Just enjoyed watching BBC iPlayer - The Worlds Most Extraordinary Homes - Series 1: 2. Forest with Joy. I’d really love a house in a wood one day.
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@benjystanton Let me know if you notice any annoyances and I’ll sort them out :)
Original tweetBuilt an iOS shortcut last night to post photos to my Jekyll blog using the GitHub API. A post on what it does with a link to the shortcut here. https://t.co/zex8nOdmp4
Original tweetOpens in new window Blog Publishing Using iOS Shortcuts and Netlify
Recently, I bought an iPad Pro and have been using it for basically everything except software development, which it’s not yet good at.
Create a photo post to Jekyll blog using the GitHub API and Apple Shortcuts
I've recently added a photos section to my site, and in keeping with the indie web movement I wanted to post content to my site first and look to POSSE later.
Tagged with: Photography and Front-end development
Opens in new window The Web Project Guide
Building and managing a web project is a big, complex process — one that branches far beyond the phases directly in front of us. On one hand, there’s the multi-disciplinary nuts and bolts work of creating the site itself.
Opens in new window How to integrate content in design systems
This is not a piece about why you should consider integrating content specifications into your design system. You want this essay instead if you’re in two minds about the business value.
Opens in new window 150 years of Nature
Take a journey through a 3D network of our papers. Across 7 essays, leading historians explore how the past century and a half has forged some of the defining features of today’s scientific system.
Opens in new window Creating a full bleed CSS utility
Sometimes you want to break your components out of the constraints that they find themselves in. A common situation where this occurs is when you don’t have much control of the container that it exists in, such as a CMS main content area.
Opens in new window Geocoding Data
A key step in the data visualization process is the conversion of data to the right format. When working with geospatial related information in particular, data needs to be in geoJSON to be accurately superimposed onto a map.
Another post on the blog, tab focus in Firefox has driven me nuts since switching I finally got to the bottom of it. https://t.co/S7aFVp4YTN #a11y #NaBloPoMo2019 #accessibility
Original tweetThe lack of default Tab focus in Firefox and Safari
I’ve been using Firefox for around six months now but I’ve never looked into why the browser doesn't get Tab Focus in Mac OS. Turns out its honouring the OS behaviour.
Tagged with: UX, Accessibility, and A11y
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@benjystanton Been using it for a few Jekyll sites and really like it. I still write posts in IA writer but just paste the markdown in if I’m on my iPad.
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@benjystanton @adactio Nice one I’ll give this a go myself. On another note I’ve been using https://t.co/tHVhSMf47d on mobile to post photos to my Jekyll blog and feels easier than using working copy.
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Opens in new window A Useful Guide to Content Types, Part 1
Content types support the underlying structure that is needed to make content reusable. All content types have attributes, or properties. Each property has a name and datatype.
Opens in new window A Useful Guide to Content Types, Part 2
When we first started building websites, they were “static,” meaning each page was coded individually and published by putting files on a server. Today, we have content management systems (CMS) that allow us to turn every piece of content into data, with technical content types.
Opens in new window A love letter to my website
This is a declaration of love for personal websites, written from years of thinking on the subject, reviewing thousands of portfolios, building websites for friends and bookmarking those of strangers. It’s a subject I’m so passionate about, I built my business on it.
A quick article I put together over the weekend with a few tips for creating crisp screenshots for presentations: https://t.co/9SHBTr4suX #NaBloPoMo2019
Original tweetCapturing crisp consistent screenshots for presentations
Some tips for capturing crisp, consistent screenshots on Mac OS for use in keynote presentations.
Tagged with: Keynote, Presentation, and Slides
Opens in new window iPad Pro Publishing: From Ulysses to Jekyll with One Tap
With iOS 11, the iPad Pro made a tremendous leap in capability. The hardware is fantastic, multi-tasking is no longer a bolted on step-child, and keyboard-driven workflows are becoming more common.
Opens in new window Design Sprint WORKSHOP - (Lightning Decision Jam AJ&Smart)
Looking for a short workshop that shows the power of Design Sprints or Design Thinking? Use Lightning Decision Jam! It's a problem solving exercise for up to 100 participants! Lightning Decision Jam - 1 HOUR WORKSHOP - Design Sprint & Design ThinkingSpotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/11
Opens in new window Stack Overflow
I joined Stack Overflow in the spring of 2017 as a product designer on their then in-beta product, Documentation. After that, I worked on various Q&A efforts. After that, I’d create and maintain their design system, Stacks.