Blog: the web, design + dev

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  Lefty Pen Test

  I test out some of Jet Pens’ recommended pens for lefties, with fairly favorable results regarding smudging.

  Nov 23, 2020
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  Learning Log, Oct 2020

  Books, more work on the soundboard, and a Saturday afternoon writing club.

  Nov 05, 2020
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  The Art of Brevity

  Resources from the hive mind on writing with clarity and brevity.

  Oct 26, 2020
• Learning Log, Sep 2020

  Mostly just some links this month.

  Oct 03, 2020
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  Microsoft Edge dev

  Styling for Windows high contrast with new standards for forced colors

  Features like high contrast can help improve readability by enforcing a user’s required color scheme. Learn how browsers apply forced colors, how to optimize styles with new standards, and differences you can expect from legacy implementations.

  Sep 17, 2020
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  Learning Log, Aug 2020: 3D Art and Collaging with CSS Grid

  I started Devon Ko’s 3D for Designers course, and gave my home page a fresh coat of paint.

  Sep 03, 2020
• New Practice: Seasonal Cleaning

  Starting a new habit of spend a week of personal project time on fixing issues in previously-shipped side projects, as opposed to building new things.

  Sep 01, 2020
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  Learning Log, Jul 2020: making moves

  Coming out of a the-world-is-on-fire funk: moving neighborhoods, moving pixels around this ol’ website.

  Aug 03, 2020
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  Microsoft Edge dev

  Reducing distractions with quiet notification requests

  Many people find notification requests annoying or disruptive, unless they can clearly understand the value of notifications in their current context. Quiet notification requests in Microsoft Edge reduces such requests to a more subtle user interface (UI) treatment, so users can stay focused as they browse.

  Jul 23, 2020
• Black. Lives. Matter.

  Resources for those who want to end anti-black police brutality in the United States and support those who are suffering most right now.

  Jun 01, 2020
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  Presenting this week at Microsoft Build

  The flagship developer conference goes online, and I’ll share out some updates from the Microsoft Edge team for web developers.

  May 18, 2020
• Learning Log, Apr 2020: day by day

  Trying to find solace in learning amidst the stress of the global pandemic.

  May 03, 2020
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  New project: Good Things, and randomization at build time

  A new project listing out all the good things in life, and randomizing content on a static site at build time on Netlify.

  Apr 27, 2020
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  Learning Log, Mar 2020: the great indoors

  How I’m staying busy in the first month of social quarantine—a learning log for the month of March.

  Apr 07, 2020
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  Fonts with open source licenses

  Typefaces released with the SIL Open Font License (OFL), for use in your open source projects.

  Mar 11, 2020
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  Learning Log, Feb 2020: the Golden Triangle

  A trip to India with loved ones, and long-overdue completion of a woven tapestry—learning log for the month of February.

  Mar 06, 2020
• Learning Log, Jan 2020: routines and rhythm of business

  Moving back from weeklies to monthlies, and some upcoming goals for February.

  Feb 01, 2020
• Weeknotes #22: swapping out Jekyll for Eleventy

  I decide to abandon a project, change tech stacks for my personal site, and learn some Hindi.

  Jan 06, 2020

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