The Kickstarter for my book about keyboards is live!It all started here, in a way. I wrote about the Turkish typewriter in 2015, and people seemed to like it. I wrote about how typewriters…Feb 7, 2023522Feb 7, 2023522
Published inThe rectangle behind youThe making of Four LapsOn May 27, during an internal light talk session at Figma, I gave this remote Ignite 5-minute talk. Here’s how I did it.May 29, 20215591May 29, 20215591
Published inThe rectangle behind youThe rectangle behind you: The Ignite talk that changed room coloursA five-minute Ignite talk I gave at ORD Camp 2019 that interacted with the roomMay 29, 2021307May 29, 2021307
The ghosts of technology in today’s languageYesterday, on Twitter, I asked:Dec 31, 20181K5Dec 31, 20181K5
The rectangle behind you: Follow along and upI crave follow-ups. When I was little, I loved opening the encyclopedia to learn more about something I just heard — particularly when it…Nov 20, 2018395Nov 20, 2018395
The rectangle behind you: Choose your own (secret) adventureAs a grandson of someone who worked on the railways I might be predisposed to extreme punctuality, but as a speaker it’d my job to be…Nov 20, 2018232Nov 20, 2018232
Published inFigma DesignFigma’s new finger tipsHow Doug Engelbart’s famous demo inspired a designer’s lifelong obsession with keyboard shortcutsOct 10, 20181.6K4Oct 10, 20181.6K4
Shift Happens newsletter issue #10: A time machine behind the cypress treesThis is a newsletter for Shift happens, an upcoming book about keyboards.Oct 10, 201862Oct 10, 201862
Dark theme in a dayUsing a bunch of modern CSS to create a night mode for an appMay 15, 201823May 15, 201823
Notes after writing a long, participatory thread on Twitter(This is meant for the Twitter design team, but feel free to read and comment if you want)Feb 20, 20182Feb 20, 20182
Name badges, the unsung conference heroesThe name badge design can make or break your conference.Jan 30, 20184Jan 30, 20184
How I convinced my 1987 Canon Cat to talk to my 2017 MacBook ProCanon Cat is a wonderful machine that means a lot me. I recently managed to get it to talk to my modern MacBook Pro. It took some time to…Nov 21, 2017Nov 21, 2017
The stenographer whom nobody wantsA list of useful/undesired traits of a stenographer (typist) from a 1899 typing manual, Barnes’ complete typewriting instructor.May 17, 20172May 17, 20172
International keyboard layouts in 2017This is a list of all the international Apple Magic Keyboards I could find, from U.S. to Japanese.Mar 21, 201719Mar 21, 201719