The struggle of emoji on the web
I use emoji quite a lot on this site, which means I'm already aware of some of the more unusual browser/OS quirks. Don't ever use flag emoji (except pirate 🏴☠️) because Microsoft refuses to […]
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Why compliments break brains
I have long struggled with taking compliments in certain situations. Basically, the better I know someone, the more I consider them a friend, the harder it is to get a compliment from them. […]
Emoji before emoji
In other words, text speech or a variant on modern emoji speech. Cool/❄ […]
Digital garden seedlings
Whilst falling down the rabbit-hole of digital gardening I found some of Maggie's tweets incredibly insightful and useful, yet somehow totally missed her own digital garden (and her entire related […]
Lists with Hanging Indent and Custom Counters
Customising HTML lists often means sacrificing standard browser typesetting bonuses, like hanging indents. But with a little bit of modern CSS, you can get them back again, whilst still getting to use custom counters – like emoji 🚀
Accessible emoji tweaked
A neat little extrapolation of the normal a11y approach to emojis which adds tooltip behaviours using the aria-label attribute. Particularly useful for those emoji which aren't fully compatible with […]
Empathy Just Makes Sense [#12]
Let Emotion Be Your Guide is a wonderful article from Hana Schank and Jana Sedivy (published on A List Apart) which has taken me far too long to actually sit down and read. It's worth your […]
The Anxiety Problem
Chances are that if, like me, you are interested in web design (or just design work in general) you probably already know about A List Apart, the amazing blog that has been a source of industry […]