Newslettered. — Ethan Marcotte
Eric wrote about his newsletter subscriptions, and asked some friends to do the same. Here’s my entry.| ethanmarcotte.com
Eric wrote about his newsletter subscriptions, and asked some friends to do the same. Here’s my entry.| ethanmarcotte.com
The first large-scale responsive website just launched, and I helped. Here’s how we did it.| ethanmarcotte.com
I added a links section to my website. Here’s how I made it, and why.| My journal — Ethan Marcotte’s website
Answering questions about my blogging setup, as requested!| hicks.design
The original “Responsive Web Design” article was published fifteen years ago. Time’s weird, man.| ethanmarcotte.com
I’ve upgraded my site’s social media preview images, using a combination of ImageMagick and Eleventy. Here’s entirely too many words about how I made it all happen.| ethanmarcotte.com
There’s an old organizing joke someone once told me: “Who’s in the union? You and I.”| Ethan Marcotte’s website
A peek into You Deserve a Tech Union’s new design, and the typefaces—and process—that made it happen.| ethanmarcotte.com
In 2023, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. And now? We’re back, and better than ever.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
Another year, another redesign. Might as well get to work.| ethanmarcotte.com
Answering the blog questions challenge.| Naz Hamid
I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happened—and what is happening.| ethanmarcotte.com
On a friend’s recommendation, I bought a Tom Bihn backpack for traveling. I really like it.| ethanmarcotte.com
Jon and Naz kindly tagged me into a blogging challenge! Namely, to answer a set of questions about how I blog, and why.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
No hate. No fear—well, a fair bit of fear. But I’m ready.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
I’ve put my first two books online for free.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
I just migrated this little website’s internals over to Eleventy. If I did my job right, you won’t notice the change.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
I’ve been a designer at 18F for one week now.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
Spotted a copy of You Deserve a Tech Union at my local library. It made my decade.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
My book was reviewed in Labor Notes. I’m still pinching myself.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
I’m excited to share a change in You Deserve a Tech Union’s pricing.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
Tech workers of Boston! Curious about unions? We’re having anothermeetup about it!| Ethan Marcotte’s website
You Deserve a Tech Union’s launch feels like it was just yesterday! What is time anymore| Ethan Marcotte’s website
Blurbs are starting to come in for You Deserve a Tech Union, along with several emotions.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
What we talk about when we talk about measuring a design system.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
I should probably check my email again.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
For now, I’ve got my feet under me. And I’m grateful.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
I’ve added “Reply via email” links to my RSS feed. Hope you find it useful.| Ethan Marcotte’s website
I just attended my first Labor Notes Conference. My head’s full, and my heart’s on fire.| ethanmarcotte.com
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED! Due to overwhelming interest, we have closed registration for the Labor Notes Conference. The waitlist is also full. If you are a panelist/presenter at the conference and have not been able to register, please email conference@labornotes.org. This will be the largest conference we've ever had, and we wish we had space for all the wonderful people who want to participate! Please stay in touch with us by joining our email list, and stay tuned for more events down the line!| Labor Notes
Here’s how I’m blocking “artificial intelligence” bots, crawlers, and scrapers.| ethanmarcotte.com
Nineteen thoughts about “generative artificial intelligence,” spanning a few centuries.| ethanmarcotte.com
A prominent investor got excited about collective bargaining. I did too! (But probably for different reasons.)| ethanmarcotte.com
Think beyond the desktop, and craft designs that respond to your users’ needs—no matter how large or small the display.| A Book Apart
What happens when workers take collective action, and in an anti-worker industry?| ethanmarcotte.com
I went to a conference last weekend, and it was wonderful. In fact, I’m still thinking about it—and about what can happen next.| ethanmarcotte.com
So! You Deserve a Tech Union’s been getting a little attention lately! Here’s a short roundup.| ethanmarcotte.com
My new book, You Deserve a Tech Union, is almost here. Here’s how you can help support it!| ethanmarcotte.com
I wrote this book for you, for me—for all of us. I hope you like it.| ethanmarcotte.com
