January 3, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about the challenges of design systems, find out how to create a more inclusive workspace, take a closer look at CSS Grid containers, and more. Continue reading January 3, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

Slow Down Your Day with BirdNote Radio

A couple hundred large brown cranes in flight over a harvested cornfield, gray skies in the background.

Imagine the sound of Sandhill Cranes, a group of dozens of the large gray birds, flying overhead in the sky during their migration.

I’ve heard that trilling sound hundreds of times when I’m birding on the back dirt roads of Michigan.

Long before I can spot the birds.

That sound, and many like it, is why I take two minutes during my day to slow down and listen to a BirdNote radio show. Continue reading Slow Down Your Day with BirdNote Radio

Photo of the Week: Holiday Hike at Kensington Metropark

sunset over the trees, see from the Nature Center trail overlooking Kent Lake.

One of our family holiday traditions is hiking the trails at Kensington Metropark Nature Center, near Milford in southeast Michigan. In the past, when our son was younger and in grade school, we would hike on New Year’s Day. Not a day when many people are out at the metroparks; we often had the trails… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Holiday Hike at Kensington Metropark