The Kickstarter for my book about keyboards is live!It all started here, in a way. I wrote about the Turkish typewriter in 2015, and people seemed to like it. I wrote about how typewriters…Feb 7, 20232Feb 7, 20232
Published inThe rectangle behind youThe making of Four LapsOn May 27, during an internal light talk session at Figma, I gave this remote Ignite 5-minute talk. Here’s how I did it.May 29, 20211May 29, 20211
Published inThe rectangle behind youThe rectangle behind you: The Ignite talk that changed room coloursA five-minute Ignite talk I gave at ORD Camp 2019 that interacted with the roomMay 29, 2021May 29, 2021
The ghosts of technology in today’s languageYesterday, on Twitter, I asked:Dec 31, 20185Dec 31, 20185
The rectangle behind you: Follow along and upI crave follow-ups. When I was little, I loved opening the encyclopedia to learn more about something I just heard — particularly when it…Nov 20, 2018Nov 20, 2018
The rectangle behind you: Choose your own (secret) adventureAs a grandson of someone who worked on the railways I might be predisposed to extreme punctuality, but as a speaker it’d my job to be…Nov 20, 2018Nov 20, 2018
Published inFigma DesignFigma’s new finger tipsHow Doug Engelbart’s famous demo inspired a designer’s lifelong obsession with keyboard shortcutsOct 10, 20184Oct 10, 20184
Shift Happens newsletter issue #10: A time machine behind the cypress treesThis is a newsletter for Shift happens, an upcoming book about keyboards.Oct 10, 2018Oct 10, 2018