Hey, this is neat: A Book Apart is available in bookstores, and around the world.| ethanmarcotte.com
What else happened this week? Well, I wrote my first op-ed; also, I got some mail.| ethanmarcotte.com
Life after Twitter remains, well, weird. Maybe this is better.| ethanmarcotte.com
A number of prominent web folks have been asking for “container queries.” I think they’re right to do so, and here’s why.| ethanmarcotte.com
On getting stuck, and what you worry about when you worry about writing.| ethanmarcotte.com
The WebAIM Million| webaim.org
Designers have coveted print for its precision layouts, lamenting the varying user contexts on the web that compromise their designs. Ethan Marcotte advocates we shift our design thinking to approp…| A List Apart
Various and sundry design tweaks! Writing bios is still terrible! Dark Mode 2: The Return of Dark Mode! It’s good to be back!| ethanmarcotte.com
Hello. It’s been a week. (A little more than, if I’m being honest.)| ethanmarcotte.com
The fine folks at A Book Apart asked me to participate in a little interview, as my little yellow book just turned ten years old!| ethanmarcotte.com
At long last, container queries might finally become reality! And responsive design just turned eleven! My goodness!| ethanmarcotte.com
I’ve launched four courses on design systems, available for free at Aquent Gymnasium! I hope you like them.| ethanmarcotte.com
“Why create a design system?” It’s a good question, if a hard one.| ethanmarcotte.com
Sara Soueidan asked how I typically spend my days. Here’s how I typically spend my days.| ethanmarcotte.com
Looking for a few bright spots in everyone’s worst year.| ethanmarcotte.com
A friend asked me to share a few favorite resources on design systems. I thought I’d share them with you, too.| ethanmarcotte.com
I spoke at two events yesterday. I drank a lot of coffee. I talked a lot about design systems. Good day.| ethanmarcotte.com
Here’s how I think about my speaking fee for remote events.| ethanmarcotte.com
She asked, “Are you looking forward to your birthday?”| ethanmarcotte.com
It’s often suggested that design systems would improve the way organizations work. I’ve been wondering about that.| ethanmarcotte.com
Individually, there’s little we can do; but collectively, there’s not much we can’t.| ethanmarcotte.com
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 helpful.| ethanmarcotte.com
In some ways, responsive design was an attempt to move past the idea of a “page.” How’s that worked out for us?| ethanmarcotte.com
The original “Responsive Web Design” article was published a decade ago! Here’s how it happened, and who helped make it happen.| ethanmarcotte.com
On JavaScript, frameworks, and how giving a damn doesn’t scale.| ethanmarcotte.com
It was long overdue, but I’ve added an accessibility statement to my website. Here are a few reasons why.| ethanmarcotte.com
Design systems haven’t solved the consistency problem—far from it. What can?| ethanmarcotte.com
When was the last time a design system empowered you to make a decision? (I’m honestly asking.)| ethanmarcotte.com
I liked Mozilla’s guide to student organizing and workplace ethics so much, I made a web page out of it.| ethanmarcotte.com
On objects and slices; on design systems and scale.| ethanmarcotte.com
A talk on automation, power, justice, and labor in the tech industry.| ethanmarcotte.com
I tried navigating some of Google’s featured AMP Stories in a screen reader. And then I wrote this.| ethanmarcotte.com
Thinking about web accessibility, and getting from here to there.| ethanmarcotte.com
I’ve been at Theorizing The Web for the last few days. I really liked it; I think you might, too.| ethanmarcotte.com
I read something depressing last Monday, and I can’t stop thinking about it.| ethanmarcotte.com
I just gave a talk at this year’s New Adventures conference. Here are some books, resources, and videos I cited in it.| ethanmarcotte.com
I’m writing a new talk. This is how I do it.| ethanmarcotte.com
I went to Demo Day for the latest Resilient Coders bootcamp. The students left an impression on me.| ethanmarcotte.com
I’ve attended a few community sessions at Resilient Coders. It’s a wonderful organization; maybe you’d like to support them, too.| ethanmarcotte.com
I’m working with the team at Vox Media on their design systems. I’m very excited.| ethanmarcotte.com
What would happen if the law required us to design fast websites?| ethanmarcotte.com
“The first level of reality is that nitty-gritty stuff, the direct action and immediate experience, the sort of thing I like to call vernacular reality.” — Ursula Franklin| ethanmarcotte.com
The more I work with CSS Grid, the more I’ve realized I’m a big fan of the fr unit. And it’s subtly changed how I think about grids.| ethanmarcotte.com
Usually, you’ll get rid of design patterns that don’t contribute much to your design system. But sometimes, you won’t.| ethanmarcotte.com
The benefit of creating a pattern library isn’t the patterns as such.| ethanmarcotte.com
I just flew in from Florida, where I’d spoken—and workshopped!—at the 2018 Front End Design Conference. And boy, are my arms tired/sunburnt.| ethanmarcotte.com
