I edit a lot of technical articles over at Smashing Magazine, and write a good few myself. Over the years I’ve absorbed a lot of information in terms of what works when writing tutorial content, and one thing I keep coming back to is that you need to know who the ideal reader of your … Writing technical articles: Defining your ideal reader
When I first began to demo CSS Grid to people, in particular the dense packing mode, at a first glance it looked a bit like the layout achieved by – most notably – the Masonry JavaScript plugin. Sometimes also described as a Pinterest Layout, after the application which is best known for using this kind … Does masonry belong in the CSS Grid specification?
At SmashingConf we normally run online workships alongside our conferences, with the San Francisco and Austin conferences postponed we decided to take the workshops online. We’ve so far run two workshops, and a third sell out workshop with Brad Frost is ongoing. We’ve got a great lineup of upcoming workshops with many of your SmashingConf … Running Online Workshops – The Smashing Podcast
Learn With Jason is a live show, streamed on Twitch, where Jason Lengstorf pair programs with other developers and designers, and in 90 minutes creates something new. I’ve never done a show like this before and it was far more fun than I had imagined.
In 2019 I presented a talk at An Event Apart about my ideas about and fears for the web platform. This post is a written version of that talk. You can see the video of the talk on the An Event Apart website, and also find the slides and resources online at Notist. Redefining the … Making Things Better
I’ve got an all-new workshop for 2020, and so far I have bookings for SmashingConf in San Francisco, Austin, and New York. I’d love to see you there. I would also love to book some workshops in the UK and Europe. So, if you would like me to run a workshop at your conference, or … The CSS Layout Masterclass
2019 I’ve run the gamut, A to Z. Three cheers and dammit, C’est la vie. I got through all of last year, and I’m here. – “I’m Still Here”, Follies, Sondheim. Twenty years ago I saw in the Millennium, at home recovering from flu. My daughter was a toddler, I had no money, and was … 2019
In late 2015 I wrote a “brief” for A Book Apart, entitled Get Ready For CSS Grid Layout. The book was published in January 2016, some fourteen months before we had Grid Layout in Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Now, the 2nd edition of that book is released, Get Ready For CSS Grid Layout is a … Get Ready For CSS Grid Layout – 2nd edition
Life at Smashing Magazine never stops throwing new surprises and challenges my way. When I came on board as Editor in Chief of the online Smashing Magazine, I didn’t expect to find myself editing a print magazine. However here we are, with our very first edition of Smashing Print. Where the online magazine often covers … Announcing Smashing Print Magazine
I have long been concerned about the potential accessibility problems that grid layout could cause. These essentially centre around the concept of disconnecting the source from the visual display. As a short explanation, values of display – other than none, do not change the logical order or visibility of your content. So, the order that … Grid, content re-ordering and accessibility