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• #bookNotes (10)
• #bookNotesBeethoven (2)
• #bookNotesCoders (2)
• #css (8)
• #darkMode (4)
• #design (5)
• #designProcess (30)
• #engineering (59)
• #generalNotes (4)
• #html (2)
• #insight (10)
• #javascript (4)
• #netlify (11)
• #postlight (4)
• #readingNotes (41)
• #stories (4)
• #theMoreYouKnow (1)
• #thoughts (58)
• #timshel (3)
• #tips (14)

#bookNotes (10)

• Book Notes: “Demand Side Sales” by Bob Moesta Oct 21, 2020
• The Predispositions of Inexperienced Talent Aug 20, 2020
• Growth, Creativity, and You Aug 18, 2020
• Book Notes: “Coders” by Clive Thompson Jul 27, 2020
• Book Notes: “Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Marshall Frady Jul 17, 2020
• Writing vs. Coding Mar 23, 2020
• Book Notes: A Mathematician’s Lament Oct 21, 2019
• Dealing With Uncertainty in Art...and Life Aug 30, 2019
• Book Notes: “Creative Selection” by Ken Kocienda Mar 6, 2019
• Book Notes: “The Pun Also Rises” by John Pollack Dec 8, 2018

#bookNotesBeethoven (2)

• The Predispositions of Inexperienced Talent Aug 20, 2020
• Growth, Creativity, and You Aug 18, 2020

#bookNotesCoders (2)

• Book Notes: “Coders” by Clive Thompson Jul 27, 2020
• Writing vs. Coding Mar 23, 2020

#css (8)

• Web Technologies and Syntax Aug 10, 2020
• The Resiliency of the Internet Aug 4, 2020
• Any Day Can Be CSS Naked Day Jul 21, 2020
• Letter Case on the Web Jul 16, 2020
• Sass Color Functions in CSS May 30, 2020
• Don’t Forget the color-scheme Property May 29, 2020
• Bringing “Dark Mode” to My Icon Galleries Sites Dec 28, 2018
• Dark Mode on the Web via OS-Level Preferences Oct 25, 2018

#darkMode (4)

• Don’t Forget the color-scheme Property May 29, 2020
• Using @import in CSS to Conditionally Load Syntax Highlighting Styles in Dark Mode Apr 16, 2019
• Bringing “Dark Mode” to My Icon Galleries Sites Dec 28, 2018
• Dark Mode on the Web via OS-Level Preferences Oct 25, 2018

#design (5)

• Notes on “The Ugly Truth about Design Systems” by Mark Boulton May 27, 2020
• Perception and Balancing Idealism with Pragmatism Apr 13, 2020
• Visual Design Inspiration from Agency Websites–And Other Tangential Observations Apr 2, 2020
• Design Principles Applied to the SF Fonts Sep 5, 2019
• Designing and Engineering for Progressive Disclosure Aug 12, 2019

#designProcess (30)

• Designing the “Quick Quote” Experience in Agent Portal Jan 8, 2019
• Detective Work for the App Icon Book Jun 19, 2018
• Blog Redesign: Out with the Old, in with the Old May 22, 2018
• I Liked this Podcast Aug 16, 2017
• Designing and Engineering Event Management for Timshel’s “Admin” Web Application Aug 11, 2017
• Designing Integrations for the Admin Application at Timshel Apr 19, 2017
• Designing Cross-Application Login Screens (and Business Relationships) Mar 8, 2017
• Designing and Engineering Color Usage in Agent Portal Jan 6, 2017
• Redesigning and Engineering the UI/UX for Unauthenticated Users of Timshel’s “Admin” Dec 9, 2016
• Text as UI Nov 24, 2016
• SassMe v2.0 Sep 27, 2016
• Arc90 “Work” Page Design Updates Jul 9, 2016
• Designing and Developing the DCP Application May 17, 2016
• Going the Extra Mile with Tasks and Feature Requests Mar 2, 2016
• Designing and Building the Assignment Desk Application Jan 28, 2016
• Innovation Sales Sheet Dec 30, 2015
• Assignment Desk Logo Dec 3, 2015
• Kindling Marketing Site 2.0 Sep 11, 2015
• Designing Kindling’s Pricing Page Aug 26, 2015
• Skinning the Idea Poster Anew May 20, 2015
• Conceiving Blog Post Artwork May 4, 2015
• Everything But Visual Design Feb 5, 2015
• Team Colors 2.0 Jan 16, 2015
• Words Have Meaning: Creating the “Let’s Talk Innovation” Page Nov 19, 2014
• Designing a Successful Transaction Receipt Nov 4, 2014
• Creating Apple Touch Icons Oct 28, 2014
• Kindling Rubber Stamp Oct 23, 2014
• Logo Integrity Brought into Focus Sep 2, 2014
• Home Page Redesign of kindlingapp.com Sep 26, 2013
• Team Color Codes Feb 19, 2013

