https://robinrendle.com/notes/seven-gigabytes/
Seven Gigabytes • Robin Rendle
“The ultimate zip file.”
seven gigabytesrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/packing-my-library/
Packing My Library • Robin Rendle
Alberto Manguel on loss.
packing my libraryrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-flight-from-portland-to-san-francisco/
The 2nd Trip to Portland • Robin Rendle
It’s just the right amount of time for you to admire the romance of flight and the wonder that is unaccosted flight through American airspace without coming to...
the 2nd trip to portlandrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/nesting-classes/
Nesting Classes in Sass • Robin Rendle
Nesting classes in Sass is maybe not such a great idea. There, I said it!
nesting classes in sassrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/on-beauty/
On Beauty • Robin Rendle
Zadie Smith’s book, to me, is all about England.
on beautyrobin rendle
https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/robin-rendle
Robin Rendle – Manu
Let's start from the basics: can you introduce yourself? I’m Robin, a writer and designer from San Francisco and I’ve been running robinrendle.com …
robin rendlemanu
https://robinrendle.com/notes/this-glorious-machine/
This Glorious Machine • Robin Rendle
this glorious machinerobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/design-vlogs/
Design Vlogs • Robin Rendle
An archive of everything I’m working on.
design vlogsrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/bernal/
bernal.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robin rendlebernalwebp
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2024/notorious/
notorious.jpg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robin rendlenotoriousjpg
https://robinrendle.com/the-cascade/012-design-systems-burnout/
Design Systems Burnout • Robin Rendle
And the work worthy of our care.
design systems burnoutrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/teeth/
teeth.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robin rendleteethwebp
https://robinrendle.com/notes/against-landlords/
Against Landlords • Robin Rendle
A grave injustice, a social violence, a threat.
against landlordsrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/care-for-the-text/
Care for the Text • Robin Rendle
How do you make a website great?
care for the textrobin rendle
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.
everything thatought torobin rendlebooks
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-smallest-css/
The Smallest CSS • Robin Rendle
And 15 lines of CSS.
the smallest cssrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/why-i-still-use-rss/
Why I still use RSS • Robin Rendle
RSS and the Sexy Mystery Distance.
why i still use rssrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/stories/a-visual-lexicon/
Robin Rendle › A Visual Lexicon
Robin Rendle is a designer from the UK and this is where he writes about publishing, networks and books.
a visual lexiconrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/letter-from-a-drowned-canyon/
Letter from a Drowned Canyon • Robin Rendle
Rebecca Solnit on the difference between conversationists and environmentalists.
letter from a drowned canyonrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-victorian-internet/
The Victorian Internet • Robin Rendle
How the telegraph changed the world.
the victorian internetrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/world-hey-com/
world@hey.com • Robin Rendle
Blogging as easy as email.
robin rendleworldhey
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/left/
left.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robin rendleleftwebp
https://robinrendle.com/notes/2d-websites/
2D Websites • Robin Rendle
Why are people worried about being weird on the Internet?
2d websitesrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/blogging-and-atrophy/
Blogging and Atrophy • Robin Rendle
How do I see my website? Well, it’s complicated.
blogging and atrophyrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/2021-08-11-redesign-everything-broke/
Redesign: Everything Broke • Robin Rendle
Astro was harder to work with than I first thought.
redesign everythingrobin rendlebroke
https://barnsworthburning.net/creators/recLDVAuLcFiP2eCn
Robin Rendle
Curated works by Robin Rendle.
robin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/hookshot/
Hookshot • Robin Rendle
robin rendlehookshot
https://robinrendle.com/notes/unlimited-sand-and-money-still-won%E2%80%99t-save-the-hamptons/
Unlimited Sand and Money Still Won’t Save the Hamptons • Robin Rendle
And empty mansions on the shore.
the hamptonsrobin rendleunlimitedsandmoney
https://robinrendle.com/notes/this-is-just-a-place/
This is just a place • Robin Rendle
And waiting for the sunrise.
this is just a placerobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/delirious-in-london/
Delirious in London • Robin Rendle
delirious in londonrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/practical-typography/
Practical typography • Robin Rendle
Finishing a book in this environment feels so much more of an accomplishment than wrapping up a physical book, although it made for interesting reading because...
practical typographyrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/just-link/
Just link! • Robin Rendle
A link for a newsletter.
robin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/advice-for-a-young-systems-designer/
Advice for a young systems designer • Robin Rendle
There are no heroes or parades for you in this line of work.
for arobin rendleadviceyoungsystems
https://robinrendle.com/stories/newsletters/
Robin Rendle › Newsletters
robin rendlenewsletters
https://robinrendle.com/notes/a-new-responsive-font-format-for-the-web/
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web • Robin Rendle
I think there’s huge potential for a new variable font format to become a key part of the designer’s tool belt. It would greatly improve the reading experience...
