🧶 ICYMI #30: Understanding Rendering in the Jamstack

February 13, 2022

Hey howdy, Well dang, last week was quite busy, mostly occupied supporting an imminent product launch next week on Netlify. Oddly, most of what I came across...

🧶 ICYMI #29: How To Learn Stuff Quickly

February 5, 2022

Howdy y’all, Long time no see! I don’t know about y’all, but the holidays came at me hard. I really powered down for several weeks, and I’m glad I did!...

🧶 ICYMI #28: A spooky tale: The Headingless Horseman

November 5, 2021

Hey y'all, Somehow, already, another week. (Also, happy November?? Time is a lie). A short one today -- I took a sick day on Wednesday, and with temperatures...

🧶 ICYMI #27: 5 Digital Accessibility Myths Busted

October 31, 2021

Howdy folks, Coming at you a lil later than usual on this one, but let’s pretend I did it on purpose so I could wish you a day-of “Happy Halloween!” 🎃👻. I...

🧶 ICYMI #26: Blaming Screen Readers 🚩×5

October 23, 2021

Howdy howdy, Happy weekend, y’all. Hope you’re having a beautiful Saturday. Here are few tidbits I came across this week to take a look at, if they interest...

🧶 ICYMI #25: Who pays for web frameworks?

October 16, 2021

Howdy, y’all, Here are some bits and bobs I came across this week. I hope one piques your interest! ✏️ Writes Who pays for web frameworks? (Zach Leatherman)...

🧶 ICYMI #24: Why flow matters more than passion

October 8, 2021

Howdy, y’all, Hope you’ve had a good week, and happy Friday! Making a slight tweak to the format starting this week, inspired by one of my favorite...

🧶 ICYMI #23: October 1, 2021

October 1, 2021

Howdy y'all, Happy 👻 spooky season 🎃. 'Tis the most wonderful time of the year. I'd be gleefully wearing a hoodie, were I not in Texas. ✏️ Writes How SPA...

🧶 ICYMI #22: September 25, 2021

September 25, 2021

Howdy y’all, A day late on this one, wasn’t feeling my best yesterday. ✏️ Writes How to be a Better Learner (Megan Sullivan) - A rundown on how we learn, and...

🧶 ICYMI #21: September 17, 2021

September 17, 2021

Howdy y’all, Friday yet again! Here are a handful of things that came my way this week. I hope a couple catch your eye. ✏️ Writes When to manage focus in an...

🧶 ICYMI #20: September 10, 2021

September 10, 2021

Hey hey, Happy Friday, y’all. Still hotter than Hades outside, but I’m starting to get some autumn vibes. (Maybe wishful thinking). ✏️ Writes Element...

🧶 ICYMI #19: September 3, 2021

September 3, 2021

Well. It's Friday. It's sure been a hell of a week, and I am mad and tired. Short one today. ✏️ Writes How DNS works (DNS Simple) - A neat comic to explain...

🧶 ICYMI #18: August 27, 2021

August 27, 2021

Happy Friday, y’all — Here’s a smattering of things that came my way this week. ✏️ Writes DX Audits – A Framework for Developer Advocacy (Kurt Kemple) A...

🧶 ICYMI #17: August 20, 2021

August 20, 2021

Happy Friday, y’all — Here’s a few bits and bobs that came my way this week. ✏️ Writes Adding machine learning to your Jamstack site (Charlie Gerard) Client-...

🧶 ICYMI #16: August 13, 2021

August 13, 2021

Well… hello! 👋 This is the first newsletter I’ve sent since March 21, 2020. Given everything that’s happened in the interim, I thought restarting this thing...

🧶 ICYMI #15: March 21, 2020

March 21, 2020

Hi friends, Another weird week. And it'll be weird and scary and distant for a while to come. Last week I saw more people than ever on evening walks, which...

🧶 ICYMI #14: March 13, 2020

March 13, 2020

Hi there, Happy Friday 13th 😬. It's been wild lately, watching everything unfold with the coronavirus pandemic. I hope you're well, and taking precautions....

🧶 ICYMI #13: March 6, 2020

March 6, 2020

Howdy, Well, well... It's been a hot minute then, hm? In my most recent email last September, I wrote that August/September always seem to be very busy, and...

🧶 ICYMI #12: September 13, 2019

September 13, 2019

Howdy, Long time no see. For whatever reason, August / September always seem to be particularly busy months and times of great change for me. This year has...

🧶 ICYMI #11: August 30, 2019

August 30, 2019

Hi, friends, Last week I was at React Rally as the "Reactgate" events unfolded. If you don't have context for Reactgate, Business Insider just published an...

🧶 ICYMI #10: August 26, 2019

August 26, 2019

Hi, friends, Needless to say, I didn't send an update last Friday. There's been a lot happening in the React community, and I happened to be at React Rally...

🧶 ICYMI #9: August 17, 2019

August 17, 2019

Hi friends, Some weeks just aren't your best, and this was one of those weeks. It feels appropriate that it's a day late. This update will be a shorter one....

🧶 ICYMI #8: August 9, 2019

August 9, 2019

Hello hello! Hope your week was good to you. Here are some things that caught my eyes and ears this past week: ✏️ Writes An Intro to Screen Reader Testing...

🧶 ICYMI #7: August 2, 2019

August 2, 2019

Hello hello! Shorter this week. A handful of things I thought were great this week that you might have missed... ✏️ Writes Carie Fisher wrote "Getting to the...

🧶 ICYMI #6: July 26, 2019

July 26, 2019

Hello hello! Apparently, writing a newsletter is a really good way to make you super aware of how quickly time is passing 😶. ✏️ Writes Lindsey Kopacz wrote a...

🧶 ICYMI #5: July 19, 2019

July 19, 2019

Hello hello! When I was a kid my dad used to threaten me with "stop growing medicine". Doing these newsletters drive home how quickly time is passing. (Same,...

🧶 ICYMI #4: July 12, 2019

July 12, 2019

Hi, howdy, I had a particularly busy week, so this one is quite abbreviated. Between flying to California with my family to inter my grandfather and uncle,...

🧶 ICYMI #3: July 5, 2019

July 5, 2019

Hello hello! Hope y'all had a great week! Here are some things that caught my eye. ✏️ Writes Matt Ström wrote about the prioritization of "delight" in...

🧶 ICYMI #2: June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019

Hello hello! Hope y'all had a good week! Here are some things that caught my eye this week, in case you missed them! ✏️ Writes Several outlets wrote about...

🧶 ICYMI #1: June 21, 2019

June 21, 2019

Hello hello! I love keeping up with what people in the tech community write about, speak about, and accomplish. I've wanted to curate these things for a...