Published inBootcamp·Dec 19, 2022How to Fake Sound in UIA guide to designing and building a sound visualizer for your app with React — If you use Spotify, Apple Music, or virtually any other music app, you’ve probably seen their little sound visualizer alongside the track that is playing. This brings a sense of liveliness and delight to your music-listening experience and generally levels up the product feel while providing the utility of affordance.React6 min readReact6 min read
Published inBootcamp·Dec 5, 2022How to create your first API-backed Figma plugin that pulls in API dataIf you’ve been curious about building your own Figma plugin that brings image and text data into your designs from anywhere on the internet (with an API), read on. In a previous post, I covered some of the best existing plugins for loading dynamic content into your Figma designs—you can…Figma6 min readFigma6 min read
Published inMedium.design·Dec 7, 2021Designing with Dynamic Content in Figma4 proven approaches to leveling up your designs and moving faster — Have you ever wished you could populate any design with relevant and fresh content with just a single click? Or cycle through a bottomless repository of relevant content to help visualize your designs in as many contexts imaginable? Bringing dynamic content into Figma means bringing in content that can easily…Design7 min readDesign7 min read
Sep 29, 2021Race report: Skating the 2021 Berlin MarathonHow I trained for an Inline Skating Marathon in 30 days. — I almost ran the Berlin Marathon in 2018. However, due to logistical circumstances, I wasn’t able to make my way across the Atlantic and run on the fastest marathon course of all time. The most recent men’s marathon world record was actually set that year by Eliud Kipchoge in 2:01:39. …Racing8 min readRacing8 min read
Apr 2, 2021PerigeeIt takes the Moon 27.322 days to orbit the Earth. That pans out to be about 13 times a year and roughly … checks watch … 502 times since the day I was born. The Moon doesn’t travel in a uniform path relative to Earth with each orbit. Its elliptical…Astronomy2 min readAstronomy2 min read
Mar 29, 2021Worm MoonThe Worm Moon is the name of the full moon in March. In case you missed it, it was shining bright last night. It signals the end of winter (or the start of Spring) denoted by a thawing ground and the emergence of earthworms from the warm soil. It goes…Astronomy2 min readAstronomy2 min read
