I was sitting in a doctor's waiting room last week and noticed their logo had like 4 different fonts and a gradient that looked like a sunset. It made the clinic feel more like a cheap car dealership than a place I'd trust with my health. Does anyone else think medical brands should stick to simpler, cleaner looks instead of trying to be trendy?
Picked up a digital copy of a CSS transitions guide that came out before flexbox was even mainstream, and the basic principles have helped me debug two tricky projects this month. Anyone else got old resources that still pull their weight?
Turns out the real accessibility issue was me not asking the actual users what they needed first, so has anyone else built something that solved a problem nobody had?
After 3 months of watching condensation build up inside my workshop container in Houston, I swapped out the ridge vents for three 6-inch hi-flow vents and the airflow difference is night and day, but now I'm fighting with dust getting in through the screens anyone else run into that?
I was always a 'keep my clippers in a drawer' guy. Thought those magnetic strips on the wall were just for Instagram barbers showing off their fancy stations. But last month during a double-booked Saturday, I knocked over my whole tool tray twice trying to grab a #2 guard. The second time I cut my finger on a blade trying to catch it all. My coworker Mike just laughed and pointed at his magnetic strip. I borrowed his extra one the next day and honestly I can grab guards now without even looking. Set me back about 12 bucks at the beauty supply store on Main. Has anyone else found a random tool change that made a huge difference in your flow?
I spent two weeks polishing a dashboard design in light mode, then a beta tester in Chicago sent me a screenshot of what it looked like in dark mode and half the text was invisible because I never once tested that toggle before going live, has anyone else shipped a feature only to realize you missed a basic accessibility thing like that?
I actually think the lighter gray with more spacing is harder to read than the original dark blue on cream they had six months ago, and nobody called out that accessibility checker ignores font weight and letter spacing entirely.
A customer came to me last month begging for a hand-drawn, childish logo and I talked them out of it. I pushed a clean minimal design and they ended up hating it. They went with someone else who gave them exactly what they asked for, and now their download numbers are way up. Has anyone else had a client's bad idea turn out to be a good one?
I spent 2 hours last Thursday fighting with spacing on a wordmark for a coffee shop. The junior grabbed my file, turned on snap to grid, and aligned everything perfect in under 10 minutes. What simple tool or setting do you use that totally changed how you work?
I saw everyone raving about that small portable soot vacuum from the online supply shop, so I bought one back in March. First job I used it on, it clogged after 10 minutes of sweeping a clay liner. Tried cleaning the filter and it lost half its suction. Should've just stuck with my old shop vac and a fine filter bag. Anyone else find those portable units are more trouble than they're worth?