#engineering (59)

• Approaches to Using autosize.js to Automatically Resize a textarea on User Input Oct 12, 2020
• ES Modules: There is No Registry Aug 31, 2020
• Deploying a (Wannbe) Monorepo in Netlify Aug 25, 2020
• Git Info in Node for a Babel Config Jul 15, 2020
• Import ES Modules from Github Jul 13, 2020
• Sass Color Functions in CSS May 30, 2020
• Downloading and Uploading Text Files Using the Dropbox JavaScript SDK May 7, 2020
• Using Netlify Analytics to Build a List of Popular Posts Mar 16, 2020
• Switching from CJS to ES Modules Mar 9, 2020
• Progressively Enhancing a Small Widget Mar 5, 2020
• Using PropTypes Outside of React in Template Literal Components Jan 27, 2020
• Static Site Templating: Switching from React & JSX to JavaScript & Template Literals Jan 27, 2020
• A Node.js Helper Function for Accessing the CommonJS Equivalent of __dirname in ES Modules. Dec 20, 2019
• Netlify Public Folder, Part III: How? The Winding Road to Making a Local Folder Sync to Netlify’s Global CDN Dec 4, 2019
• Netlify Public Folder, Part II: Why? Netlify Large Media Wasn’t For Me, But Netlify Still Was Dec 4, 2019
• Netlify Public Folder, Part I: What? Recreating the Dropbox Public Folder With Netlify Dec 4, 2019
• ECMAScript Modules in Node: My Own Personal Rabbit Hole Nov 25, 2019
• Design Principles Applied to the SF Fonts Sep 5, 2019
• Designing and Engineering for Progressive Disclosure Aug 12, 2019
• JSX-Like Syntax for Tagged Template Literals in JavaScript Jul 16, 2019
• Dynamically Darken a Color in CSS Jul 12, 2019
• Leveraging Regexes and Git to Find/Replace Dates in Markdown Files Jul 10, 2019
• How to Create a macOS Menu Bar App for Netlify Jun 19, 2019
• Applying Multiple Background Colors with CSS Apr 18, 2019
• Using @import in CSS to Conditionally Load Syntax Highlighting Styles in Dark Mode Apr 16, 2019
• Thoughts on Jeremy Keith’s “Split” Apr 10, 2019
• Moving from EJS to JSX Apr 1, 2019
• Down the Rabbit Hole of Image Optimization Tooling Mar 27, 2019
• Improving Server-Side Rendering with React Mar 18, 2019
• One-Press Deploys: Triggering a Build in Netlify via an Amazon IoT Button Mar 11, 2019
• Generating Shades of Color Using CSS Variables Jan 31, 2019
• Building a Progressively-Enhanced Site Jan 17, 2019
• Conditionally Load Material Icons Jan 7, 2019
• The Difference Between substring and substr in JavaScript Jan 4, 2019
• Personal Observations on “CSS and Network Performance” by Harry Roberts Dec 29, 2018
• Bringing “Dark Mode” to My Icon Galleries Sites Dec 28, 2018
• Supporting CSS Variables in Sass Dec 18, 2018
• Triggering a Deploy in Netlify With Bookmarklets Nov 21, 2018
• Migrating from Pathnames to Subdomains for jim-nielsen.com Nov 14, 2018
• Dark Mode on the Web via OS-Level Preferences Oct 25, 2018
• Netlibox: My Guest Post on Netlify’s Blog Oct 16, 2018
• Choosing a Static Site Generator Aug 2, 2018
• Installing and Building an NPM Package from Github Apr 10, 2018
• Writing as a Process for Iterative Problem Solving (and Thoughts on Structuring a Small Redux Project) Mar 23, 2018
• URL Design and Automated Redirects in Jekyll Feb 23, 2018
• Creating iOS Icon Masks in the Browser Nov 27, 2017
• Migrating Away from Compass and Susy to Sass Exclusively Jan 11, 2017
• Designing and Engineering Color Usage in Agent Portal Jan 6, 2017
• Redesigning and Engineering the UI/UX for Unauthenticated Users of Timshel’s “Admin” Dec 9, 2016
• SassMe v2.0 Sep 27, 2016
• Designing and Developing the DCP Application May 17, 2016
• Designing and Building the Assignment Desk Application Jan 28, 2016
• Kindling Marketing Site 2.0 Sep 11, 2015
• Team Colors 2.0 Jan 16, 2015
• Logo Integrity Brought into Focus Sep 2, 2014
• Workarounds to Variable Interpolation in Sass Jul 29, 2013
• Preserving CSS Comments For Wordpress During Sass Compression Jul 22, 2013
• Retrieving Recent Posts from Scriptogram in JSON Format Using PHP Jul 8, 2013
• Calculate the Border Radius for iOS-Style Icons Using a Simple Ratio Dec 11, 2012

