tylersticka’s Twitter Archive

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1. Taking a break for the same reasons as everyone else. I’m on #Mastodon: mastodon.social/@tylersticka And my personal site has RSS and JSON feeds: tylersticka.com/ Hope to see you there!
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Nov 8 Mood +2 🙂
2. Honest question for young people who interpret 👍 and ❤️ emoji as passive-aggressive: Do you avoid using those same symbols in interfaces (social/messaging app reactions, for example) where they’re a built-in option?
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Oct 13 Mood +3 🙂
3. It’s hard to believe, but @CloudFour turned fifteen years old this week! 🎂 Our co-founder @aileen_jeffries shared this fun look back at our history (I helped make the timeline) cloudfour.com/thinks/cloud-four-turns-fifteen/
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Oct 13 Mood +7 🙂
4. Web designers: “Let’s deprecate that orange button style, it doesn’t meet WCAG contrast requirements.” Print designers: “White text on light gray, let’s gooooo”
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Oct 12 Mood -1 🙁
5. He grew up too fast, what happened

   
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Sep 27 Mood 0
6. It always surprises me when I see “design systems” that exist only in design files or only in front-end component libraries. It probably shouldn’t: It’s way faster to start something in a silo. But seeing design choices transcend disciplines is kind of my favorite part?
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Sep 20 Mood +4 🙂
7. I stopped designing for specific device widths about a decade ago thanks to talks and articles from @LukeW and @grigs. Maybe Apple’s iPhone 14 resolutions will inspire similar change? polypane.app/blog/thanks-i-phone-14-designing-for-device-sizes-is-dead/
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Sep 19 Mood +3 🙂
8. It’s been five years since I started using CSS Grid and I still confuse auto-fit and auto-fill 100% of the time.
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Sep 14 Mood -2 🙁
9. I had a lot of fun making the illustrations for @spaceninja’s latest @CloudFour article using CSS and 3D transforms 👀 cloudfour.com/thinks/the-power-of-css-blend-modes/
   Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Sep 13 Mood +4 🙂
10. Shipped some important design and dev updates to the @CloudFour site today! 🚀 cloudfour.com/thinks/2022-update/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Aug 3 Mood +4 🙂
11. Today I learned that svg { overflow: visible } is a thing. Yowza! 🤯 (Oh yeah, the blog post is good, too) @zachleat/1553141790894596097
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Aug 1 Mood +4 🙂
12. I’ve written more than 60 articles for @CloudFour since 2013, but I’ve probably designed even more article feature images in that time. I thought it might be fun to share my five favorites (so far) in chronological order.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 28 Mood +7 🙂
13. I recently reorganized my comic books, here’s me nerding out about that: tylersticka.com/journal/organizing-comics/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 25 Mood +1 🙂
14. Made a “rubber button” for fun this morning in @CodePen using only HTML, CSS and SVG (no JavaScript). Works in Chrome, Edge and Firefox. codepen.io/tylersticka/pen/MWVbdzo?editors=1100
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 15 Mood +3 🙂
15. I don’t have any compelling web design thoughts to share today, so here’s a photo of the puppy we adopted a few months ago. His name is Buster and he is a very good boy.

