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 šŸ’œ.

For Fun

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

Things I Found Interesting Around April 19th

The Big Web Showon Dan Benjamin’s new network starring Zeldman PusherRealtime client push powered by HTML5 websockets, beyond AJAX (the video is realtime and impressive in a way like those Google Wave videos were) How to print from the iPad Terk VR-1 TV Volume RegulatorI’m starting to be obsessed with volume control. I hate adjusting […]

Things I Found Interesting Around April 14th

An Interview with Jeff Starr Mac Buyer’s GuideKnow When to Buy Your Mac, iPod or iPhone. I just got in trouble with this. 5 week old MacBook Pro and they get new ones, should have used this guide. But the Apple Store said they would take it back for the restocking fee. Ampersand ID Chart […]

Things I Found Interesting Around April 11th

Optimizing the asynchronous Google Analytics snippet Get your e-book on the iPad (and keep all the royalties) Band of HorsesNew album coming out, single available here Baby Wee-Wee Doll Advert“the first thing they are gonna do is drink out of this thing's dick.”