#generalNotes (4)

• Notes on “The Ugly Truth about Design Systems” by Mark Boulton May 27, 2020
• Notes on “Rethinking Asynchronous Programming in JavaScript” by Kyle Simpson Jun 24, 2019
• Notes on “Functional Lite Javascript” by Kyle Simpson Jul 3, 2017
• Notes from Fluent Conference Jun 28, 2017

#html (2)

• Web Technologies and Syntax Aug 10, 2020
• The Resiliency of the Internet Aug 4, 2020

#insight (10)

• Perception and Balancing Idealism with Pragmatism Apr 13, 2020
• Designing the “Quick Quote” Experience in Agent Portal Jan 8, 2019
• Conditionally Load Material Icons Jan 7, 2019
• Supporting CSS Variables in Sass Dec 18, 2018
• Installing and Building an NPM Package from Github Apr 10, 2018
• Writing as a Process for Iterative Problem Solving (and Thoughts on Structuring a Small Redux Project) Mar 23, 2018
• Designing Cross-Application Login Screens (and Business Relationships) Mar 8, 2017
• Migrating Away from Compass and Susy to Sass Exclusively Jan 11, 2017
• Designing and Engineering Color Usage in Agent Portal Jan 6, 2017
• Text as UI Nov 24, 2016

#javascript (4)

• Exporting to HTML from JavaScript Using Blob URLs Oct 15, 2020
• Approaches to Using autosize.js to Automatically Resize a textarea on User Input Oct 12, 2020
• The Economics of the Front-End Sep 21, 2020
• ES Modules: There is No Registry Aug 31, 2020

#netlify (11)

• Deploying a (Wannbe) Monorepo in Netlify Aug 25, 2020
• Comparing Data in Google and Netlify Analytics Jul 23, 2020
• Using Netlify Analytics to Build a List of Popular Posts Mar 16, 2020
• Netlify Public Folder, Part III: How? The Winding Road to Making a Local Folder Sync to Netlify’s Global CDN Dec 4, 2019
• Netlify Public Folder, Part II: Why? Netlify Large Media Wasn’t For Me, But Netlify Still Was Dec 4, 2019
• Netlify Public Folder, Part I: What? Recreating the Dropbox Public Folder With Netlify Dec 4, 2019
• How to Create a macOS Menu Bar App for Netlify Jun 19, 2019
• One-Press Deploys: Triggering a Build in Netlify via an Amazon IoT Button Mar 11, 2019
• Triggering a Deploy in Netlify With Bookmarklets Nov 21, 2018
• Migrating from Pathnames to Subdomains for jim-nielsen.com Nov 14, 2018
• Netlibox: My Guest Post on Netlify’s Blog Oct 16, 2018

