old-school 90s animated gif

Pardon my dust! I just migrated my website to the fantastic Eleventy and am recording the redesign process of adopting my design system for our AI & Design Systems course.

Speaking

I'm passionate about the web, creativity, design systems, music, and life, and love speaking at high-quality conferences that share that passion, have diverse line-ups, and value creating a positive, creative, and safe community. If you'd like me to speak at your event, please get in touch.

I also run hands-on workshops for teams looking to go deep on design systems, atomic design, and front-end practice.

Upcoming events

Event Location Date WaysConf Workshop Krakow, Poland Sep 15, 2026 WaysConf Krakow, Poland Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026

Past events

Event Location Date Into Design Systems Online Mar 19, 2026 – Mar 20, 2026 Agentic Design Systems in 2026 Online Dec 11, 2025 Beyond Tellerrand Berlin, Germany Nov 6, 2025 – Nov 7, 2025 Smashing Conf Freiburg, Germany Sep 8, 2025 – Sep 11, 2025 Advanced Design Tokens Workshop Freiburg, Germany Sep 8, 2025 Design Tokens Workshop Antwerp, Belgium Sep 4, 2025 CSS Day (Video) Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jun 5, 2025 – Jun 6, 2025 Design Tokens Workshop Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jun 4, 2025 UXLx Lisbon, Portugal May 20, 2025 – May 23, 2025 Smashing Advanced Design Systems Workshop Online Feb 18, 2025 – Feb 26, 2025 Frontrow Online Feb 18, 2025 – Feb 20, 2025 Smashing Advanced Design Systems Workshop Online Nov 12, 2024 – Nov 26, 2024 Smashing Conf (Video) New York, NY Oct 7, 2024 – Oct 9, 2024 Smashing Design System Workshop Online Aug 27, 2024 – Sep 10, 2024 Design System Paris Masterclass Paris, France Jun 27, 2024 Paris Design System Masterclass Paris, France Jun 26, 2024 UX London (Video) London, UK Jun 18, 2024 – Jun 20, 2024 Smashing Meets: Future of Design Systems (Video) Online Feb 27, 2024 Smashing Design System Workshop Online Nov 28, 2023 – Dec 12, 2023 Smashing Conf Antwerp, Belgium Oct 9, 2023 – Oct 11, 2023 Hatch Conference (Video) Berlin, Germany Oct 5, 2023 – Oct 6, 2023 Front Conference (Video) Zurich, Switzerland Aug 30, 2023 – Sep 1, 2023 Converge (Video) San Francisco, CA May 18, 2023 Smashing Conf San Francisco Jun 21, 2022 – Jun 22, 2022 Smashing Design System Workshop Online Apr 18, 2022 – May 2, 2022 Dribbble Design System Workshop Online Jan 12, 2022 Smashing Design System Workshop Online Nov 30, 2021 – Dec 14, 2021 BrazilJS (Video) Online Oct 22, 2021 Smashing Design System Workshop Online Jun 29, 2021 – Jul 13, 2021 Dribbble Design System Workshop Online Jun 2, 2021 From Business To Buttons Stockholm, Sweden May 5, 2021 – May 7, 2021 Smashing Design System Workshop Online Feb 23, 2021 – Mar 9, 2021 Smashing Conf Online Oct 13, 2020 – Oct 14, 2020 Company Workshop Cleveland, OH Dec 19, 2019 An Event Apart San Francisco, CA Dec 9, 2019 – Dec 10, 2019 Smashing Conf (Video) New York, NY Oct 14, 2019 – Oct 16, 2019 Artifact