Yearly Archives: 2019

Having been in the web development industry for more than 14 years, I’ve seen and written my fair share of good and bad CSS. When I began at Ramsey Solutions five years ago, I was introduced to Sass. It blew my mind how useful it was! I dove right in and wanted to learn everything I could about it. Over the past five years, I’ve utilized a number of different Sass techniques and patterns and fell in love with some … Read article

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In the new year edition of the Clearleft newsletter, Jeremy Keith linked to the design principals Danny Hillis thought about while considering a clock that would work for 10,000 years.

Here’s part of that page, satisfyingly displayed as a <dl>:

Longevity:

Go slow

Avoid sliding friction (gears)

Avoid ticking

Stay clean

Stay dry

Expect bad weather

Expect earthquakes

Expect non-malicious human interaction

Dont tempt thieves

Maintainability and transparency:

Use familiar materials

Allow inspection

Rehearse motions

Make it easy

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As a young nerd, I loved to immerse myself in digital worlds, learning the ins and outs of the rules someone else had created for me (intentionally or not). But the older and crankier I get, the more I find myself losing patience when navigating these “delightful” experiences.

This fascination was great for my eventual career as a designer, but unfortunately, it was also like teaching someone kerning—once you learn how to quantify a bad user experience, you can’t … Read article

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