My Work Identity

I’m a web designer, developer, educator, and business owner.

My Career

So far, the arc has been about running profitable companies that help you get better at web design and development. 🫢

Things I'm Doing

With Alex Vazquez, I’m the co-founder of , a social front-end web development environment.

With Dave Rupert, I’m the co-founder of a podcast called .

A Thing I Did

I built CSS-Tricks, a website all about building websites, and ran it for 15 years, from 2007 to 2022.

My Motivation

I’m big on the power of writing as a way to think better and improve yourself.

Doing it all for my daughter Ruby πŸ’œ.

For Fun

I like old time music πŸͺ• and try to play it as often as I can manage.

Lars Mensel: … the only way out of the delusion thatΒ AIΒ can replace all of us is to do good meaningful work, and to appreciate good work when we see it.

FOREVERGREEN

In the first few minutes, Ruby says to me, “This is like The Giving Tree“, and by the end, I was like, “OK, you’re right.”