Conf (Slides) Austin, TX Sep 30, 2019 – Oct 1, 2019 An Event Apart Chicago, IL Aug 26, 2019 – Aug 27, 2019 Smashing Conf (Video) Toronto, Canada Jun 25, 2019 – Jun 26, 2019 CSS Day (Video) Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jun 13, 2019 – Jun 14, 2019 Master Workshop Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jun 12, 2019 An Event Apart Boston, MA May 6, 2019 – May 7, 2019 Smashing Conf (Video, Post) San Francisco, CA Apr 16, 2019 – Apr 17, 2019 Design System Workshop Austin, TX Mar 7, 2019 Designing for Digital Austin, TX Mar 4, 2019 IceWeb Reykjavik, Iceland Feb 22, 2019 Company Workshop Columbus, OH Jan 21, 2019 – Jan 24, 2019 Designer/Developer Collaboration Workshop Philadelphia, PA Jan 15, 2019 Aquent New York, NY Dec 5, 2018 An Event Apart (Video) Orlando, FL Oct 8, 2018 – Oct 10, 2018 InVision’s DesignBetter.co Workshop Atlanta, GA Jul 11, 2018 InVision’s DesignBetter.co Workshop Amsterdam, Netherlands Jun 20, 2018 Digital Gov Presentation Online May 31, 2018 InVision's DesignBetter.co Workshop London, England Apr 17, 2018 Company Workshop Orlando, FL Apr 5, 2018 – Apr 6, 2018 InVision's DesignBetter.co Workshop Boston, MA Nov 15, 2017 DesignOps Summit New York, NY Nov 8, 2017 An Event Apart San Francisco, CA Oct 30, 2017 – Nov 1, 2017 Smashing Conf Barcelona, Spain Oct 17, 2017 – Oct 18, 2017 Mirror Conf Braga, Portugal Oct 12, 2017 – Oct 14, 2017 Paris Web Paris, France Oct 5, 2017 – Oct 7, 2017 Rustbelt Refresh Columbus, OH Sep 21, 2017 IxDA Pittsburgh Meetup Pittsburgh, PA Sep 14, 2017 An Event Apart Chicago, IL Aug 28, 2017 – Aug 30, 2017 Company Workshop Columbus, OH Aug 17, 2017 – Aug 18, 2017 Company Workshop Naples, FL Aug 9, 2017 – Aug 10, 2017 Company Workshop Los Angeles, CA Jun 26, 2017 – Jun 27, 2017 Company Workshop Chicago, IL Jun 22, 2017 Smashing Conf New York, NY Jun 13, 2017 – Jun 14, 2017 OCHS Commencement Oil City, PA Jun 9, 2017 An Event Apart Boston, MA May 15, 2017 – May 17, 2017 Pixel Up! Cape Town, South Africa May 8, 2017 – May 10, 2017 Refresh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Mar 16, 2017 Company Workshop Los Angeles, CA Mar 7, 2017 – Mar 8, 2017 Company Workshop Boston, MA Feb 7, 2017 – Feb 10, 2017 Interaction 17 New York, NY Feb 5, 2017 An Event Apart Orlando, FL Oct 3, 2016 – Oct 5, 2016 JoomlaDay Denver, CO Oct 1, 2016 Pixel Up! Johannesburg, South Africa Sep 12, 2016 – Sep 14, 2016 A Day Apart Chicago, IL Aug 31, 2016 An Event Apart Chicago, IL Aug 29, 2016 – Aug 31, 2016 Abstractions Pittsburgh, PA Aug 18, 2016 – Aug 20, 2016 Web Design Day Workshop Pittsburgh, PA Jun 23, 2016 FirstMark Tech Summit New York, NY Jun 9, 2016 Company Workshop Shanghai, China May 5, 2016 – May 6, 2016 Funka Accessibility Days Stockholm, Sweden Apr 13, 2016 – Feb 14, 2016 Clarity San Francisco, CA Mar 31, 2016 – Apr 1, 2016 An Event Apart Nashville, TN Mar 14, 2016 – Mar 16, 2016 Company Workshop Palo Alto, CA Feb 25, 2016 – Feb 26, 2016 Company Workshop Boston, MA Feb 3, 2016 form, function & class