#postlight (4)

• Designing and Developing the DCP Application May 17, 2016
• Going the Extra Mile with Tasks and Feature Requests Mar 2, 2016
• Designing and Building the Assignment Desk Application Jan 28, 2016
• Assignment Desk Logo Dec 3, 2015

#readingNotes (41)

• Reading Notes, September 2020 Sep 28, 2020
• Reading Notes, August 2020 Aug 31, 2020
• Reading Notes, July 2020 Jul 29, 2020
• Reading Notes, June 2020 Jun 30, 2020
• Reading Notes, May 2020 May 28, 2020
• Reading Notes, March 2020 Mar 30, 2020
• Reading Notes, February 2020 Feb 21, 2020
• Reading Notes, January 2020 Jan 24, 2020
• Reading Notes, December 2019 Dec 30, 2019
• Reading Notes, November 2019 Nov 25, 2019
• Reading Notes, October 2019 Oct 28, 2019
• Reading Notes, August 2019 Aug 27, 2019
• Reading Notes, June 2019 Jun 30, 2019
• Reading Notes, May 2019 May 28, 2019
• Reading Notes, March 2019 Mar 26, 2019
• Reading Notes, February 2019 Feb 28, 2019
• Reading Notes, January 2019 Jan 30, 2019
• Reading Notes, December 2018 Dec 27, 2018
• Reading Notes, November 2018 Nov 26, 2018
• Reading Notes, October 2018 Oct 29, 2018
• Reading Notes, September 2018 Sep 30, 2018
• Reading Notes, August 2018 Aug 24, 2018
• Reading Notes, July 2018 Jul 28, 2018
• Reading Notes, June 2018 Jun 25, 2018
• Reading Notes, May 2018 May 4, 2018
• Reading Notes, March 2018 Mar 13, 2018
• Reading Notes, January 2018 Jan 5, 2018
• Reading Notes, October 2017 Oct 28, 2017
• Reading Notes, June 2017 Jun 22, 2017
• Reading Notes, May 2017 May 9, 2017
• Reading Notes, April 2017 Apr 7, 2017
• Reading Notes, January 2017 Jan 31, 2017
• Reading Notes, November 2016 Nov 18, 2016
• Reading Notes, October 2016 Oct 1, 2016
• Reading Notes, September 2016 Sep 8, 2016
• Reading Notes, July 2016 Aug 8, 2016
• Reading Notes, December 2015 Dec 1, 2015
• Reading Notes, November 2015 Nov 2, 2015
• Reading Notes, September 2015 Oct 5, 2015
• Reading Notes, August 2015 Aug 31, 2015
• Reading Notes, November 2012 Dec 4, 2012

#stories (4)

• Git Info in Node for a Babel Config Jul 15, 2020
• 50 Blog Posts in 2020 Mar 2, 2020
• How Apple Engineers Decided the App Icon Size for the Original iPhone Jan 29, 2019
• My Little Cabin in the Woods of Logo Integrity Aug 9, 2018

#theMoreYouKnow (1)

• Credentials in URLs Mar 20, 2020

#thoughts (58)

