Learning to embrace the WTF of Utility CSS — Part 1 is a short “history of CSS” and an overview of Utility based CSS. Part 2 gets into Tailwind itself. The Devil’s in the details For the last few years, I’ve been looking at various approaches to help designers and devs collaborate better. …

Not a religious post, although Agile might be a religion for some. — How it usually works Love it or hate it, Agile and its methodology has taken over much of the tech business world. I’ve personally been in situations where it’s really helped keep things on track and realistic and in others where it’s caused needless overhead and micromanagement. …

Beyond the technical challenges — Accessibility, huh? What is accessibility or a11y as it is often abbreviated? There’s a lot to it, but in a nutshell, accessibility is about making a site or app usable to the greatest number of people possible. Ideally, it’s a delightful experience too. It acknowledges that people may have permanent or temporary…

Empowering designers and non-developers to get dirty (in a good way). — Working in the actual medium Over the past few years, I’ve been looking for something that allows designers (and other non-developer stakeholders) to take an application idea from idea to design to implementation in the actual medium (HTML/CSS /JS) without necessarily needing to train team members on how to code. I also wanted to do…

Or, what problems, if any, does blockchain tech solve? — Why am I writing this? My motive right now As a UX Designer, I’m really concerned with trying to figure out what the real problem is and coming up with the best solution all things considered (as much as possible). Understanding Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT aka Blockchain) Crypto/ Smart Contracts is important to me since I might have some…

Doesn’t everyone want to manage more stuff? — On fiddling and digging deeper I’ve been interested in the Internet of Things (aka IoT) for years and even went so far as to get an Arduino prototyping kit and mess around with it. Like many people in the tech industry, I’ve had my share of smart watches, Alexa, and Google Home, Philips Hue lighting…

Use canvases instead — Serious Business Plans prove you’re Serious (but maybe that’s all) It used to be the case, and often still is, was that before you even thought about starting a Business, you needed to create a Business Plan. Maybe we should put it in all caps BUSINESS PLAN. Yes, that’s better! It was a 30–40 page document (or even longer) that…

They need a rethink. — Yuck! Though they were probably always a bit unsanitary, during the Covid-19 crisis (I like to call it the Covidian) using any interface that was inherently communal became a not-so-great idea. While research seems to show that the virus doesn’t live long on many surfaces and that it’s primarily transmitted via…

We need to allow passphrases instead — Magical incantations against hostile forces How many times have you been asked to create this for a password? Or worse, had to integrate the feature into a design or project? Choose a password that is a minimum of 8 characters long. Sometimes there’s a maximum too. Why? Probably some database limitation… The password must have…