Which Aria Attributes Should I Use? Accessibility and Aria Tags for Common UI Patterns
In this post, I've attempted to track down and document best practices recommendations for creating accessible versions of various UI components: Choose a UI component to see accessibility and aria attribute recommendations: Hamburger Menus / Push Menus Accordions Dropdown Menus Hamburger Menus / Push Menus The "hamburger" menu, where an icon or button triggers a flyout or "push menu" from the...
Be More Than Just “The Dev”
As a group, developers have curated a deep-rooted, stymieing fear borne of our industry's highly competitive "culture of competency" and our laundry-list résumés: the fear of not understanding things. Specifically, the fear of others knowing we don’t understand — and it’s holding us back. Admitting that you don’t comprehend something and need to ask for an explanation seems to be, for many...
Keller's Law of Landing Pages
I have strong feelings about how landing pages should be a) designed and b) incorporated into the navigation flow of a website. I think they’re often implemented in a sub-optimal way, so I’ve written my thoughts here. The folks in the office who are subject to my ramblings have dubbed these “Keller’s Laws for Landing Pages.” I’ll summarize these laws concisely for those of you just browsing, but...
Finding Work-Life Balance After a Lifetime of Work
From the title of this post, you’re probably expecting something written by a boomer after finally turning in their work hat.
But I am actually 28 years old and have been (mostly) surviving on my own since I was 19. I was luckier than most. I knew how to leverage my experiences when I unceremoniously found myself dropping out of school after my mother decided she couldn’t/wouldn’t help me get...
Gen-Z Is Ready for College — Is Your College Ready for Them?
Millennials or “Gen Y” are commonly referred to as those born between 1986 and 1996, two decades during which technology flourished. The World Wide Web was created, you could call someone without being at your home, and DVDs changed the way we watched reruns of Seinfeld. Those who were born during these years grew up with on-demand service and unlimited streaming. Hundreds if not thousands of...
Creating a Simple Email Analytics Spreadsheet That Your Clients Will Love
The content of your emails communicates a story to your subscribers — and the behavior metrics of your subscribers communicates an important story back to you. Being able to track their open and click rates is one of the huge benefits of email marketing. In fact, put simply, if you’re not taking the time to stop and review your data , you may as well be sending a physical mailing. Luckily, nearly...
Strategy and Foresight: Finding Common Ground Between Chess and Design Systems
I was introduced to chess at a young age and have been a fan ever since. One of the best ways to learn chess when you're just getting started is to analyze the games of masters, to see how they approached a given situation. When doing so, you quickly learn that chess is a game of strategy, but that strategy rarely exists entirely within the present moment. Rather, the great players of chess have...
How Being Myself Landed My Dream Agency Job
“ The Community Manager is a facilitator of all operations, as well as a key developer of company culture. As an experienced Office Manager, they will ensure that the office is kept in order and running smoothly … this person is expected to have acute attention to detail and an ability to anticipate and address any potential issue arising with the office. ” From the moment I saw this ad post, I...
Solving UX Challenges for Hospitals and Health Systems
The public website ecosystem for large healthcare organizations often comes with uniquely complex challenges. Multiple physical locations in an organization’s network often leads to a scattered array of websites with separate databases, siloed content organization, different visual experiences for patients, and distinct brand identities. All of this confusion fights against the goals of a...
How to Choose a UI Color Palette
As a designer whose work spans advertising, illustration, user experience, and digital systems, I find that universal design principles generally hold true across mediums. Things like hierarchy, white space, and typography are applicable in more or less similar ways from printed page to screen interface. Color, though, is a trickier skill to translate. Not only does color play a critical role in...
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