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Senior IC Reading List

val — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:41:25 +0000

The role of the senior design IC (individual contributor) is near and dear to my heart. In big part because ...more

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val — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 23:50:58 +0000

A few months ago I got the idea to revive my Dad’s old Minolta camera and try doing some film ...more

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val — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 17:20:13 +0000

The iconic web conference, An Event Apart, has ended it’s 17-year long run. The AEA San Francisco event a few ...more

val — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 17:33:55 +0000

A delightful experience will stand out in people’s minds. But not everyone finds the same things delightful. The early days ...more

val — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 18:03:28 +0000

As someone who spends a lot of time talking about UX animation, I’ve been asked more times than I’d like ...more

val — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:31:14 +0000

There’s more than one path to achieving surprise and delight in UX. You can take the subtle delight path, or ...more

val — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:14:26 +0000

In “definitely never expected this to happen” news: I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about designing for motion ...more

val — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 18:09:34 +0000

"Can you animate variable fonts with CSS?" I’ve gotten this question from a couple of newsletter readers, so I thought ...more

val — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:01:55 +0000

It’s true, web animation can be accessible! Sometimes it just takes a little extra effort to make sure that it ...more

val — Sat, 09 May 2020 16:09:42 +0000

(Note: This post was originally part of an issue of the UI Animation Newsletter. Subscribe for weekly updates on web ...more