https://robinrendle.com/notes/be-kind-be-cool/
Be kind, be cool • Robin Rendle
A few notes on design principles.
kindcoolrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-details-element-is-amazing/
The details element is amazing • Robin Rendle
The fifth planet in the solar system.
detailselementamazingrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/email-is-the-magic-key/
Email is the Magic Key • Robin Rendle
It’s a lovely, wondrous, and utterly frustrating thing.
emailmagickeyrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/making-charts-with-css/
Making charts with CSS • Robin Rendle
Over on CSS-Tricks I take a look at a few interesting ways to make bar charts, sparklines and pie charts without resorting to a JavaScript framework.
makingchartscssrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/start-with-the-drama/
Start with the drama • Robin Rendle
The only writing tip worth paying attention to.
startdramarobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/elevator-test/
The Elevator Test • Robin Rendle
Baby thuds of progress.
elevatortestrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/everything-that-books-ought-to-be/
Everything that books ought to be • Robin Rendle
Hardcover books suck. There, I said it.
everythingbooksoughtrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/two-years-of-mass-driver/
Two Years of Mass-Driver • Robin Rendle
Rutherford Craze breaks down the last two years of his type foundry.
two yearsmassdriverrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/moving-is-not-failure/
Moving is not failure • Robin Rendle
Everything is in boxes now.
movingfailurerobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/likes/
RSS favorites • Robin Rendle
How to make a list of your favorites from Feedbin.
rssfavoritesrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/redesign-content-migration/
Redesign: Content Migration • Robin Rendle
content migrationredesignrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/browser-engineering/
browser.engineering • Robin Rendle
And a book about browsers.
browserengineeringrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/seraph/
Seraph • Robin Rendle
A variable font family from Bernd Volmer.
seraphrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/good-taste/
Good Taste • Robin Rendle
“Find your taste; everyone else will catch up eventually.”
good tasterobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/here-i-am-king/
Here, I am king • Robin Rendle
A shockingly beautiful thing by Jason Farago.
kingrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/tktktk/
TKTKTK • Robin Rendle
How to write like the wind.
robinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/parallax/
Parallax • Robin Rendle
A thousand galaxies, drifting by.
parallaxrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2023/in/
in.jpg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
jpgrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-annosphere/
The Annosphere • Robin Rendle
A sundial that works without the sun.
robinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/agile-as-trauma/
Agile as Trauma • Robin Rendle
Dorain Taylor on software development.
agiletraumarobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/newsletter/build-the-archive/
Build the Archive • Robin Rendle
Or go to the damn library.
buildarchiverobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/cool-gray-city-of-type/
Cool Gray City of Type • Robin Rendle
Okay so I have an idea for a book.
cool graycitytyperobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/style-queries-are-mind-boggling/
Style Queries are Mind Boggling • Robin Rendle
CSS is getting weird now.
mind bogglingstylequeriesrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/twelve-months/
Twelve months • Robin Rendle
This time last year I was a pup. I had never used Sass before, I didn’t know what the shell was and the DOM was a ghostly, nightmarish thing that infiltrated...
twelvemonthsrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/begin-again/
Begin Again • Robin Rendle
Eddie Glaude’s excellent book about James Baldwin and who we really are.
beginrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/how-not-to-be-a-jerk/
How Not To Be A Jerk • Robin Rendle
jerkrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2025/heyo/
heyo.jpg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
jpgrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/semicolon/
; • Robin Rendle
I was sent from hell to ruin their lives.
robinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/take-care-of-your-blog-/
Take Care of Your Blog • Robin Rendle
Everything is worthy of your blog.
take careblogrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/to-move-wihtout-latency/
To Move Without Latency • Robin Rendle
Performance is not a feature.
move withoutlatencyrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/humiliation/
Humiliation • Robin Rendle
humiliationrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/open-source-gardener/
How to be an open source gardener • Robin Rendle
And how to care for the community.
open sourcegardenerrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/mercure/
Mercure • Robin Rendle
A typeface designed by Charles Mazé.
mercurerobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-internet-got-shrinkwrapped/
The Internet Got Shrinkwrapped • Robin Rendle
“It’s over. The notion of having to do the heavy-lifting is gone. Everything is shrinkwrapped.”
internetgotrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/less-homework-more-fun/
Less homework! More fun! • Robin Rendle
And the art of writing a newsletter.
lesshomeworkfunrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/people-process/
People Process • Robin Rendle
Paul Robert Lloyd on improving the software building process.
people processrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/1940s-nyc/
1940s.nyc • Robin Rendle
A remarkable website.
nycrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/blute-gerust/
Blüte, Gerüst • Robin Rendle
‘I gave a fifty minute concert in two halves. They poured me a drink in the middle. Dunya asked how I found them. I said I just walked past. She smiled and...
robinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/rebellion/
That Feeling of Rebellion • Robin Rendle
And the inability to say yes.
feelingrebellionrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/week-notes-4/
Week Notes #4 • Robin Rendle
“Typography hits us on two different levels: by the look of it, telling us if this is something we may like or should be interested in, and by the necessity to...
week notesrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/if-it-doesnt-ship-then-it-doesnt-count/
If it doesn’t ship, then it doesn’t count • Robin Rendle
They have a job to do.
shipcountrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/a-rendezvous-of-secrets/
A rendezvous of secrets • Robin Rendle
Reading is designed to alleviate our curiosity. We all want to know what’s in our neighbors’ pockets, how they style their hair, how much time they spent on...
rendezvoussecretsrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-next-great-impasse/
The Next Great Impasse • Robin Rendle
The Next Great Impasse is always just as big and as terrifying as the last one.
next greatimpasserobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/with-teeth-of-metal-and-glass/
With teeth of metal and glass • Robin Rendle
My excitement for a holiday to NYC was of paramount importance then: as someone that comes from a rural area, would I enjoy it? Would I want to emigrate to New...
teethmetalglassrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/rain-roof/
rain-roof.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
rainroofwebprobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/drawing-words-and-writing-pictures-an-appreciation-of-maira-kalman/
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: An Appreciation of Maira Kalman • Robin Rendle
Go take a look at your bookshelf: most books are seas of text without pictures. When a book does have imagery, they are marooned onto their own page, or the...
drawingwordswritingpicturesappreciation
https://robinrendle.com/notes/how-not-to-write-a-book/
How Not to Write a Book • Robin Rendle
An experimental newsletter.
writebookrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/on-the-design-systems-between-us/
On the design systems between us • Robin Rendle
And avoiding the rabbit holes.
design systemsusrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/newsletter/maintenance-and-care/
Maintenance and Care • Robin Rendle
Endless potential kindness.
maintenancecarerobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/keeping-track/
Keeping Track • Robin Rendle
Spreadsheets and publishing.
keeping trackrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/gardens-not-graves/
Gardens, not graves • Robin Rendle
“...for years, we’ve neglected the disciplines of stewardship—the invisible and unglamorous work of collecting, restoring, safekeeping, and preservation. Maybe...
gardensgravesrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/stories/
Stories • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
storiesrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/trot/?ref=feedle.world
trot • Robin Rendle
This is the research. This is the work.
trotrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2025/hills/
hills.jpg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
hillsjpgrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/maps-and-spreadsheets/
Maps and Spreadsheets • Robin Rendle
And how to work on a design systems project.
mapsspreadsheetsrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/fraidycat/
fraidycat • Robin Rendle
Kicks Condor has made a new tool to read the web.
fraidycatrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/1-percent-better/
1% Better • Robin Rendle
And gathering momentum.
betterrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/i-website/
I, Website • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/cushion/
Cushion • Robin Rendle
For the last year I’ve been trying to get my freelance business off the ground and thanks to Cushion it’s been an awful lot less stressful and terrifying than...
cushionrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/in-defense-of-webfonts/
In Defense of Webfonts • Robin Rendle
A web font, just like any other visual stimulus, has work to accomplish and it has a value and a position in the designer’s toolkit which is one of the most...
defensewebfontsrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/prop-22/
Prop 22 • Robin Rendle
And why it’s devastating.
proprobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/some-unsolicited-newsletter-advice/
Some Unsolicited Newsletter Advice • Robin Rendle
Punctuation and grammar be damned.
unsolicitednewsletteradvicerobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/mighty-fine-content-that-i-am-consuming-online/
Mighty Fine Content that I am Consuming Online™ • Robin Rendle
I’ve been reading a lot of great things on the web lately and just wanted to quickly jot everything down as best I could. I hope you enjoy reading this lot as...
mighty finecontentconsumingrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/roadside-picnic/
Roadside Picnic • Robin Rendle
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s weird and wonderful novel.
roadsidepicnicrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/stab-a-book/
Stab a Book, the Book Won’t Die • Robin Rendle
And why our attention is precious.
stabbookdierobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/big-apple-blues/
Big Apple Blues • Robin Rendle
In the bowels of a giant machine.
big applebluesrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2023/highlands/
highlands.jpg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
highlandsjpgrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-past-is-not-dead-and-can-never-die/
The Past is Not Dead and Can Never Die • Robin Rendle
Clint Smith’s journey to Talbot County, Maryland.
never diepastdeadrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2025/plymouth-hoe/
plymouth-hoe.jpeg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
plymouthhoejpegrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/cut-the-intro/
Cut the Intro • Robin Rendle
We don’t need a manifesto.
cutintrorobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/leaving-facebook/
Leaving Facebook • Robin Rendle
“Facebook turns a necessary labor of love into a profitable business.”
leavingfacebookrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-great-bonfire-at-the-end-of-time/
The Great Bonfire at the End of Time • Robin Rendle
greatbonfireendtimerobin
https://robinrendle.com/notes/footer.design-/
footer.design • Robin Rendle
So many opportunities!
footerdesignrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/design-system/
Design, system. • Robin Rendle
And fighting for the middle ground.
design systemrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/redesign-measure-once/
Redesign: Measure Once • Robin Rendle
Let’s talk about the measure.
redesignmeasurerobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/delirious-in-london/
Delirious in London • Robin Rendle
deliriouslondonrobinrendle
https://www.rendlecompany.com/
The Rendle Company | Business Sense™ | Brad Rendle
Brad Rendle Systems thinking Leadership support
company businessrendlebrad
https://robinrendle.com/notes/green-to-me/
Green to Me • Robin Rendle
Helena Fitzgerald on the color green.
greenrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/how-i-created-175-fonts-using-rust/
How I Created 175 Fonts Using Rust • Robin Rendle
Chevy Ray on their work creating pixel fonts.
using rustcreatedfontsrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/jazz-musician-lettering/
Jazz Musician Lettering • Robin Rendle
Reagan Ray’s lettering work is lovely.
jazz musicianletteringrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/performance-monitoring/
Performance Monitoring • Robin Rendle
A new feature from Sentry.
performance monitoringrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/feedback/
Feedback • Robin Rendle
How do I become a great designer without becoming a giant asshole?
feedbackrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/inconsistencies-and-productivity/
Inconsistencies and productivity • Robin Rendle
Talking with Jules about design systems and how to incentivize good systems work across an organization.
inconsistenciesproductivityrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/deep-breaths-in-st-pauls-cathedral/
Deep breaths in St Paul’s cathedral • Robin Rendle
The weeks leading up to a speaking event my nerves will inevitably begin to shake; I bite my lip uncontrollably, my mood swings from ecstatic to horrified and...
deepbreathsstcathedralrobin
https://robinrendle.com/notes/all-i-want/
All I Want • Robin Rendle
wantrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/bub/
bub.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
bubwebprobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/on-writing/
On Writing • Robin Rendle
Stephen King is a jerk.
writingrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/albert-tronc/
albert-tronc.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
alberttroncwebprobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/autonomy/
Autonomy and Hong Kong • Robin Rendle
And the promise made.
hong kongautonomyrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2023/novel-g/
novel-g.jpg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
noveljpgrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/anxious-punk-rock-web-design/
Anxious punk rock web design • Robin Rendle
Eff the footer, and eff the clicks.
punk rockweb designanxiousrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/demisemihemidemisemiquaver/
Demisemihemidemisemiquaver • Robin Rendle
Words fail to do the sound justice.
robinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/read-books,-write-books.-that%E2%80%99s-the-deal./
Notes from a decade in publishing • Robin Rendle
“Read books, write books, repeat. That’s the deal.”
notesdecadepublishingrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/railing/
railing.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
railingwebprobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/okay-sue-me/
Okay, sue me! • Robin Rendle
Sentence by sentence.
okaysuerobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/everyone-in-the-world-is-just-an-email-away/
Everyone in the world is just an email away • Robin Rendle
And figuring out the web.
everyoneworldemailawayrobin
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-history-of-the-web/
The History of the Web • Robin Rendle
This little newsletter reminds me that the web is an exciting, wondrous, unfinished place.
historywebrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/novelist-as-a-vocation-/
Novelist as a Vocation • Robin Rendle
And letting time pass over your work.
novelistvocationrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/how-to-read-the-internet/
How to Read the Internet • Robin Rendle
A love letter to RSS the community and RSS the technology.
readinternetrobinrendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/signals/
Signals • Robin Rendle
And how I might help.
signalsrobinrendle