lynnandtonic.com I tried and abandoned a lot of things this year, but I did have fun with :has() and container queries. Try a browser that supports those!

Val Head

@vlh

Dec 25, 2022

Very sad to hear about An Event Apart coming to an end. AEA had such an impact on my life. I'm honored to have been a part of it the last few years and I'm going to miss it.

Flying low to avoid weather means fun views the whole way to San Francisco

Snowy mountains and a blue sky out the plane window

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i'm hiring a designer

@murmur

! if you're someone who loves nerding out about visual details✨ and wants to work differently this is the role for you!! notion.so/murmurlabs/Int

I just never feel ready for a Monday.

Val Head

@vlh

Dec 4, 2022

This is a fun bit of scrollytelling and film history:

nytimes.com

What Makes a Movie the Greatest of All Time?

The much-respected Sight and Sound poll of the best films ever shows that what is valued onscreen has changed over time, sometimes radically.

Last week we ran a Smashing Meets on Design Systems with

@danmall

@hayhughes

and

@bencallahan

, which was awesome (and popular : ). For those who missed it — or want to watch again — the videos are now live on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/playlist?list=

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@vlh

Nov 27, 2022

Got to see a preview of

@Bradee

's talk for Spotlight UX later this week and it's really great! It will change the way you think about who you're designing for and why.

fitc.ca

Spotlight UX Online - Dec 1, 2022

Join us for this exciting online event for designers looking to extend their UX skills with six amazing talks!

Val Head

@vlh

Nov 25, 2022

Yesterday was all about making pies and I was in my happy place.

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@vlh

Nov 20, 2022

The shared element transition API is super cool. Especially the part where you can define the animations with CSS! 🎉 chriscoyier.net/2022/10/21/the (And it hooks up easily with Prefers Reduced motion too.)

chriscoyier.net

The Shared Element Transition API is FLIPping Cool - Chris Coyier

I’ve been eyeing up the The Shared Element Transition API

because it looks tremendously cool. With it, you can animate individual elements across different pages even when the browser does an...

Val Head

@vlh

Nov 20, 2022

Took a little over 48 hours to get my archive. Now to figure out what to do with it...

One of the very many reasons the "ROI of design" is a garbage framing is that so often ROI depends on selling a story to investors that has nothing to do with value to users/customers, and may well be in conflict. But the phrase is great for putting designers on the defensive.

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@vlh

Nov 13, 2022

It's baking season! Started with a challenge this time around. My first ever lemon meringue pie. Definitely needed a practice round before putting in on the Thanksgiving dessert list.

Pie topped with a dome of toasted meringue in a glass pie dish cooling on the counter.

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@vlh

Nov 11, 2022

Very excited for this! twitter.com/aneventapart/s

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Sad to be missing

this week. It's always such a fun event.

🎉Yay! Excited to see

's latest book come out!! (I got to see a copy in person and it is lovely!)

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Sarah Drasner

@sarah_edo

Oct 31, 2022

Breaking news

It’s happeninggg!!! Engineering Management for the Rest of Us is now on sale! I’m so excited to finally release this after so much went into it. 50% of all of my profits will go to She Code Africa! @SheCodeAfrica amazon.com/Engineering-Ma

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@vlh

Oct 31, 2022

"welcome 2 my web site"🕸

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On my way to

Denver. So excited to see everyone!!

Val Head

@vlh

Sep 28, 2022

If you know someone just getting started in web things, this course from

@estellevw

is a very good one for them to check out!

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Chrome Developers

@ChromiumDev

Sep 27, 2022

Today we're launching our latest web.dev course. Say hello to Learn HTML, written by @estellevw The first five modules are available today, the full course will roll out over the rest of this year.

web.dev/introducing-le

Val Head

@vlh

Sep 5, 2022

I'm excite to be heading to Raleigh for UX Y'all later this month!

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@UXYall

Aug 8, 2022

The 2022 UX Y’all Keynote Speakers:

Val Head, Adobe @vlh

Jenn Cardello, Fidelity @jencardello

Aaron James Draplin, DDC @Draplin

John Maeda, Everbridge @johnmaeda

Jean Servaas & Miroslav Jaya Azis, IBM @MiroslavAzis

Sarrah Vesselov, Honeycomb @SVesselov

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Val Head

@vlh

Aug 28, 2022

I never thought I’d see a media query that made me mad. But here we are.

Val Head

@vlh

Aug 21, 2022

Looks like handling prefers reduced motion just got a lot easier for GSAP animations!

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GreenSock

@greensock

Aug 17, 2022

It's release day at GSAP towers and boy oh boy have we got a goodun for you. Crafting responsive, accessible animation can be tangly & time consuming right? Not anymore. Introducing matchMedia -

release post greensock.com/3-11

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Val Head

@vlh

Aug 20, 2022

Read this latest container queries article from

@TerribleMia

if you want feel both very smart about, and very excited for, container queries:

oddbird.net

Use the Right Container Query Syntax

Size queries are stable, and shipping in browsers

Val Head

@vlh

Aug 2, 2022

Ooh, Individual transform properties in CSS! These will be very useful.

web.dev

Finer grained control over CSS transforms with individual transform properties

Learn how you can use the individual translate, rotate, and scale CSS properties to approach transforms in an intuitive way.

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@vlh

Jul 8, 2022

Using Notion instead of a Google Doc for writing this new talk. It's still in the "giant mess" phase, but it's a slightly more organized mess and I appreciate that.

Val Head

@vlh

Jul 6, 2022

I will never think of CSS variables the same way after watching this talk from

@LeaVerou

youtube.com

CSS Variable Secrets | Lea Verou | CSS Day 2022

By now most developers use CSS custom properties on the regular, but few understand them deeply enough to harness their full power. Lea will take you on a jo...

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@vlh

Jun 23, 2022

The combo of obscure local knowledge and Polaroids make this one of my favourite Pittsburgh art projects!

My heart and brain are so full after #Eyeo2022. It was exactly what I needed.💜

Val Head

@vlh

May 22, 2022

The Lego Succulents was such a fun kit to do! The little design details really make this one.

Finished Lego Succulents kit on a table with 9 colourful Lego flowers and cacti in small black boxes.

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@vlh

Apr 30, 2022

Material Symbols looks like a very cool use of variable fonts!

material.io

Introducing Material Symbols - Material Design

Fine-tune weight, fill, optical size, and grade with the variable icon font, available on Google Fonts

I learned this a couple of weeks ago when I was writing one of the course chapters. I found it in the spec and I didn't realize it was new.

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Stefan Judis

@stefanjudis

Apr 29, 2022

New HTML stuff is coming to Chrome. `hidden="until-found"` makes hidden content searchable. More info: developer.chrome.com/blog/hidden-un

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@vlh

Apr 13, 2022

It really is an exciting time for CSS right now!

@MicheBarks

has a great list of the highlights:

css-irl.info

CSS { In Real Life } | Exciting Times for Browsers (and CSS)

Val Head

@vlh

Apr 9, 2022

The quickest and most fun scroll animation tutorial ever 💜

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Cassie Evans

@cassiecodes

Apr 8, 2022

Want to join in the CodeSandbox/GSAP coding challenges... but feeling that imposter syndrome or not sure where to start? Let's whizz through a little scrolly animation together!

greensock.com/codesandbox

codesandbox.io/s/text-animati @codesandbox @greensock

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