The role of the senior design IC (individual contributor) is near and dear to my heart. In big part because ...more The post Senior IC Reading List first appeared on Val Head.| Val Head
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A few months ago I got the idea to revive my Dad’s old Minolta camera and try doing some film photography again. I wasn’t sure if film would still have an appeal for me after so many years of mirrorless cameras and fancy camera phones, but I got hooked pretty fast. Shooting film is such a different experience, and still very much enjoyable, maybe even more so as a contrast to the years of shooting digital. | Val Head
The iconic web conference, An Event Apart, has ended it’s 17-year long run. The AEA San Francisco event a few weeks ago was their last. | Val Head
A delightful experience will stand out in people’s minds. But not everyone finds the same things delightful.| Val Head
As someone who spends a lot of time talking about UX animation, I’ve been asked more times than I’d like to admit if a poorly designed feature can be fixed by adding some surprise and delight. Usually this question comes from a genuine place of wanting to improve the experience of the product. But reaching straight for surprise and delight isn’t the quick and easy solution that it might seem like at first. | Val Head
There’s more than one path to achieving surprise and delight in UX. You can take the subtle delight path, or the expressive path. Both options can create meaningful delight for your audience.| Val Head
In “definitely never expected this to happen” news: I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about designing for motion sensitivities and reduced motion capabilities of browsers. | Val Head
"Can you animate variable fonts with CSS?" I’ve gotten this question from a couple of newsletter readers, so I thought a blog post would be a good way to answer this question too. The answer is: Yes! And the key to animating them is the font-variation-settings property. | Val Head
A guide to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines on web animation.| Val Head