for the weba newrobin rendleresponsivefont
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-three-body-problem/
The Three Body Problem • Robin Rendle
Liu Cixin’s book all about contacting an alien civilization is outstanding and weird as all hell.
the three body problemrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/good-work-doesn%E2%80%99t-look-good/
Good work doesn’t look good • Robin Rendle
good workrobin rendlelook
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-sexism-of-css/
The Sexism of CSS • Robin Rendle
And how it haunts our industry.
the sexism of cssrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/design-is-not-about-solving-problems/
Design is not about solving problems • Robin Rendle
And seeing far too much of yourself in the work.
design issolving problemsrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/fragments/
Fragments • Robin Rendle
“Old-fashioned, unwanted, and ultimately obsolete.”
robin rendlefragments
https://robinrendle.com/notes/late-night-tinkering/
Late Night Tinkering • Robin Rendle
Also, duh, Eleventy is great.
late night tinkeringrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-inertia-of-bad-ideas/
The Inertia of Bad Ideas • Robin Rendle
And how to use that delete key.
the inertia of bad ideasrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/an-archipeligo-man/
An Archipelago Man • Robin Rendle
Mitt Romney isn’t blue or red.
an archipelago manrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/layers/
Layers • Robin Rendle
Layers of complimentary vibrations!
robin rendlelayers
https://robinrendle.com/notes/inheritance/
Inheritance • Robin Rendle
Donny Trương asks about the future of his website.
robin rendleinheritance
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-great-unbundling/
The Great Unbundling • Robin Rendle
Somehow I’ve found myself in a room bustling with all the languages of Europe—they’re mixing out in the dusty air around me; Dutch and German, Greek and...
the great unbundlingrobin rendle
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.
the pastnot deadrobin rendlenever
https://robinrendle.com/notes/why-does-this-design-crit-hurt/
Why does this design crit hurt? • Robin Rendle
And why do I always have to be the hero?
this designrobin rendlecrithurt
https://robinrendle.com/notes/where-the-gaps-are/
Where the gaps are • Robin Rendle
Take care of your portfolio and it’ll take care of you.
where the gaps arerobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-crane-wife/
The Crane Wife • Robin Rendle
If you want to save a species…
the crane wiferobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/hire-html-people/
Hire HTML and CSS people • Robin Rendle
Every problem is a front-end development problem.
hire html and css peoplerobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/monitor-404s-with-sentry/
Monitor 404s with Sentry • Robin Rendle
And how to set up an alert to shout at you.
monitor 404s with sentryrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/browser-engineering/
browser.engineering • Robin Rendle
And a book about browsers.
robin rendlebrowserengineering
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/sienne/
sienne.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robin rendlesiennewebp
https://robinrendle.com/notes/hyperbolic-time-chamber-v3/
Hyperbolic Time Chamber v.3 • Robin Rendle
robin rendlehyperbolictimechamberv
https://robinrendle.com/notes/fonts-in-focus-louche/
Fonts in Focus: Louche • Robin Rendle
An upright italic? Huh, okay. Sure.
in focusrobin rendlefontslouche
https://robinrendle.com/notes/typeface-3/
Typeface 3 • Robin Rendle
And the best new way to manage your fonts.
robin rendletypeface
https://robinrendle.com/notes/and-introducing-the-kickstarter/
And Introducing: The Kickstarter • Robin Rendle
Jez just announced his Kickstarter campaign for his new book called And Introducing.
and introducingthe kickstarterrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/frameworkism/
Frameworkism • Robin Rendle
Technologies come and go.
robin rendleframeworkism
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2023/bread/
bread.jpg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robin rendlebreadjpg
https://robinrendle.com/notes/to-hell-to-hell/
To hell, to hell... • Robin Rendle
Boris Strugatsky’s afterword to his perfect sci-fi novel.
to hellrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-dnc/
The DNC • Robin Rendle
There is far too much work to do.
the dncrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/switchin-to-firefox/
Switchin’ to Firefox • Robin Rendle
Fighting against a Chromium-only world.
robin rendlefirefox
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2026/mushroom/
mushroom.jpeg • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robin rendlemushroomjpeg
https://robinrendle.com/photos/2022/spikey/
spikey.webp • Robin Rendle
Designer, writer, developer.
robin rendlespikeywebp
https://robinrendle.com/notes/demisemihemidemisemiquaver/
Demisemihemidemisemiquaver • Robin Rendle
Words fail to do the sound justice.
robin rendledemisemihemidemisemiquaver
https://robinrendle.com/notes/areas-of-concern/
Areas of Concern • Robin Rendle
Eric Meyer on what makes a good front-end developer.
areas of concernrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/no-ones-ready-for-this/
No one’s ready for this • Robin Rendle
Sarah Jeong on image generation.
