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Buy the Overpriced Tourist Photos
“Would you like your picture taken?” Why does simple question — probably cheerfully asked by a smiling young adult with a camera around their neck — flood us with so much dread? We mumble and stammer...
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Subatomic Design Tokens Course: Chapter 3 now live!
Do you love having to name things? Of course you don’t! That’s why we’re so excited to announce that Chapter 3 of our Subatomic Design Tokens Course is now live! We have a FULL HOUR AND A HALF of...
View Article18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we’re not done yet
The team that built the U.S. Web Design System, along with many many many other important digital initiatives for the United States of America, was just eliminated. We’re not done yet. We’re still...
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Introducing Cold Album Drumming!
I’m so freaking excited to announce my new music project: Cold Album Drumming! Be sure to smash that subscribe button on YouTube and vote on the albums you’d like to hear me play. What the heck is...
View Articledesigntokens.fyi
OH HELL YEAH: designtokens.fyi by Donnie D’Amato is a mega-helpful glossary of design tokens terms.
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Sheng Wang
If you get a chance to go see Sheng Wang perform, do it. It was easily the best comedy show I’ve ever been to. We watched his Netflix special Sweet & Juicy and was hooked immediately. When we saw...
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Last chance for Subatomic design tokens course early-bird pricing!
We’re cooking with gas on our Subatomic design tokens course and are gearing up for a really big milestone! We’re about to launch Chapter 4, which details the nuts and bolts of building out a token...
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Part 1: The Shitball
This is the first part of a series that attempts to capture my current thinking about The Situation. TL;DR: Our attention has been hijacked and weaponized. It is imperative for us to to direct our...
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Frosty Nightz
Introducing Frosty Nightz, a semi-regular jam session in the 1974 time machine that is my basement. The idea: Get musical people together, eat, drink, play music, and have fun. That’s it. That’s the...
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Reflections and Human Connections Resonate in Marina Kappos’ Optical...
This is awesome. Artist Marina Kappos created a whole series of symmetrical paintings inspired by her relationship with her twin sister. This resonates with me as my mom is a twin. And is also an art...
View ArticleWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
Wired has a solution — it’s going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. This approach makes a lot of sense from the...
View ArticleBasic Woman’s Entire Personality Revolves Around Things She Enjoys – The Onion
“I honestly kind of cringe seeing how Maddy just goes along with what naturally appeals to her,” said local woman Kelly Olsen, who scoffed at how Derry’s taste in everything from clothing to movies and...
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Open Up, Episode 1: layoffs, purpose, and embracing your full self
Last week we held our first episode of Open Up, a new advice show I’m hosting with my fantastic co-host Geoff Graham and my good friends at SmashingConf. We had a wonderful inaugural episode, with...
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The Light in You — The Light in You
My friend Eva Lin Douglass wrote a beautiful children’s book: The Light in You. Deep within you is a very special spark. It’s a Light you are born with that never goes dark. If there’s a message kids...
View ArticleBuy books even if you don’t end up reading them
Some great thoughts here from Scott Berkun: It’s good to buy books even if you don’t end up reading them. Why? 1. It supports authors who made something that interests you 2. It signals to publishers...
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20 Years
20 YEARS AGO TODAY, Melissa and I started dating. I’m 40, which means that I’ve now spent more of my life with Melissa than without. This will be true for the rest of our lives, and I will love every...
View ArticleOpen Up With Brad Frost: Episode 1 – Geoff Graham
Here’s Geoff Graham on our new Open Up show: There are a lot of feelings in tech. We feel a certain way about our jobs. We feel certain ways about certain web development techniques. We feel certain...
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Subatomic Update: Figma and Code Token Architecture Available!
We’re so freaking excited to announce that we’ve reached a big milestone in our Subatomic design tokens course: we released our battle-tested design token architecture for both Figma and code! We put...
View ArticleA season’s last frost
QuietlyI slip out of bedTaking care so as not to wake my daughter snuggled next to meAnother nightmare, I presumeShe claimed comfort once again in her spot between mom and dadDownstairs I tiptoeMy...
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MailChimp Brand Kit
I’m messing with my MailChimp account and really love their Brand Kit feature. You have the ability to upload logos, define color palettes, typography, personality, button styles, and more. I...
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