To the people with #CSSDay FOMO - you're not missing out.
It's terrible, the people suck, the conversations are boring, the talks are rubbish.
CSS is lame, the web platform needs fixing with layers upon layers of JS, I miss Flash, bring back Dreamweaver, websites should be images with clickable regions.
You're fine. Enjoy whatever it is you're doing instead, we're having an awful time.
#CSSDay was awesome. Thanks again all for 10 lovely years!
Inspired by @pixelambacht’s great talk at #CSSDay, I tried activating all the beautiful “swoopies” for the redesign of my personal site using font-feature-settings: "cswh".
And clearly, @koeberlin’s NaN Tresor does not disappoint. 😍 Now, all I need is to have the guts to go with that quirky design… 😅
I found myself saying the following a few times during #CSSDay when chatting to people about blogging, so here it goes:
If you want a blog but don’t believe you have anything to share, I suggest creating a monthly post of a roundup of articles you read and recommend.
By the end of the year, you will have 12 blog posts.
It gives you a list of everything you’ve learned.
It is easily findable if you want to share it with others in conversation.
Backlinks and webmentions build connections.
Sarah Dyan was introduced as being "very brave" for coming to #CSSDay and talking about utility-first CSS!
I agree but I'm happy to listen :)
My biggest grievance with tailwind in particular is how it's cemented breakpoints, while going fluid feels much better.
It may just be that there's a lag between what CSS can do now, and what surfaces through tailwind and other utility first frameworks.
I dunno 🤷
I guess I think utility styles are a good tool that can be used *alongside* normal CSS.
#CSSDay veterans - does it make sense to get a travel card thing for 3 days in Amsterdam or just tap on, tap off the public transport? Or should I hire a bike?
I’m going to be speaking at #cssday in Amsterdam June 6 & 7th! Who is going to be there??
Put out an article on my site (for the first time in 3 years!) going over my experience talking at #CSSDay
I'll have another one next week somtime going over all the other parts of attending, other than speaking 🙂
https://www.kevinpowell.co/article/my-experience-talking-at-css-day-2024/
From years of being bored, unsatisfied, or struggling in various jobs and industries, I finally feel like I have come home.
I'm so happy to join an industry with such brilliant, interesting, and gloriously nerdy people - I mean this in the best possible way!
I have attended both Beyond Tellerrand Düsseldorf and CSS Day 2024 and, wow. Huge thank yous to the organisers, speakers, and to the many warm and funny fellow attendees I had the joy to socialise with.
This is my church.
Heading to Amsterdam. I wonder if there will be anyone else there, maybe for a conference or something? You never know.
It would be impossible to predict. 🤷🏻♀️