• Ten Anti-Principles of Good Design Oct 19, 2020
• Cheating Entropy with Native Web Technologies Oct 8, 2020
• The Economics of the Front-End Sep 21, 2020
• Make Me Think Aug 24, 2020
• Growth, Creativity, and You Aug 18, 2020
• Web Technologies and Syntax Aug 10, 2020
• Remote Work is a Craft Aug 7, 2020
• The Resiliency of the Internet Aug 4, 2020
• Webster’s Dictionary Defines “View Source” As... Aug 3, 2020
• The Web as an Information System Jul 6, 2020
• Thoughts on Designing a UI Driven By User-Controlled, System-Level Preferences May 18, 2020
• Musings on the Documentary “For Everyone” May 12, 2020
• Writing vs. Coding Mar 23, 2020
• Empowering the Few Mar 18, 2020
• Design Systems and Airplanes Mar 11, 2020
• Software and Home Renovation Feb 25, 2020
• The Spirit of “View Source” Feb 24, 2020
• Programming Pairs Well With Other Disciplines Feb 13, 2020
• Texting is Cerebral Feb 6, 2020
• Follow Your Values, Not Your Passions Jan 14, 2020
• My Favorite RSS Feeds Sep 16, 2019
• Thoughts on Rich Harris’ “Metaphysics and JavaScript” Sep 3, 2019
• Dealing With Uncertainty in Art...and Life Aug 30, 2019
• Good Things Aug 13, 2019
• Saying No Jul 3, 2019
• Your Product Doesn’t Have to Look the Same On Every Platform Apr 29, 2019
• Thoughts on Jeremy Keith’s “Split” Apr 10, 2019
• The Power of Prototypes in the Creative Process Mar 6, 2019
• A Short Perspective on Hiring Apr 13, 2018
• The Value of Visual Design Nov 4, 2017
• The World Wide Web of People at My Disposal Oct 2, 2017
• Limitations in Software Aug 26, 2017
• Stop Using the Term “Pixel Perfect”, Start Focusing on Experiences Apr 17, 2017
• The Analog Web Mar 27, 2017
• The Art of the Side Project Jan 17, 2017
• Paul Rand on Logos Jul 11, 2016
• One Algorithm to Rule Them All Oct 17, 2015
• A Web of People Jun 29, 2015
• Defining Beauty on the Web Mar 11, 2014
• A Logo Is an Image, The Image of a Company Mar 3, 2014
• Benjamin Franklin, an Open Source Contributor? Dec 18, 2013
• The Evolution of Creativity Nov 6, 2013
• Wireframes and Gravity Oct 21, 2013
• Ostentatious Design & Profanity Oct 14, 2013
• The “Kinda-Sorta Looks Like the Internet” Internet Sep 26, 2013
• Automating Feelings Sep 23, 2013
• Once Again, It’s About Putting the User First Aug 12, 2013
• Workarounds to Variable Interpolation in Sass Jul 29, 2013
• Things to Be Informed About in Life Jul 24, 2013
• Thoughts from “On Writing Well” Jul 15, 2013
• When Advertising Became About the Buyer, Not the Product Jun 27, 2013
• The Incredible (Frustrating) Potential of Google Glass May 17, 2013
• An Analysis of Infinte Scrolling May 5, 2013
• Coming to Appreciate Art Mar 8, 2013
• Quick Change and the Web Jan 29, 2013
• Science Speaks: Good Typography = Good Mood Jan 8, 2013
• Said No Normal User, Ever. Dec 12, 2012
• Understanding Comes in Stages Nov 28, 2012

#timshel (3)

• Designing and Engineering Event Management for Timshel’s “Admin” Web Application Aug 11, 2017
• Designing Integrations for the Admin Application at Timshel Apr 19, 2017
• Redesigning and Engineering the UI/UX for Unauthenticated Users of Timshel’s “Admin” Dec 9, 2016

#tips (14)

• Twitter Cards and Visually Representing That I’ve Got Stuff To Say Dec 20, 2019
• A Node.js Helper Function for Accessing the CommonJS Equivalent of __dirname in ES Modules. Dec 20, 2019
• Creating iOS Icon Masks in the Browser Nov 27, 2017
• Going the Extra Mile with Tasks and Feature Requests Mar 2, 2016
• Thoughts from “On Writing Well” Jul 15, 2013
• Seemly Selectors Jun 11, 2013
• Changes to max_upload_filesize not working in php.ini? Restart Apache! Jun 10, 2013
• Stop Direct Spam Comments in Wordpress May 22, 2013
• Why Do We Sketch? May 15, 2013
• Unintended Visual Relationships Mar 26, 2013
• Freebie Resources - Don’t Assume, Double Check Feb 12, 2013
• Modularize Your PSDs by Embedding Them Inside Each Other Jan 31, 2013
• Miscellaneous Unicode Symbols, Font Stacks, and You Jan 21, 2013
• Calculate the Border Radius for iOS-Style Icons Using a Simple Ratio Dec 11, 2012