ready forrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/consensus-in-design-systems/
Consensus in design systems • Robin Rendle
And learning how difficult this job truly is.
consensus in design systemsrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/design-is-politics/
Design is Politics • Robin Rendle
Chaos might be a ladder, but design sure ain’t.
design is politicsrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/imposter/
Imposter syndrome • Robin Rendle
And why maybe you haven’t experienced it either.
imposter syndromerobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-making/
What we talk about when we talk about what we talk about when we talk about making • Robin Rendle
“The boundaries can be drawn wider or narrower, and with more or less care. But the starting points of those boundaries are necessarily accidents of history,...
what we talk aboutrobin rendlemaking
https://robinrendle.com/notes/nichrome/
Nichrome • Robin Rendle
A display face by Mass-Driver.
robin rendlenichrome
https://robinrendle.com/notes/design-systems-at-gusto/
Design Systems at Gusto • Robin Rendle
Whether you’re just starting out building a complicated front-end, or if you’re getting ready to build a style guide at a large organization then hopefully you...
design systems at gustorobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/how-to-be-hopeless/
How To Be Hopeless • Robin Rendle
“The only means of fighting a plague is common decency.”
how to be hopelessrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere/
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère • Robin Rendle
“Art does not progress by improving what came before…”
at therobin rendlebarfolies
https://robinrendle.com/notes/tilt/
Tilt • Robin Rendle
A curious type family by Andy Clymer.
robin rendletilt
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-brink/
The Brink • Robin Rendle
Read for joy and joy alone.
the brinkrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/an-end-to-typographic-widows-on-the-web/
An end to typographic widows on the web • Robin Rendle
Coming to a CSS near you.
on the webrobin rendletypographicwidows
https://robinrendle.com/notes/inside-paragraphs/
Inside Paragraphs • Robin Rendle
“Gutenberg considered the counter space, letter space, and line space. Every paragraph, whether written or printed, has these white spaces in it. But they...
inside paragraphsrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/labour-of-love/
labour of love • Robin Rendle
Work worthy of obsession.
labour of loverobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/newsletter/note-on-job-hunting/
Notes on Job Hunting • Robin Rendle
...it’s going to absolutely suck and there’s nothing you can do about it.
notes on job huntingrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/stories/the-other-interface/
The Other Interface • Robin Rendle
Directories, files, and partials.
the other interfacerobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/framer-cms/
Framer CMS • Robin Rendle
Who the what the when the wah?
framer cmsrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-tale-of-the-third-finger-scan/
The Tale of the Third Finger Scan • Robin Rendle
A racist, colossal bureaucracy designed just for me.
the talefinger scanrobin rendlethird
https://robinrendle.com/notes/every-webpage-deserves-to-be-a-place/
Every webpage deserves to be a place • Robin Rendle
Matt Webb’s cursor party.
to be a placerobin rendleeverywebpagedeserves
https://robinrendle.com/notes/good-is-better-than-perfect/
Good is better than perfect • Robin Rendle
Especially when it comes to blogs.
good is better than perfectrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/a-website-is-an-essay/
A website is an essay • Robin Rendle
And how to fight the modern web.
a website is an essayrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/safety-and-stability/
Safety and stability • Robin Rendle
When the world feels so unstable I find solace in the work.
safety and stabilityrobin rendle
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.
the next great impasserobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/less-homework-more-fun/
Less homework! More fun! • Robin Rendle
And the art of writing a newsletter.
more funrobin rendlelesshomework
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-black-triangle/
The Black Triangle • Robin Rendle
And how to build things the right way.
the black trianglerobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/nobody-owns-product/
Nobody really owns product work • Robin Rendle
When you work on a big product, people are going to continuously replace your work.
robin rendlenobodyreallyownsproduct
https://robinrendle.com/notes/week-notes-11/
Week notes #11 • Robin Rendle
mix-blend-mode, working with the team at Kind and a new 4K screen
week notesrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/2024-in-music/
2024 in music • Robin Rendle
in musicrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/invisible-cities/
Invisible Cities • Robin Rendle
And how to see the inferno.
invisible citiesrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/take-your-broken-heart/
Take your broken heart and blog • Robin Rendle
broken heartrobin rendletakeblog
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-right-number/
The Right Number • Robin Rendle
Lucy Bellwood’s hotline.
the right numberrobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/strawberries-and-cheese/
Strawberries and Cheese • Robin Rendle
The scene opens onto a gloriously dark and grimy café where my father and I have taken refuge from the storm that hovers above; clouds snap and crackle, a gale...
strawberries and cheeserobin rendle
https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-great-bonfire-at-the-end-of-time/
The Great Bonfire at the End of Time • Robin Rendle
end of timethe greatrobin rendlebonfire