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This piece by Cory Doctorow about blogging, which I read a few days ago, is exceptional. Why? I already knew that blogging – and having a personal website in general – is a superpower. I had heard before of Vannevar Bush’s groundbreaking essay “As We May Think” that directly...

Sign up for the waiting list of my business coaching program for lettering artists, illustrators and creatives Leap Now on https://www.maketheleapnow.com. We are opening registration soon! Today we will be speaking about how to build a career as a lettering artist or illustrator. This is the first episode of a series that is coming in anticipation to my group business coaching program for lettering artists and illustrators that is opening registrations at the end of June. Mark your calendar and sign up for the waiting list on https://www.maketheleapnow.com See full show notes at https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast

We often rely on sticky headers to point user's attention to critical features or calls to action. Think of sidebar navigation, CTAs, sticky headers and footers, “fixed” rows or columns in tables and floating buttons. We've already looked into mobile navigation patterns in S...

Today I’m celebrating the episode number 100 🤩 of this podcast by having a conversation with Jessica Hische. Jessica is a lettering artist and ​New York Times Best-selling ​author​ based in Oakland, California​. ​She specializes in typographical work for logos, film, books, ...

Nobody knows you.

You are not entitled to anyone’s attention.

Be respectful, be helpful, be kind.

Your personal website isn’t a replacement for social media. It’s much more than that.

Who is your site for?

Document your life.

Your perspective matters.

Capture your thoughts.

Share what makes you lean forward.

Use RSS.

You never know what sticks.

Make it easy to publish.

Enjoy the process.

The adverb is not your friend.

Typography is everything.

You will surprise yourself.

You will grow.

Be curious. Be intentional.

This is your playground. Play.

Your canvas is limitless.

Sell the world.

Hit publish.

It’s yours.

Nobody knows you.

You are not entitled to anyone’s attention.

Be respectful, be helpful, be kind.

Your personal website isn’t a replacement for social media. It’s much more than that.

Who is your site for?

Document your life.

Your perspective matters.

Capture your thoughts.

Share what makes you lean forward.

Use RSS.

You never know what sticks.

Make it easy to publish.

Enjoy the process.

The adverb is not your friend.

Typography is everything.

You will surprise yourself.

You will grow.

Be curious. Be intentional.

This is your playground. Play.

Your canvas is limitless.

Sell the world.

Hit publish.

It’s yours.

Manuel asked: Is there a good rea­son why we’re defin­ing glob­al cus­tom prop­er­ties on :root/​html and not on body?” It’s a g...

Manuel asked: Is there a good reason why we’re defining global custom properties on :root/html and not on body?” It’s a great question: Everybody just...

Rage taps are annoying and frustrating. These wonderful occurrences in our interface when we need to tap twice, or sometimes three times to continue our journeys. Of course sometimes they happen because the website is too slow, but sometimes it’s the target size of interacti...

Today, I started a new project with Kirby CMS. (No, it’s not my personal site. That one’s still brewing…) Kirby is a lightweight, no-fuzz content management system (CMS) created by Bastian Allgeier, which works well for projects of any size. It is easy to install and amazing...

Today, I started a new project with Kirby CMS. (No, it’s not my personal site. That one’s still brewing…) Kirby is a lightweight, no-fuzz content management system (CMS) created by Bastian Allgeier, which works well for projects of any size. It is easy to install and amazin...

In past episodes we have been speaking about ways to build your portfolio. I even shared a checklist which you that you can still download on ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/portfoliochecklist In this episode we are going to: 👉🏼 Look into the 5 steps you need to take to lan...

Drag-and-drop is not a trivial user interaction. It’s messy, inaccurate and comes in plenty of flavors — from design states to interaction modes. Yet when we think of drag-and-drop, we typically think of a simple drag’n’drop file upload — which is only one of the many contex...

A while ago, I wrote about what you could include in a README file for a project. Based on this post and a few practical examples of READMEs, I created and published a template that I will use in my own projects going forward. It is available on GitHub: https://github.com/m...

A while ago, I wrote about what you could include in a README file for a project. Based on this post and a few practical examples of READMEs, I created and published a template that I will use in my own projects going forward. It is available on GitHub: https://github.com/...

Download the full Portfolio Checklist ebook ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/portfoliochecklist If you're struggling to figure out what your portfolio should include, this episode is for you, because I’m going to cut straight to the chase and provide you with a checklist of the things your website should have to attract the right clients—and close the deal! See full show notes at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast Sign up for my Free Lettering Masterclass ➡️ https://martinaflor.easywebinar.live/lettering-masterclass Sign up for my Lettering Tips newsletter ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/letteringtips Follow me on instagram ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/martinaflor/ My coaching program ➡️ https://www.maketheleapnow.com/

Manuel shared how he approaches writing and publishing blog posts on his personal site. If you follow him, and especially if his RSS feed is on your list of feeds, you know that Manuel indeed does put out a lot of posts. Just recently, he completed 100 posts about more or le...

Manuel shared how he approaches writing and publishing blog posts on his personal site. If you follow him, and especially if his RSS feed is on your list of feeds, you know that Manuel indeed does put out a lot of posts. Just recently, he completed 100 posts about more or le...

In the previous episode, we discussed why the websites don't work and how to avoid the pitfalls. Go check it out, is episode number 95. Now, last week, I relaunched my own website and I’d like to share with you some of the things I’ve learned so that you can use them in your own website. See full show notes at ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast Sign up for my Free Lettering Masterclass ➡️ https://martinaflor.easywebinar.live/lettering-masterclass Sign up for my Lettering Tips newsletter ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/letteringtips Follow me on instagram ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/martinaflor/

Many companies organize their workflows around projects and departments. Especially in large companies, work often travels from one place to another, often getting stuck between emails and Slack messages, and often “refined” on its never-ending journey between design and eng...