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The Space Between the Notes 6 Jun 2013 | 08:24 pm
All signs are pointing to a revamp of iOS being announced at Apple’s WWDC next week, and with it, a lot of speculation around what it might look like. Will iOS 7 be flat instead of skeuomorphic? Can ...
Editorially 11 Feb 2013 | 11:36 pm
Writing is hard. Just putting that sentence out there is laughable, because it seems so obvious. The fact that we know it doesn’t make it go away, but it does mean there are many opportunities to make...
De-Aparting 19 Dec 2012 | 11:48 pm
Over 7 years and 167 issues later, the time has come for me to step down as creative director for A List Apart. Jeffrey gave me a shot all those years ago to work with him on some amazing projects. E...
Saying “No” 14 Nov 2012 | 07:51 pm
CreativeMornings was started by my friend and studiomate Tina Roth-Eisenberg is one of the best speaker series around, bringing in wonderfully insightful people to share their stories over a hot cup o...
Content Strategy for Mobile, by Karen McGrane 5 Nov 2012 | 07:00 pm
I’m excited to announce another title from A Book Apart, Content Strategy for Mobile by Karen McGrane. Karen is one of my favorite writers, speakers, and teachers. She has the ability to boil down com...
Leaving Typekit 31 Oct 2012 | 09:45 pm
It’s with a heavy heart I write that today is my last day at Typekit. I’ve been with the company since the start, and it’s always been a dream project that combines many of my loves: type, design, the...
Baseline Grids on the Web 19 Oct 2012 | 09:45 pm
This is a response to a thread on Branch. I’m posting it here because it ended up longer than I thought, and overshot Branch’s character limit for replies. This is very much my personal take on basel...
Beautiful Bitmaps 27 Sep 2012 | 07:34 pm
The wonderful folks over at UPPERCASE Magazine invited me to participate in a fun typographic project called “Beautiful Bitmaps” for their latest issue: For issue 15, we invited 26 typographers, desi...
Off Book, The Art of Web Design 21 Sep 2012 | 08:18 pm
Look ma, I’m on PBS! Or at least the PBS website. A couple weeks back I was asked to be interviewed for a web design themed addition to PBS’ awesome Off Book documentary series. I’m joined by the won...
Stealing Sheep 27 Aug 2012 | 08:11 pm
When I read this Designer Spotlight on type designer Frederic Goudy it made me remember again just how much I like him. It’s not because he made great type — he did, with well over 100 typefaces to hi...
