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Writing
21 Mar 2023
Where did the DEIB initiatives go?
10 Dec 2022
Recent podcasts about Inclusive Design Communities
15 Nov 2022
A conversation about building inclusive spaces through everyday allyship with Indeed’s design team
09 Nov 2022
Clarity 2022: Virtual Emcee
02 Nov 2022
Good intentions in diversity and inclusion work
21 Oct 2022
Things I learned as an immigrant designer
08 Oct 2022
Button, the content design conference
01 Oct 2022
What it was like to write a book (part 2)
27 Sep 2022
What it was like to write a book (part 1)
07 Sep 2022
Inclusive Design Communities, a book I wrote
16 Aug 2022
Crash Course’s Black American History with Clint Smith
13 Aug 2022
TV shows that teach us more about American History
17 Jul 2022
Changelog v36.7.0
03 Jan 2021
Against all odds
01 Jan 2021
New year site tweaks
21 Jan 2020
iOS linking
19 Nov 2019
The Communal Cycle of Sharing, now on CSS-Tricks
20 May 2019
Notes from going down the rabbit hole: Esther Perel
02 Nov 2018
Shop Talk Show: How to think like a front-end developer
17 Sep 2018
Watching “No Passport Required”
16 Sep 2018
Introducing Developurrs
06 Sep 2018
Tentative Episode 56
20 Aug 2018
Jazz Vibes on Spotify
14 Mar 2018
Heart Talk: An evening of openness, vulnerability, love, and hope
26 Feb 2018
The Year of The Diversity Council
07 Feb 2018
Creating an Internal Diversity Council
05 Feb 2018
Global Diversity CFP Day — Austin edition
29 Jan 2018
No, You Go! A new must-listen podcast
11 Jan 2018
The new Austin Central Library
03 Jan 2018
Converting Gem-based themes on Jekyll
20 Dec 2017
Zaha Hadid’s buildings
10 Dec 2017
Conference notes from a roundtable about SendGrid’s values
15 Nov 2017
Quick performance boost on the site
09 Oct 2017
Dan Rather Lecture at UT
27 Aug 2017
Where to Donate for Harvey Relief
10 Aug 2017
How to be an Ally
07 Aug 2017
Creative Mornings Austin — Equality talk
06 Aug 2017
Notes from ACT-W
29 Jul 2017
Join Tech Ladies
18 Apr 2017
CODE: Next Steps in Debugging
05 Feb 2017
The hidden history of NASA’s black female scientists
14 Sep 2016
Tech Point: $100 million fund launched for code school diversity scholarships
10 Sep 2016
The Tech Opportunity Fund & The White House
09 Sep 2016
Announcing the Tech Opportunity Fund
09 Sep 2016
Tech Opportunity Fund Launched to Award $100 Million in Code School Diversity Scholarships
10 Dec 2015
You've got this!
07 Oct 2015
Choosing Nothing - Be Kind, Please Unwind
14 Aug 2015
Design, Dinner, and A Show
08 Jul 2015
Jobs at the Iron Yard
11 Jun 2015
Like Fruits to A Ripe Mango
15 May 2015
Grok in one photo
15 Apr 2015
The World Wide Vulnerability
03 Apr 2015
SassConf 2015
21 Mar 2015
The net awards nominations are now open
04 Mar 2015
Sketchnotes with Margot Bloomstein on NBSP
24 Feb 2015
NBSP returns live with Micah Godbolt
03 Feb 2015
Web Design at TIY Austin Week 1
01 Feb 2015
I saw and lettered the sign
26 Dec 2014
IBM’s Design Language
24 Dec 2014
Holiday Reading List
10 Dec 2014
Five Tips on How to be an Ally [video]
13 Sep 2014
The Write Mood
06 Sep 2014
National Geographic’s Deadly Beauty
19 Aug 2014
Joining The Iron Yard
12 Aug 2014
Monument Valley
04 Aug 2014
Speaking Up
22 Jul 2014
Systems In Design
05 Jul 2014
Case Crouwel on Dutch World Cup jerseys
04 Jul 2014
Wrote, spoke, and two months later
02 Jul 2014
OM(SV)Gs
27 Jun 2014
Shop Talk Show Episode № 121
18 Jun 2014
HTML/CSS Duck Hunt CodePen
09 Jun 2014
Like Knows Like - James Victore
27 May 2014
Ozark Country Blues
25 Apr 2014
Two Jolenes
21 Apr 2014
Advice on soft skills
20 Apr 2014
The Hard Truth about Soft Skills
16 Apr 2014
Read More
15 Apr 2014
Ellen Lupton on The Great Discontent
08 Apr 2014
Announcing the GoodStuff Network
06 Apr 2014
Mad Marchness
21 Feb 2014
Code Day Austin
11 Feb 2014
Daniel Mall, on getting the work you want.
24 Jan 2014
ConvergeSE speakers announced
13 Jan 2014
Lorne Michaels on if we’re in the right room
25 Nov 2013
Jack White on inspiration and work ethic
28 Sep 2013
Draplin / Field Notes in Austin
20 Sep 2013
Five Lessons from the RWD Classroom
18 Sep 2013
Students on Critiquing
09 Sep 2013
Converge Florida 2013
20 Jul 2013
In the Pursuit of Appiness
19 Jul 2013
5 Lessons from a RWD Classroom
22 Jun 2013
Web Leadership Day
18 Jun 2013
Huge podcasting news!
16 May 2013
ATX Web Show
24 Apr 2013
The East Wing
11 Mar 2013
Happy Cog Lecture at Texas State University
06 Jan 2013
Happy New Reads!
24 Nov 2012
A Day at 5by5!
08 Nov 2012
Paravel Lecture at Texas State University
03 Nov 2012
Design 1-Up, A Panel at Mass Comm Week
29 Oct 2012
Paravel Inc is coming to Texas State!
18 Oct 2012
Poster for Tomorrow Announcement
12 Oct 2012
PosterForTomorrow Results Announced
11 Oct 2012
Mass Communication Week 2012