In the last few years, Design Systems have become a necessary point of reference for designers and developers as they create digital products. This collection of reusable components, along with branding information and other documentation, is found …
Five agile UX lessons I learned from plein air painting
Plein air painting is agile painting In the last year, I've been working on finding better ways to take digital breaks. Between my UX job, writing, and other web projects, I spend way too much time in the digital space. Instead of being hunched over …
Speaking Event – GDI Minneapolis August Meetup
Speaking about style guides I had the opportunity to speak at the Girl Develop It Minneapolis Chapter Monthly Meetup. It's been awhile since I've done a presentation and I was a bid nervous since I did not know if the audience would be interested …
CSS Grid Layout and Flexbox layout experiment
Experimenting with Layout It's exciting to read about the growing support for CSS Grid Layouts. As it becomes more of a reality, I really wanted to become more comfortable with how to create a layout and brush up on the properties needed. CSS Grid …
Design crash and treatment
Recently, I think I was on the verge of a design crash. As designers, we take a lot of crap. Other industries do too, so this isn't completely exclusive to design. Restaurant servers, retail employees, nurses, and many other occupations are very …
