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This past month, Apple turned 50 years old.

As a web designer, having designed and built many websites, there are times where I have a design fully realized in my head that I would skip using a design tool and just start coding HTML and CSS to flesh out the design in the browser directly.

AI and large language models continue to improve.

Apple's WWDC event took place recently.

Websites have evolved over the years, but in the name of evolution, there seems to be mistaken thinking that the process of building a website needs to get more complex, using Javascript frameworks and modern backend systems; when at the end of the day, b…

In an attempt to keep files organized for a website to grow, there seems to be an obvious standard way to go.

This past year I’ve been working on taking Indie Aisle from concept to usable product.

The idea of Microformats is to tag content pieces in a semantic way to allow for search engines and browsers to easily read as data.

Apple recently held their yearly World Wide Developer Conference where they announce new features across their software platforms.

For mobile devices, there isn’t really a decision to be made on the main container for our content.

Generative AI buzz is at an all-time high, with new gadgets, and companies continuing to push AI into their products.

The use of space is a big part of any design.

Looking at most email code, you’ll find that it’s difficult to read at first glance.

Coding layout based on columns has always been a painful process using CSS.

There is now browser support across the board (for more recent versions), for both CSS nesting, and using variables.

Months back, my girlfriend, Nichole and I essentially decided to skip both Christmas, and birthday gifts for each other and pre-ordered a Vision Pro for us both to use.

Along with how social media platforms have a Follow option for being able to get your updates, there’s also a Following page that shows who you’re following.

We’re all familiar with the Follow button used on social media platforms.

Since ChatGPT launched, it felt like some kind of magic technology.

When presenting code on your site, like in an article like this one, you may want to break it apart into snippets to explain it.

A while ago, I decided to refactor my RSS feed code to using the newer Atom standard.

Things have changed in how people use social media services.

I used to tell people that if they have anything that they want to share with the world, the first thing they do is should get a website up.

In Getting Things Done by David Allen, the author begins the book by stating the problem we have with maintaining everything that is available to us. "...people have enhanced quality of life, but at the same time they are adding to their stress levels by…

I've had an Apple Watch for a couple of weeks now and my biggest take way so far: I don't feel the need to constantly pick up my phone to check the time or calls/text/notifications, only to find myself down a rabbit hole of checking in on everything else…

This past month I’ve been putting a lot of my attention on Blocks Edit on the sales process.

I’ve been spending the last six months or so writing content for my startup, Blocks Edit, fine tuning the website to clearly communicate what the product does, how it does it, and who it’s for, along with regularly writing blog posts to further promote the

This week is Phoenix Startup Week.

Recently, Adobe officially announced it is discontinuing support for its Flash browser plugin by 2020.

An app project I’ve been working on for almost a year and a half now has finally launched this week!

September is Apple month for me.

I started using Facebook to find “friends”, people I had met in the past and wanted to keep in touch with.

I lost all my Google Docs files unknowingly with a few simple steps When Google Docs was released years back, I was one of the first people to jump on board.

When I was a kid, the thing I wanted to be when I grew up was an employee at Microsoft.

To become a musician, you are taught to play music someone else made and improve your skill by continuing to find other music to copy.

Bret Victor did a talk recently called “The Future of Programming.”