Bento Break 17 – Aug 6, 2021

Buenos noches Bento friends, this will be the final Bento Break for some time. This series seems to have less traction and take more effort than I feel its worth. So enjoy the final Bento break that focuses on accessibility & design, and contact me below if you want to see this series keep going! […]

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New article “The dos and don’ts of designing…” now live

Are you a designer working with the Pega Cosmos design system for the first time? Check out my latest collab article to learn more.

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Bento Break 16 – July 30, 2021

A wild Bento Break 16 appears. This Bento focuses just on design work. Enjoy! Meta theme management A nice deep dive into the new updates to meta theme. Images are too complex Image expectations essentially require that we automate. That sucks. Frankentoon’s design schoolThese guys are putting out great work

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Cross-platform Apps I Can’t Live Without

If you’ve been following along for a bit, you’ll know I use Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android all pretty actively. And keeping them all in sync with similar tooling is pretty important. Here are some more applications that help me do that. Management apps KeeWeb Keeping my passwords in sync across devices is critical. KeeWeb […]

Bento Break 15 – July 23, 2021

The slightly belated Bento Break 15 is finally here. Data viz and a11y explorations by Apple, and some innovative artist work. Apple’s Accessible Data Viz This is the next unstandardized frontier in accessibility Designing for cognitive needs Some nice practical decisions A deeper data dive Apple’s Dev Docs go deeper into audible cues for data […]

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Windows 11 Quick Design Impressions

If you haven’t heard, Microsoft recently announced Windows 11, a free upgrade for Windows 10 users. After seeing the event, here were my Windows 11 design impressions. Aesthetic It’s clear that they’ve spent a ton of time redesigning the core look, but it also feels like the natural (or ‘borrowed’) result of recent design trends. […]

Bento Break 14 – July 16, 2021

A fresh new Bento Break 14 is here. Come get your accessibility, art, and general news morsels and enjoy! WebAim Screen Reader survey 9 The latest results are in. Who’s using what where. Freedom Phone? I hope it lives up to the tracking-free hype. Lots of skeptics on this one. Your app isn’t special More […]