I’m a designer who codes, and driven by a deep love of type, technology, and illustration.
I spent the first several years of my career working for magazines that include American Craft, Monkeybicycle, Paper Darts, and Yoga International. And I can't help but feel incorrigibly excited about storytelling on the web—
But I'm also just as passionate about design systems, accessibility, and performant web animation.
In 2019 I gave my first Javascript-focused lightning talk, at Javascript MN. Shortly afterwards a friend coaxed me into planning a much longer, hour-long talk at Mpls Jr Devs — again all about how to get a little bit weird with scroll-based animation. My slides for both talks are included below.
I love it when technical writing is personal and silly and more concerned with making others feel comfortable — and even hyped — rather than asserting the author as an authority.