Blog: the web, design + dev

I am a product manager with a background in web design and development, and spent a fair bit of time on the Microsoft Edge web platform. I write here about the web and making things for it. I also have a monthly “Learning Log” practice, where I collect articles I’m reading or things I’m learning in real-ish time.

Building a snack review website with Eleventy and Contentful
May 21, 2022 — Trying out headless CMSes while giving myself an excuse to eat candy, as if I needed one.
Learning Log, Apr 2022
May 04, 2022 — Learning more about how I like to learn, and getting up to some spring-esque projects.
Learning Log, Mar 2022
Apr 04, 2022 — Enjoying spring and snacks and [headless] CMSes.
First Impressions of Forced Colors Emulation
Mar 14, 2022 — Trying out emulation for forced colors in Chromium DevTools. It’s a good start, but I would like to see more themes.
Learning Log, Feb 2022
Mar 09, 2022 — War, community, identity
Learning Log, Jan 2022
Feb 02, 2022 — Moving into our new house and learning (more) Figma.
Learning Log, Dec 2021
Dec 31, 2021 — A major life milestone, and setting a rhythm for strategy work.
2021 in Review
Dec 21, 2021 — New adventures at work, fun with side projects, and favorite media from 2021.
Learning Log, Nov 2021
Dec 04, 2021 — A busy month with small opportunities to incremental improvements to web projects.
Learning Log, Oct 2021
Nov 06, 2021 — First full month at Netlify, wrapping up various side projects, and getting organized.
New project: What to Draw
Oct 19, 2021 — I made a drawing idea generator using the Unsplash API and Netlify functions. Had some fun with color metadata and CSS aspect-ratio.
CurrentColor SVG in forced colors modes
Oct 16, 2021 — How to fix single-color SVGs that appear broken in Windows High Contrast mode, and an outlook for using currentColor within SVGs in forced colors modes.
Learning Log, Sep 2021
Oct 02, 2021 — I started a new role at Netlify! Also musing on how to make particular hobbies and habits a priority.
Learning Log, Aug 2021
Sep 03, 2021 — Wrapping up my time on the Microsoft Edge web platform, finishing up some side projects, and finding a better system for my to-read list.
New project: SEA — Seasons, and Notification Triggers
Aug 17, 2021 — I made a small site dedicated to living according to the seasons, and test-drove the experimental Notification Triggers API.
Learning Log, Jul 2021
Aug 06, 2021 — Friendship, attending online workshops, and chipping away at my seasonal living site.
Learning Log, Jun 2021 + Seasonal Cleaning IV
Jul 17, 2021 — Visiting family and making incremental progress
Call for web dev feedback: anchored positioning use cases + requirements
Jul 01, 2021 — Inviting web developers to influence the direction of CSS anchored positioning APIs. These APIs will enable authors to position one element to another, and reposition or resize the element according to viewport boundaries.
Learning Log, May 2021
Jun 05, 2021 — Chipping away on a side project about living according to the seasons, and considering user research decision trees.
Microsoft Edge Explainers
Proposal: CSS Anchored Positioning
Jun 03, 2021 — A proposal for a CSS-based positioning scheme that will enable a web developer to position a top-layer element (like the proposed <popup>) with respect to any other element *and* the layout viewport.

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