Colin

✍🏻The web we choose to build link.medium.com/ioUTSwc5hfb

@lurkmoophy Just think though, 3oh3 got away with: "Tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef That I'm a vegetarian and I ain't f**king scared of him"

Anybody else have a notes app filled with random lyrics that you write thinking it'd be great and witty and heartfelt, but then when you read them months later you cringe so hard you turn inside out? Gonna start sharing some of the choice ones

@csswizardry I wonder if the oppersite is jazz hands?

I’ve written a brand new talk for MFE and it’s given me whatever the opposite of Imposter Syndrome is. This is gonna be a banger. Be there, or be aspect-ratio: 1 /1;

@cathy_dutton At least it was need and not want!

@htmlandbacon Oh ibe some some fantastic user needs / stories over the years. My fave will always be as a user I need a camera, so I can take a picture.

Public sector design — time for a reset - Richard Pope “User needs, as a guiding principle was, it turned out, poorly suited to situations where the needs of government and the public were at odds” richardpope.org/blog/2024/07/0…

@cathy_dutton This is where the bizarre clash of user stories come hit "as a user I want to authenticate..." And so on

Struggled with this form day 1, there was never a user need to buy a fishing license, besides complying with rules we set.

100% — I started going to meetups when I was 19 and nearly every professional opportunity I had came from the community. Internships, jobs, speaking opportunities, collaborations. When we didn’t have a CSS (then Sass) meetup in my city, I started one. That’s how I began speaking and running workshops (when we needed to fill a speaking slot). I was able to identify people I wanted to learn from, places I wanted to work, and tech that interested me. Highly recommend getting involved in your local community!

The #DSDay24 call for speakers is open! We’re looking for keynotes, speakers and panel hosts for #DesignSystemDay 2024. Join us on Thursday 5 September in Liverpool and make this event our best yet! Find out what we’re looking for and how to apply: design-system.service.gov.uk/community/call…

Excitement is a better motivator than discipline. The people who appear to have an exceptional work ethic or remarkable discipline are often those with a genuine curiosity or interest in that area. The person who smiles is more likely to keep working than the person gritting their teeth.

Register now! 📅 Don’t miss @gerireid and @Amy_Hupe's next episode of Back to School on accessibility. They discuss whether accessible design system components really exist and how to achieve them on July 11th. hubs.li/Q02Dn8g20

@mikeycattell "handsome Southgate" 😂

Tough to support that handsome Southgate with his 1 change policy. If he keeps the same shape… what’s the definition of madness? Or the very must misquoted version 👀

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A strange intersection of the internet is when it crosses over with Muppets

What's one component you never want to build again and why is it date picker?

Always great to see @abbott567 talk Thanks to @gavinelliott and @Scrumconnect for hosting

A historical day for CSS 😀🎉 If you write any components used and/or styled by others, you know how huge this is! background: if(style(--variant: success), var(--green)); Even if you don’t, this will allow things like: padding: if(var(--2xl), 1em, var(--xl) or var(--m), .5em); GitHub issue: github.com/w3c/csswg-draf…

We can hardly contain our excitement for Astro 4.9: Render Astro components to a string with the container API. Unit test, render RSS content, slap in a PHP app, and more! Plus, React 19 action support and stable CSRF protection astro.build/blog/astro-490/

@StuRobson and also a hardcore band

We ❤️ @astrodotbuild so can't wait for this talk from Nathan! Signup for FREE at the link below 👇

Starlight v0.23 is out now! 🌟 - Up to 40% faster build times for sites using MDX (thanks @bluwyoo!) - New CSS styles for <details> elements Get started today: starlight.astro.build

@adamsilverhq Be interested to see how it turns out!

I’m in the middle of a design/UX audit. It’s for a large internal case working system with lots of issues, big and small. Some to do with flow. Some to do with layout. Some to do with content. Some to do with accessibility. All sorts. Here’s 3 things I’ve noticed: (1) Many issues are repeated across huge parts of the system. (2) Some of the solutions I have in mind would solve multiple problems in one go. (3) For many of the issues, it would be far quicker to just fix them rather than documenting them, explaining them, getting them prioritised etc