cell with seven teenage girls. There were no benches so we…

My website is 20 years old today.

MY WEBSITE is 20 years old today. I’m dictating these remarks into a tiny handheld device, not to…

Posthumous Hosting and Digital Culture

THE DEATHS of Leslie Harpold and Brad Graham, in addition to being tragic and horrible and…