When you are developing a statement about something, this advice can be useful: If you can turn the statement into the opposite and it sounds like the most ridiculous thing on earth, chances are that your original statement isn’t that distinctive.
For example, if you were t...
https://superawesomecorp.com/worryingbugs/episodes/ThematicallyIndependentWeb.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Google Podcasts | RSSZak and Certus talk about a group of people that are trying to blog independently together, a certain congr...
You may want to read the original Flexbox Holy Albatross post but basically, I missed a step (I was hungover): You can switch between horizontal (multi-column) to vertical (single column) Flexbox layouts just using flex-basis. No min-width or max-width needed — in fact, they...
For the last 6 or so months, I've been engaged in a number of activities including (but not limited to):
Scratching my head
Staring out of the window
Laying in bed and staring at the ceiling
Screaming into a pillow
Rolling around on the floor sweating feverishly while ...
I spent the last days of 2018 listening to an amazing podcast: Stephen Fry’s Great Leap Years brilliantly tells the story of the evolution of information technology throughout human history – from Johannes Gutenberg inventing the printing press to Alexander Graham Bell and h...
We all know that we should backup our data regularly and ideally with some sort of backup strategy but let’s be honest: Many of us don’t. Over the years, I got a bit better, but after listening to one of the highly recommended episodes of the (mainly German) Working Draft po...
Just for the sake of some links for the most part — in case you missed anything.
I helped Bulb make their new, accessible design system
Inclusive Components went from blog to book
I created a customizable generative art gallery with SVG and Vue
I learned lots about web c...
I have a confession to make. I’ve become utterly terrible at finishing books, especially non-fiction. I once even published a list of books I will definitely maybe read one day. The reasons why I don't finish them are manifold: For one, there is always some work to do that s...
Episode 3: jgregorymcverry.com
In this episode Eddie interviews Greg McVerry. We talk about how Greg has used blogging and the IndieWeb as a professor, how his kids are an important part of what the IndieWeb means to him, his website woes and finally brainstorm how private g...
Much of my career as a web designer has been spent, quite happily, working alongside programmers, engineers, people with computer science degrees. In this symbiotic relationship, each party has a secure job with a well-defined role, and gets to work on the thing they are bes...
I recently listened to an interesting episode of the podcast “The Design of Business | The Business of Design”, in which Jessica Helfand and Michael Bierut talked with Mariana Amatullo, who teaches strategic design and management at Parsons School of Design at The New School...
This morning, I read a tweet by Dave Rupert that made me smile:
Hey, Internet. My son loves drawing. This is great. My house is filled with 1000s of pieces of paper tho. This is not so great. Has anyone converted a ~...
Yesterday, I shared some advice by Seth Godin from an interview with Chase Jarvis. Today, I’ll do the same again, but not because I’m lazy (at least not this time) but because I think it’s a great follow up and just as actionable and useful advice.
It goes like this: Wheneve...
Last weekend, I listened to a highly interesting episode of the Chase Jarvis Live Show, a podcast featuring interviews with creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs. The episode’s guest was Seth Godin and as you might expect, he dropped a lot of knowledge and good advice. And...
My Url Is aaronparecki.com (Episode 1)
In this episode Eddie (https://eddiehinkle.com) interviews Aaron Parecki (https://aaronparecki.com), one of the co-founders of the IndieWeb (https://indieweb.org). We talk about how the IndieWeb got started, what makes an IndieWebCamp pa...