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 14 Mood +4 🙂
16. A few random CSS features with much better support than I would have assumed: • :is() pseudo class • Math functions (min, max, clamp) • gap property for Flexbox • system-ui font keyword • :focus-visible pseudo class • contain property
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 12 Mood +4 🙂
17. Mixed feelings about @brad_frost’s latest article. On the plus side, it’s a very thoughtful unpacking of what “themeable” means for design systems. On the minus side, I now have to rewrite my article draft on the same topic. Thanks a lot, Brad! 🤣 bradfrost.com/blog/post/the-many-faces-of-themeable-design-systems/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 11 Mood +4 🙂
18. It’s been more than nine years since I published a big ol’ spreadsheet of recurring patterns across a bunch of frameworks: cloudfour.com/thinks/common-patterns/ I’ve long since abandoned that resource, but it’s fun to see more modern versions… (1/4)
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 8 Mood +3 🙂
19. Accessible design benefits everyone. Here’s a great data vis example from @KentTheHuth and @syntagmatic: The end result is accessible, sure, but it’s also so much more unique and visually interesting! smashingmagazine.com/2022/07/accessibility-first-approach-chart-visual-design/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 7 Mood +9 🙂
20. If you use CSS or collaborate with someone who does, you should be really excited about the :has(…) selector. @jimniels breaks down why it’s so cool: blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/unlocked-possibilities-of-has-selector/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 6 Mood +4 🙂
21. There are a zillion color libraries out there because it takes a lot of blood, sweat and math to get right. The work @LeaVerou and @svgeesus have done here is remarkable. If I’m inspired to update @Colorpeek someday, it’ll almost certainly use Color.js. @LeaVerou/1542108424846163968
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 5 Mood +4 🙂
22. I love when @TerribleMia pokes at web design strangeness I just take for granted. Here’s a fun example: Where did 8-pixel body margins even come from? miriamsuzanne.com/2022/07/04/body-margin-8px/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jul 5 Mood +8 🙂
23. I hurt my neck nodding along as I read @davatron5000's post about demos/prototypes. (This is why I learned to code.) daverupert.com/2022/06/demo-to-demo-loop/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Jun 22 Mood -2 🙁
24. So much of our understanding of the web’s capabilities gets filtered through our design tools, our dev stacks, and the (often poor) experiences we use day to day. Today on @CloudFour, I wrote about how satisfying it can be to defy those expectations… ✍ cloudfour.com/thinks/you-can-have-it-all/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 May 18 Mood +4 🙂
25. I’m so proud of the work @_calebeby has put into Pleasantest (and Danielle Romo’s adorable logo design), and now it has a lovely and informative landing page thanks to @vulpixies and @HaulPebert. Dig those funky offset button and numeral borders! 😍 @CloudFour/1526589796918784005
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 May 17 Mood +15 🙂
26. Mon article “Une taille de police enfantine” est maintenant disponible en Français! Merci @pierrechoffe la-cascade.io/articles/une-taille-de-police-enfantine
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Apr 29 Mood 0
27. I miss Pownce.
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Apr 25 Mood -2 🙁
28. I can’t help it: If I hear the same feedback across multiple unique projects, I have to unpack it in an article. Today’s example: Are larger font sizes “childish?” cloudfour.com/thinks/childish-font-sizes/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Apr 11 Mood +2 🙂
29. I wrote about the primary navigation pattern I keep designing over and over while daydreaming about some alternatives ✍️💭 cloudfour.com/thinks/every-nav-i-design-looks-the-same/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2022 Mar 24 Mood 0
30. Wrapping up this year’s Inktober with arguably the most misunderstood classic movie monster⁣ #inktober #inktober2021

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 31 Mood -2 🙁
31. He slimed me.⁣ #inktober #inktober2021

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 30 Mood 0
32. “Mario…?”⁣ #inktober #inktober2021

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 29 Mood 0
33. This one’s for my fellow classic comic strip fans⁣ #inktober #inktober2021 #krazykat

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 28 Mood +1 🙂
34. Today on @CloudFour, I finally stop dodging the question: Which SVG technique performs best for way too many icons? cloudfour.com/thinks/svg-icon-stress-test/
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 28 Mood 0
35. Kasa-obake, an umbrella yōkai in Japanese folklore 🌂 #inktober #inktober2021 ⁣

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 27 Mood +1 🙂
36. I just spent five minutes searching for a crow or raven emoji that doesn’t exist (but totally should)⁣ #inktober #inktober2021

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 26 Mood 0
37. 🐈‍⬛#inktober #inktober2021

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 25 Mood 0
38. Sketch of the protagonist from a cyberpunk webcomic called “Future Tale” I made two chapters of in the early 2000s. Would you believe I was kinda obsessed with The Matrix at the time?? 😅 #inktober #inktober2021

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 24 Mood +2 🙂
39. Speedy collector #inktober #inktober2021

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 23 Mood 0
40. I forget what stage of the hero’s journey this is… 🤔 #inktober #inktober2021

    
    Permalink On twitter.com 2021 Oct 22 Mood -1 🙁