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waiting for spring
Side Projects
Redesigned my personal website (which I hadn’t touched in 5+ years) from the ground up, to make it responsive and more accessible and to have some fun with CSS Grid. Yes, I built it all in HTML/CSS ✨
Writing
It was 2006 and I had just turned 20 when I wrote the proverbial “Hello World” post in what ended up becoming my semi-obscure, semi-famous music blog “art-star”...
A few thoughts on maintenance tasks, and how AI is taking our downtime away from us.
In 2021, I gifted a design systems book I had been reading (“Laying the foundations” by Andrew Couldwell) to a friend; a few months later, she suggested starting a mini book club so that she’d have some accountability to finish reading the book. I took her up on the offer and so shortly after, our design systems book club was born. Here are a couple of things I learned from running my very first remote book club with my friend Sara!
Work Experience
Improving the user experience of our clients’ internal tools; creating and maintaining the company’s design system, and helping define our company’s visual language.
Volunteering
Design coach for Prototype Fund grant fellows through the Superbloom / Simply Secure coaching program.
Exhibitions
Twenty-two songs in photographs.
Awards
In recognition of outstanding dedication, support, and commitment to the Ruby community.