Blogging and all that Malarkey

Although I feel deeply conflicted, I’ve been using AI coding tools more often to speed up particular aspects of development. Recently, I added an AGENTS.md to my setup so I don’t need to repeat my preferences.

I designed an information-rich website for The Shared Homeland Paradigm, using typography and graphics to clearly and visually explain complex political ideas. Here’s how I approached it.

The Academy of Scoring Arts just launched its new website. It’s a community of arrangers, composers, and musicians that helps industry professionals develop their craft through events and video tutorials.

I designed a website for composer Begoña Pereda using typography and animated SVG graphics to reflect her personality and musical style. Here’s how I approached it.

Three podcasts for the price of one. One Footer in the Grave, Troika, and Unfinished Business. In this special crossover episode, Rich and I are joined by Jon Hicks and Marcus Lillington to discuss which three tracks we’d want with us if we were marooned on a deserted planet.

In this episode of Unfinished Business, Rich and I talk about how AI coding tools fit into our workflows at ClearLeft and Stuff & Nonsense. Then, I explain how I used AI to help me build Sho!io, a new app for sharing designs.

I’ve been quietly working on a side project called sho!io, and I’m opening it up to a few people. It’s meant to be a quiet place where you can share one thing you’re making each day, without the usual social noise. It’s early and very much still in progress, but I’d really value your honest feedback if you’re up for trying it.

This week on Unfinished Business, Rich and I are joined by developer and organizer of London Web Standards and State of the Browser, Dave Letorey.

I bought my first mechanical watch back when we were living in Australia for those couple of years. It was a Flieger 47 from the Australian brand Panzera, and it sparked my love of pilot watches.

Yours truly over at the Smashing Magazine: “CSS relative colour values are now widely supported. In this article, pioneering author and web designer Andy Clarke shares practical techniques for using them to theme and animate SVG graphics.”