Christmas Time at Disney World
I went for a short trip in early November of 2022 and got to enjoy the start of the Christmas season.
Disneyland and California Adventure at Night
I love night photography, especially when you incorporate neon signs. Disney is one of the best places for this combination. I also find night photography to be quite technically difficult. Making sure I don’t lose my highlights while also keeping the noise low is challenging. I think I’m
Longwood Gardens
In the late summer of 2022, we took an afternoon trip to Longwood Gardens. These are some of my favorite photos from that day.
Posts
Consistency and Cohesion
In software, consistency and cohesion tend to get lumped together as the same thing. I’ve found this leads to painfully tedious arguments around product and design decisions. Consistency focuses on individual parts of a larger whole. For example, in an app, a primary button may always be blue. This
Posts
The best things I read, watched, played, and listened to in 2020
Read * Atomic Habits – Systems over goals. That is the main lesson. * How to be Black – Comedy is such a great vehicle for discussing difficult topics, and this book proves it. I think it’s a great starter book for white people who want to educate themselves on racism. Watched * Glengarry
SwiftUI
The SwiftUI Detour
Since SwiftUI is the future of Apple development, I wanted to experiment by rebuilding some of my UIKit views with it.
YouTube
Why Your Design System Isn’t Working
This is a webinar I did with Amanda Kalk back in the spring for Think Company. About When it comes to implementing a design system, success is an eternally moving target. Evolution and maintenance are critical over time, but how do you recognize the catalysts and symptoms that mean your
Interviews
Creators Campfire Podcast Interview
I was interviewed for the Creators Campfire podcast the other day and had a great time. We chatted about Sofa, app development, and more. If you prefer to listen as a podcast, you can do so here.
Design
Understanding Design Systems
As part of my work at Think Company, I did a webinar for people new to design systems. It goes over what design systems are, the value they bring to teams and organizations, and the foundational knowledge you’ll need before starting your own system. Resources Mentioned Design Systems * Google’
Sofa
Thinking Through Custom Items in Sofa
I recently added the ability for people to save custom items to Sofa. This post outlines the thinking behind the feature and how it works. Two of the main reasons people find Sofa so enjoyable to use are the rich display of the various media types and the mixing of
Posts
Moving from Gatsby to WordPress
For the past year or so this site has been running on Gatsby.js. Gatsby is a static site generator built with React. I had built some stuff with it at work and decided to give it a try for my personal blog. The process ended up being too tedious
Sofa
Implementing iOS 13 Dark Mode Settings in Sofa
In iOS 13, people will be able to choose a light or dark “theme” that will apply system wide. Regardless of what you think about dark mode, apps that don’t adopt this will stick out like a sore thumb. Luckily, Sofa already has a dark mode, but I needed