Getting Ready for a Change, Not a Redesign

A person typing on an open laptop computer.

I’ve been planning to change this website’s appearance and theme for over two years.

But like other designers and developers, my client projects took priority.

And my own site fell down the list of things to get done.

Until August 2020, in the middle of the COVID pandemic, when I finally sat down to plan the changes I wanted to make on my site. Continue reading Getting Ready for a Change, Not a Redesign

Photo of the Week: Wilson’s Phalarope at Lake Erie Metropark

Brown and white shorebird with long black bill partially hidden in the tall, wet green grasses.

Along with dozens of other birders in southeast Michigan and beyond, I traveled to Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown Township, Michigan in late May to look for the slender Wilson’s Phalarope, a rare shorebird for Wayne County, Michigan.

Smaller and more slender than a Killdeer, the Wilson’s Phalarope has a needle-thin black bill, cinnamon colored neck, white breast, broad black strip on the gray back, with lanky black legs during breeding season. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Wilson’s Phalarope at Lake Erie Metropark

June 24, 2021: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about conducting user research for a global product, find a helpful guide for optimizing images, discover how to set up your CSS to be sustainable, and more. Continue reading June 24, 2021: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News