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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 1d

Co-signed! 💯

I want to be able to CSS like @amitsheen.bsky.social when I grow up.

Vale @vale.rocks · 1d

Amit Sheen (@amitsheen.bsky.social) loves pushing the web platform to the limits, particularly when it comes to CSS.

He posts some fantastic demos and often follows them up with insightful, informative breakdowns.

His 3D layered text series on @css-tricks.bsky.social is fantastic.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 1d

How do you like the Spark? Always thought it looks super sweet, and I love the customizations.

Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 2d

No such thing! Popcorn is an inherent component of happiness. 🍿🧡

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 2d

Look ma, no hands! ✈️

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Such Great Heights - Geoff Graham

I flew a plane for the very first time! It's one of the most exhilarating and frightening things I've ever done. The highlight was flying over my neighborhood

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 3d

Not sure how that’s “slop” when it’s meant to mockup a design to demonstrate a CSS concept. Slop suggests it’s trying to pull off something real and not getting it right.

Does that mean anything that’s mocked up is slop? Besides, the CSS is real and handwritten.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 3d

AI slop?

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 6d

Absolutely love this! I also see lots of parallels between sound and web design, like there’s a humanness in the craft that creates overlap between seemingly disparate disciplines.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 9d

Learning to paint with sound was a lot easier than I expected because there's so much overlap with my front-end background.

I tried to articulate that here, more or less.

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Same Idea, Different Paint Brush | CSS-Tricks

Naturally, everything looks like code when I'm staring at a blank canvas. That's whether the canvas is paper, a screen, some Figma artboard, or what have you.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 9d

So kind of you, my friend. I had an absolute blast learning the recording/mixing/mastering process from scratch. And it’s become my primary hobby. :)

Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 9d

Happy New Music Tuesday!

(Yes, I wish that was still a thing.)

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New Music Tuesday - Geoff Graham

I know, I know. The days of new music releasing weekly on Tuesdays is a bygone era. That's totally fine, but I always thought I would stick to the format if I

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 10d

Exactly what I need to hear right here, right now.

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Remember, Kurt Vonnegut was 47 when he published Slaughterhouse-Five. - Geoff Graham

Exactly what I need to hear right here, right now.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 15d

One step closer to something I’ve been working on very quietly.

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Artwork for an album called Covers with my face on it. A status label says Pending right below it, meaning it’s queued up for release.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 15d

Awwwwww yeah! Perfect timing.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 15d

🎵🎵🎵

"There's nowhere you can be,
That isn't where you're meant to be... it's easy."

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(Thanks to @zeldman.bsky.social for the nugget to chew on.)

Failures and Open Doors - Geoff Graham

Jeffrey (great name) Zeldman:

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 17d

Prescient. No reason for it at all.

Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 17d

And guess what? We *open up* the show to your questions, which you can send in.

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We’ve gotten some really good ones, from symptoms of imposter syndrome, to tough career moves… and even wanting to disappear off the internet. 😲

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Jeff Bridgforth @jeffbridgforth.com · 23d

I am so excited to share this article with the world. It started as a question on Front End Study Hall in August that led me to ask, "Is it time to Un-Sass?"

Credit to @sturobson.com for coining un-Sass. Term was spot on to describe what I have been thinking about.

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Is it Time to Un-Sass? | CSS-Tricks

Many of the Sass features we've grown to love have made their way into native CSS in some shape or form. So, should we still use Sass? This is how developer Jeff Bridgworth is thinking about it.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 23d

Most definitely! If nothing else, it's a public signal that I'm in focus mode.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 25d

Rain! Easily Ringo’s best drumming.

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Rain (2022 Stereo Mix)

YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 26d

HECK YEAH! 🤘

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 27d

Heck yeah, Adam! Any place you go is lucky to have ya and I’m so glad you landed in a rad spot.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 28d

Now loading the loader thingy that loads the uploader…

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Now loading the loader thingy that loads the uploader... - Geoff Graham

Web Design & Development Straight Outta Fort Collins, CO.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · Sep 10

I've seen 'em used to distinguish helpers vs. hard values. But that might not be what's up here.

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · Sep 8

Oh and because the episodes are live, you can be part of it! Drop us a question on the site and we'll likely answer it.

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Open Up with Brad Frost — Open Up with Brad Frost

On Wednesday, April 23, 8–9.30 am PT / 5–6.30 pm CET, we are doing the second episode of Open Up, with our co-host Brad Frost. Brad is not just an amazing designer/developer/design systems expert, but...

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Geoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · Sep 8

Hey, @bradfrost.com and I do this little live podcast called Open Up, getting into the feelzzzz side of web dev and design.

The latest episode might be my favorite yet because we tackle fear and anxiety in the current tech space head on:

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Open Up with Brad Frost, Episode 5, August 2025

YouTube video by Smashing Magazine

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