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Saying good-bye to our littlest kitty, Rorschach.

“Artificial intelligence” is a failed technology. It’s time we described it that way.

I just gave a talk at this year’s New Adventures conference. Here are some books, resources, and videos I cited in it.

Design is not neutral.

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Lately, I’ve been reflecting on some of the language I use to talk about accessibility. It might be language you use, too.

May 3, 2024 - Clinique familiale à Vaudreuil-Dorion depuis 1980. Tous vos services de dentisterie sous le même toit dans une ambiance chaleureuse, conviviale et humaine.

Apr 17, 2024 - Une couronne peut être utilisée pour restaurer la forme, l’apparence et la fonction des dents abîmées.

Here’s to new work, and to a little more clarity amid the chaos.

Marcotte est un vin rouge biologique

At long last, container queries might finally become reality! And responsive design just turned eleven! My goodness!

I’ve put my first two books online for free.

How the data gets made, and by whom.

I’ve cofounded a startup with some dear friends. It’s called Editorially. I’d like to tell you a little about it.

I have a new article on A List Apart. It’s about creating complex grid-based layouts that are fluid. I hope you like it.

The web isn’t a platform. When we design and build for it, we should remember that.

The value of a pattern library is tied directly to how much—and how easily—it is used.

For me, the real value of a device lab isn’t in testing. A device lab is a design tool.

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Justin Avery kindly invited me to do an interview for his wonderful Responsive Web Design newsletter. So you know I had to oblige.

This was the vehicle; these were the people.

Many criticisms of responsive design are based on faulty logic. Let’s look at a few fallacies.

Donna Marcotte and her team continue to provide the best service and experience to their real estate clients as they begin the next chapter in their lives.

For what comes next, whatever it is.

What makes a responsive design “responsive,” anyway?

I’ve attended a few community sessions at Resilient Coders. It’s a wonderful organization; maybe you’d like to support them, too.

Apr 17, 2024 - En plus de chercher les signes et symptômes de caries comme des taches brunes ou noires, votre dentiste vérifie aussi l’état de vos obturations.

Life after Twitter remains, well, weird. Maybe this is better.

Here’s how I think about my speaking fee for remote events.

Thinking about web accessibility, and getting from here to there.

Karen McGrane and I have teamed up to offer in-house workshops on—you guessed it!—responsive design. Hire us!

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Blurbs are starting to come in for You Deserve a Tech Union, along with several emotions.

Apr 17, 2024 - Un diastème est un espace entre deux dents adjacentes. Cet espace vous dérange? Plusieurs options s’offrent à vous pour y remédier.

The original “Responsive Web Design” article was published a decade ago! Here’s how it happened, and who helped make it happen.

Last year, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. This is about what happens next.

On occasion, people starting a career in web design ask me for advice. Here’s what I currently say to them.

I was asked to write an introduction for Mat Marquis’ new book on images and performance, which I loved. (I think you’ll love it too.)

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Tech workers, it’s time we unionize.

Here’s a quote on inclusive design I quite liked. (Maybe you’ll like it, too.)

Karen and Jeff and I have launched a little strategic consultancy. We’re calling it Autogram, and I’d like to tell you why.

A former teacher and his former student, and a house to paint.

A talk on automation, power, justice, and labor in the tech industry.

What we talk about when we talk about measuring a design system.

The sun was hot, the smiles were wide.

I come not to praise 2018, but to bury it.

It’s time for us to organize our workplaces, my loves.

Hi, I’m Ethan. I’m a web designer who helps companies make beautiful sites and services that work everywhere.

Dec 10, 2025 - La parodontite sévère est habituellement traitée par des interventions chirurgicales visant à réduire l’accumulation de bactéries autour des dents.

I’ve moved on from working at Happy Cog, and I’ve started up my own design practice again.

Stumbled across a little layout technique while working on my latest redesign. I think it’s helpful; maybe you’ll think so, too.

Writin’ up—for you, but also for me—a few book events from last week.

We’ve been trying something new on our little responsive design podcast. I’ve enjoyed the experiment; maybe you will, too.

Some things I’ve written.

When a dollar becomes ten.

I’m working with the team at Vox Media on their design systems. I’m very excited.

Along with Karen McGrane, I’m getting into that “pod-casting” game! (Guess what it’s about.)

A minor semantic quibble.

One of my favorite features in Apple’s Keynote is “Magic Move.” I bet it might be yours, too.

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A friend asked me to share a few favorite resources on design systems. I thought I’d share them with you, too.

On getting stuck, and what you worry about when you worry about writing.

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There's a resurgent labor movement in the tech industry. Tech workers-designers, engineers, writers, and many others-have learned that when they stand...

Hello. It’s been a week. (A little more than, if I’m being honest.)

I’ve been a designer at 18F for one week now.

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The first large-scale responsive website just launched, and I helped. Here’s how we did it.

I added a links section to my website. Here’s how I made it, and why.

A prominent investor got excited about collective bargaining. I did too! (But probably for different reasons.)

I wrote this book for you, for me—for all of us. I hope you like it.

Spotted a copy of You Deserve a Tech Union at my local library. It made my decade.

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Welcome to my new website.

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Waking up, half-dreaming, before the sun’s up.

I’ve been at Theorizing The Web for the last few days. I really liked it; I think you might, too.

I liked Mozilla’s guide to student organizing and workplace ethics so much, I made a web page out of it.

Ethan Marcotte was the first to introduce the term “responsive web design” as he searched for ways to move away from static presentations toward sites that...

The benefit of creating a pattern library isn’t the patterns as such.

Here are some things I’ve enjoyed lately.

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I read something depressing last Monday, and I can’t stop thinking about it.

On Friday's CNN Newsroom, Kyra Phillips boosted the latest musing of feminist blogger Amanda Marcotte, who deplored Pope Francis's recent advice to married...

A few thoughts on the task, and the tool.

What happens when workers take collective action, and in an anti-worker industry?

Google’s Accelerated Mobile Project (AMP) has announced it’s moving to a more open governance model, which is great. I still have some questions.

Jan 23, 2024

A few notes on farewells, and on coming home.

I’m pausing my email newsletter for a bit. More importantly, here are some organizations doing necessary work right now, and some resources I’ve found...