Manila, Philippines Nov 14, 2015 Joomla World Conference Bangalore, India Nov 6, 2015 – Nov 8, 2015 Beyond Tellerrand (Video, Slides) Berlin, Germany Nov 2, 2015 – Nov 4, 2015 Dynamic Labs Workshop Montreal, Canada Oct 25, 2015 An Event Apart Austin, TX Oct 6, 2015 Adobe MAX Los Angeles, CA Oct 3, 2015 – Oct 7, 2015 Responsive Field Day (Video, Slides, Post) Portland, OR Sep 25, 2015 MOBX Berlin, Germany Sep 10, 2015 – Sep 11, 2015 Company Workshop Oslo, Norway Sep 7, 2015 – Sep 8, 2015 An Event Apart Washington DC Aug 10, 2015 – Aug 11, 2015 Web Conference at Penn State (Video) State College, PA Jun 22, 2015 – Jun 23, 2015 An Event Apart (Slides) San Diego, CA Jun 8, 2015 – Jun 9, 2015 UXLx Lisbon, Portugal Jun 3, 2015 – Jun 5, 2015 Company Workshop Dusseldorf, Germany May 28, 2015 – May 29, 2015 Company Workshop London, England May 26, 2015 UX London London, England May 20, 2015 – May 22, 2015 Up Front Conf Manchester, UK May 18, 2015 – May 19, 2015 An Event Apart Boston, MA May 11, 2015 – May 13, 2015 Company Workshop Los Gatos, CA May 5, 2015 – May 6, 2015 University of Illinois Web Conference Champaign, Illinois Apr 30, 2015 Company Workshop New York, NY Apr 23, 2015 Generate Conf New York, NY Apr 17, 2015 UX Mobile Immersion Salt Lake City, UT Apr 13, 2015 – Apr 15, 2015 An Event Apart Seattle, WA Mar 30, 2015 – Mar 31, 2015 Build Right Workshop (Video) Dayton, OH Mar 26, 2015 Web à Québec Quebec City Mar 18, 2015 – Mar 20, 2015 Webstock (Video) Wellington, New Zealand Feb 16, 2015 – Feb 20, 2015 Company Workshop Baltimore, MD Jan 14, 2015 Smashing Conf Whistler, British Columbia Dec 9, 2014 – Dec 12, 2014 Pittsburgh Code & Supply Meetup Pittsburgh, PA Nov 20, 2014 BDConf Orlando, FL Nov 3, 2014 – Nov 5, 2014 The Web Is Cardiff, Wales Oct 29, 2014 – Oct 30, 2014 Company Workshop Aarhus, Denmark Oct 22, 2014 GOTO Night Aarhus, Denmark Oct 22, 2014 Frantic Future Day Helsinki, Finland Oct 20, 2014 Webdagene Oslo, Norway Oct 15, 2014 – Oct 17, 2014 Company Workshop Bergen, Norway Oct 13, 2014 Artifact Conf Providence, RI Sep 29, 2014 – Oct 1, 2014 UX Pittsburgh Meetup Pittsburgh, PA Sep 17, 2014 An Event Apart Chicago, IL Aug 25, 2014 – Aug 26, 2014 Giant Conference Workshop Charleston, SC Jun 14, 2014 Company Workshop Oslo, Norway Jun 3, 2014 – Jun 4, 2014 Company Workshop Dayton, OH May 28, 2014 Company Workshop New York, NY May 15, 2014 An Event Apart (Slides) San Diego, CA May 12, 2014 – May 13, 2014 Artifact Conf Austin, TX May 5, 2014 – May 7, 2014 TEDx Grandview Ave (Video) Pittsburgh, PA Apr 26, 2014 HighEdWeb Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Apr 9, 2014 UX Immersion Mobile Conference Denver, CO Apr 7, 2014 – Apr 9, 2014 RWD Summit Online Apr 1, 2014 Company Workshop Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Mar 20, 2014 Company Workshop Windsor, CT Feb 28, 2014 Company Workshop Bethesda, MD Feb 27, 2014 Company Workshop Los Angeles, CA Feb 21, 2014 In Control Conference Orlando, FL Feb 17, 2014 – Feb 19, 2014 Webstock Wellington, New Zealand