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Frederick O’Brien - Web Design Done Well: Excellent Editorial

A lot of web design talk concerns itself with what goes on around content. Page speed, design systems, search engine optimization, frameworks, accessibility — the list goes on and on. This gives us

Inspiration , User Experience , Content Strategy , Design

Frederick O’Brien - How Web Development Tools Are Helping Users Keep Pace With Rapid Change

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Velo who offer a full-stack development platform that empowers folks to rapidly build, manage and deploy professional web apps. Thank

Tools , Apps , E-Commerce , Business

Frederick O’Brien - Web Design Done Well: Perfectly Pointless

Amid the KPIs and e-commerce and seemingly endless analytics, there are still plenty of sites embracing frivolity. Doesn’t it take the edge off to just have a little fun? The web can feel like a ve

Inspiration , User Experience , Content Strategy , Design

Frederick O’Brien - Web Design Done Well: Delightful Data Visualization Examples

They say we are entering the Data Age. There’s certainly enough of the stuff about. Between analytics, public records, and the slow yet steady growth of the Semantic Web, millions of data points are

User Experience , Design , Data Visualization

Frederick O’Brien - What Leonardo Da Vinci Can Teach Us About Web Design

Exhaustive, sometimes bizarre notes… wireframes… mind-bending blends of art and science. Is it a GitHub repository? No, it’s the life of a Renaissance genius. With the right lessons, we can all writ

ux , Inspiration , Web Design , Design

Frederick O’Brien - Designing Web Design Documentation

As an occasionally competent software developer, I love good documentation. It explains not only how things work but why they work the way they do. At its best, documentation is much more than a gui

workflow , Best Practices , Web Design , Design Systems

Frederick O’Brien - How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Multimedia Writing

Prior to the World Wide Web, the act of writing remained consistent for centuries. Words were put on paper, and occasionally, people would read them. The tools might change — quills, printing presse

Inspiration , Content , MDX

Frederick O’Brien - The Timeless Power Of Spreadsheets

Part of me can’t believe I’m writing this article. Applying the insights of Leonardo da Vinci or Saul Bass to web design is more my groove, but sometimes you simply have to write about spreadsheets.

Tools , Research , Data Visualization

Frederick O’Brien - An Ode To Side Project Time

There seemed to be a hot minute when the tech industry understood the value of idle tinkering and made a point of providing ‘side project time’ as an explicit working perk. The concept endures — I’m

workflow , Inspiration , Career , Opinion Column

Frederick O’Brien - Svelte 5 And The Future Of Frameworks: A Chat With Rich Harris

Svelte occupies a curious space within the web development world. It’s been around in one form or another for eight years now, and despite being used by the likes of Apple, Spotify, IKEA, and the Ne

Techniques , Frameworks , Tools , coding

Frederick O’Brien - What Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance Can Teach Us About Web Design

I think we, as engineers and designers, have a lot to gain by stepping outside of our worlds. That’s why in previous pieces I’ve been drawn towards architecture, newspapers, and the occasional polym

Best Practices , Mental Health , Inspiration , Web Design

Frederick O’Brien - The Grayscale Problem

Last year, a study found that cars are steadily getting less colourful. In the US, around 80% of cars are now black, white, gray, or silver, up from 60% in 2004. This trend has been attributed to co

Colors , Opinion Column , Design