@matthiasott.com What did you think of the book, Amateurs? I have been looking forward to hearing your thoughts and was not sure if I missed you posting about it or not. Thanks. matthiasott.com/notes/amateurs

I want to write a year end post but think it will have to wait until the new year. Much crazier work day than I expected.

Playing around with grid-lanes in a personal project. I 💟 love feature queries. I like that the syntax takes advantage of existing code in CSS grid. So much easier to learn. Grid-lanes demos: webkit.org/demos/grid3/

I was just thinking about this a couple of days ago. So glad that @joshwcomeau.com reposted it. Saved me from trying to track it down on my own.

Last weeknote for 2025. I wrote a weeknote every week this year. It was not a goal that I set for myself but it motivated me at the end of the year to keep up because I knew I had a shot at hitting every week. jeffbridgforth.com/weeknotes-de...

The work slowed down a little bit this week so I took some time to learn about web components, JavaScript, and subgrid. I also enjoyed celebrating my birthday with most of my family (just missing my son). jeffbridgforth.com/weeknotes-de...

That time of day where I need to crank "Final Countdown" for a pick-me-up. open.spotify.com/track/3MrRks...

Happy birthday to CSS (and to me). Glad to share a birthday with this language that I love and made a career around using.

I got to reuse a masking technique I learned several years ago from @cassiecodes.bsky.social in a new project. I attended Front End Study Hall #42 and enjoyed talking CSS with the other participants. jeffbridgforth.com/weeknotes-de...

Really nice site.

Had to pull out 80's rock anthems to help me to keep going as I code up a design from Photoshop. I think it has been at least 10 years since I built a design from Photoshop.

I have never been a huge fan of postmodern architecture. (I got my degree in architecture but never practiced.) But I found Gehry's work interesting. I have only see the student union at MIT in person. Wanted to see Guggenheim in Bilboa when I was in Spain but too long a trip.

Some great find this week in @simplebits.com newsletter. simplebits.com/notebook/s/

I enjoyed listening to @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social , @hicks.design, @boagworld.bsky.social , and Marcus on the latest episode of One Footer in the Grave while walking last night. Interesting discussion about different working styles (locations - home, other places). onefooter.show/episode-018

I am struggling to get going today.

If you are a fan of Knives Out, you might enjoy this. youtu.be/gJxzhUAGBDw?...

I love this scroll-driven animations demo: codepen.io/pimskie/full...

I got one in 1999. I loved playing on it. My son still played on it till once the parts broke and it would no longer read the discs. He bought a PS4 and I still play on that.

Nice write-up by @joshwcomeau.com in his latest newsletter where he takes a look at some of the struggles AI still have with CSS, including what looks like a fairly simple example that it simply can't handle, as well as the benefits of deep knowledge. www.joshwcomeau.com/email/black-...

I enjoyed taking the week off. Got a chance to catch up on some articles in Instapaper, read books, play MLB The Show and NBA 2k25, and spend time with my family. jeffbridgforth.com/weeknotes-no...

Happy Blue Beanie Day. #BlueBeanieDay #Accessibility jeffbridgforth.com/blue-beanie-...

Happy Blue Beanie Day. Because standards and accessibility still matter. Maybe more this year. #BlueBeanieDay #Accessibility

I'm taking in a college basketball game with my son. #UTC #CokeClassic

I created my first scroll-driven animation last week using the CSS animation API. @bram.us 's course has been so helpful in learning the API. Lesson 7, was specifically helpful to help me implement my progressively enhanced solution. Links in my article. jeffbridgforth.com/i-created-my...

I want to include the baseline support web component in my blog post but I am having trouble finding the correct feature name for the animation-timeline. Help?

Several songs from Spider-man: No Way Home came up in my playlist this morning. I forget how emotionally powerful the music from this movie is.

Does anyone know of a way to make scrollbars appear on Mac browsers for scrollable areas on the page? I tried overflow-x: scroll and that is not doing it. Just wondering if there is a way around the Mac settings to force browser to show scrollbar so user knows. @nerdy.dev @kevinpowell.co

I am glad I got out and took a walk this morning. It has been a while since I walked in the morning. It was quiet. I could hear birds and just a fresh feel to the day. I enjoyed the sunshine and warmer weather. Suppose to turn cold on Monday.

"there’s a case to be made that this is a little too clever, in that it could make this code a little more difficult to understand at a glance for anyone that might have to maintain this code after you (or, if you have a memory like mine, for your near-future self)." Good advice from @wil.to

Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags! On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags. #WebDesignHistory

#LazyWeb Anyone have some examples of some good digital annual reports? Most of the ones I am finding are PDFs. I would like some digital examples. I have to build one next month and trying to put together some ideas. I thinking scroll-driven animations (with option to turn off).

Another site that add delight.

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I love how Andy had added delight to his site.

I love the comparison of posting on a personal site to the Golden Records sent out on Voyager. And it is nice to know that someone received the message when they reach out, mention it on social media or write a post to add to the conversation. #IndieWeb

I launched my personal site 20 years ago. I don't know the exact date but I know that it happened the last week of October. #IndieWeb jeffbridgforth.com/celebrating-...

I love @simplebits.com's story about the mailbox. I think you made the wise call Dan. Interested in the clock like looks like a classic computer that I married into. simplebits.com/notebook/stu...

I have always enjoyed @davatron5000.bsky.social's creative titles for his articles. This came up in my memory feed today. alistapart.com/article/mo-p...

"Asking for feedback is one thing. Being truly open to the answer is another. It requires something uncomfortable: the willingness to challenge your own assumptions about what’s working, what’s good enough, what’s right." Wow! I want to be open to being challenged and willing to kill my darlings.

I highly recommend this article to anyone wanting to play with view transitions. Matthias highlights a very easy way to dip your toes in the water and then gives you some resources for further exploration.

I was playing around with some old Codepens in order to practice what I am learning from @bram.us's scroll-driven animation course. Going back to a GSAP powered animation and refactoring with CSS. And then I added GSAP back as fallback per @cydstumpel.nl's recent article. codepen.io/webcraftsman...

i would kindly request that the people trying to kill the web stop making browsers

Another reason why it would be a good idea to put in controls that allow the user to turn off the scroll animations if they prefer. Motion is definitely something that we need to allow users to opt out of.

Enjoyed evening walk tonight. Listened to a podcast and an favorite album.

@sarasoueidan.com I am wondering if you can help. I have an anchor tag around image and no text. What is the recommended way to make accessible. Add title attribute to the anchor or an aria-label? I was thinking title attribute because we should only use aria when HTML solution does not exist.

I got to use a variant from the image width solution that @5t3ph.bsky.social suggested earlier this year. This time I needed a form field div and label to match the max-content size of an input. Here is my summary of that conversation from June: jeffbridgforth.com/having-figur...

Henry Ford's horse problem wasn't about imagination www.antonsten.com/articles/hen... Some great insights. We need to ask the right questions to uncover pain points and real problems that we can solve to create better experiences.

When I saw the title of @chriscoyier.net's post, I immediately thought of Paul Simon's song, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. Maybe Chris can make up a catchy tune to go with his post. 🎶 frontendmasters.com/blog/50-reas...

I found out that Firefox now supports same document view-transitions but not cross document, which is what I was referring to and wanting. @bram.us has put together a helpful guide to which features of the View Transitions API are supported in what browsers. Thx Bramus. codepen.io/web-dot-dev/...

I like looking over at the top of the bookcase and seeing these space LEGO. It is just to left of my desk. I can only see Falcon when working.