Feb 10, 2014 – Feb 14, 2014 Web Directions Respond Workshop Sydney, Australia Feb 4, 2014 Company Workshop Barcelona, Spain Dec 3, 2013 – Dec 4, 2013 Corporate Training Boston, MA Nov 19, 2013 World Usability Day Memphis, TN Nov 14, 2013 Artifact Conference Providence, RI Nov 4, 2013 – Nov 6, 2013 Web Design Day Workshop Pittsburgh, PA Oct 26, 2013 Breaking Development Conference Nashville, TN Oct 21, 2013 – Oct 23, 2013 Company Workshop Seattle, WA Oct 16, 2013 NAGW National Conference Louisville, KY Sep 25, 2013 Mobile UX Summit Online Sep 12, 2013 Smashing Conf Freiburg, Germany Sep 9, 2013 – Sep 11, 2013 Smashing Conf Workshop Freiburg, Germany Sep 8, 2013 Reasons To Be Creative Brighton, England Sep 2, 2013 – Sep 4, 2013 An Event Apart Chicago, IL Aug 26, 2013 – Aug 27, 2013 Media Evolution: The Conference Malmö, Sweden Aug 19, 2013 – Aug 23, 2013 Avega Group Stockholm, Sweden Aug 15, 2013 Responsive Web Design Workshop London, England Jun 3, 2013 Responsive Web Design Workshop Freiburg, Germany May 31, 2013 Beyond Tellerrand Workshop Dusseldorf, Germany May 29, 2013 Beyond Tellerrand (Slides, Post) Dusseldorf, Germany May 27, 2013 – May 28, 2013 Artifact Conference (Video) Austin, TX May 13, 2013 – May 15, 2013 Future Insights Live Las Vegas, NV Apr 30, 2013 MMConf Krakow, Poland Apr 18, 2013 – Apr 19, 2013 MinneWebCon Minneapolis, MN Apr 15, 2013 – Apr 16, 2013 Pittsburgh Creative Mornings (Video, Slides, Post) Pittsburgh, PA Apr 5, 2013 iA Summit Baltimore, MD Apr 3, 2013 NNGroup Usability Week New York, NY Mar 20, 2013 SXSWi (Video, Slides, Post) Austin, TX Mar 8, 2013 – Mar 12, 2013 Etsy Code As Craft (Video) Brooklyn, NY Mar 5, 2013 Company Workshop Palo Alto, CA Feb 22, 2013 In Control Conference Orlando, FL Feb 17, 2013 – Feb 19, 2013 Company Training Boston, MA Feb 7, 2013 MailChimp Coffee Hour Atlanta, GA Jan 25, 2013 Atlanta Web User Group Atlanta, GA Jan 24, 2013 Inspire Conference (Video) Leiden, Netherlands Dec 9, 2012 – Dec 12, 2012 CSS Dev Conf Honolulu, HI Dec 5, 2012 In Control Conference Honolulu, HI Dec 2, 2012 – Dec 4, 2012 Google Developers Live (Video, Slides) Online Nov 14, 2012 Mobile JS Summit Online Nov 12, 2012 Web Design Day (Slides) Pittsburgh, PA Oct 26, 2012 Asbury Agile (Slides) Asbury Park, NJ Oct 3, 2012 WebVisions (Slides) Chicago, IL Sep 26, 2012 – Sep 29, 2012 Breaking Development Conference (Slides) Dallas, TX Sep 24, 2012 – Sep 26, 2012 Smashing Conference (Slides) Freiburg, Germany Sep 17, 2012 – Sep 19, 2012 An Event Apart (Slides) Washington, DC Aug 6, 2012 Mobilism (Video, Slides, Post) Amsterdam, Netherlands May 10, 2012 Responsive Design MXM New York, NY Apr 24, 2012 Brooklyn JS Brookyln, NY Nov 29, 2011 M3 Conf (Slides) Columbus, OH Nov 18, 2011 www:h (Slides) Online (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Nov 18, 2011 Web Design Day (Video, Slides, Post) Pittsburgh, PA Oct 1, 2011 CapitolJS Washington, DC Sep 18, 2011 Breaking Development Conference (Video, Slides) Nashville, TN Sep 11, 2011 – Sep 13, 2011