The Interconnected

Sit with it.

When I was about 9, my grandmother had a stroke. She lost the ability to speak, the ability to write, and most of the use of the right side of her body. As she recovered she sometimes called me by the wrong name. She was shorter of temper, easily frustrated… but also decided for the first time in 60…

Back to Basics: Every Page has a Hero

I was sitting in a project meeting recently discussing a design with the team, and the feedback was frustrating.

Many people looking at the page we were critiquing said, “I don’t understand why we put so much emphasis on the application…

A distraction

The editors are having an absolutely shit month, including death, disease, and just overall shit.

So here are two distractions. They’re not much but they’re all I’ve got energy for right now.

Welcome to the beginning of flu season

What does flu season ((In North America; your continent may vary.)) have to do with the web?

The beginning of flu season coincides with “It’s probably nothing, I’m fine, I’ll just work through it” season in offices all over America. And…

2000 words on lamps, because why not?

Hello! I am traveling again.

Let’s take a tour of the eight (!!) light sources in my hotel room.

First, there are two paddle switches in the main entranceway. They light the ceiling lights above the kitchenette…

Typography and accessibility

I was recently contacted by a friend who asked, “What are the accessibility requirements for typography?” It’s a good question.

Typography is where the art of usability meets the science of readability, which is a poetic way of saying there are no…