2015.joelglovier.comJoel Andrew Glovier - Designer and Front-End Technologist

Writing Speaking Resume Projects ElsewhereJoel Glovier Product design • UX • Front end dev Hi, I’m Joel. I work at GitHub where I’m a Sr. Product Designer focused on github.com workflow. I'm also a core contributor on HospitalRun . I make Dev Tees . I enjoy writing , speaking , and learning new things. I work hard and I work smart. Ask me anything . Writing All 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 A layman's proposal for addressing the fragility of DNS October 25, 2016 • 5 min read Disclaimer: I am not an infrastructure expert. My basic knowledge of internet infrastructure has been absorbed through osmosis while being a develo... Five simple goals for 2016 June 5, 2016 • 10 min read NOTE: Ironically enough, I started writing this post around New Year’s Day. However, I’m just now getting around to publishing it. But I promise I’... Breaking a year of silence May 12, 2016 • 3 min read I haven’t blogged in the past year. Actually more than a year. The past year turned out to be one of the most difficult of my adult life after my m... Brokenness and restoration April 5, 2015 • 3 min read The story of humanity is a story of brokenness. College costs and ROI March 17, 2015 • 3 min read I recently shared an article on Facebook which garnered some discussion. Here's some further thoughts. Design advice for developers March 5, 2015 • 10 min read I often talk to developers who say they feel bad about their level of design skill. In fact, a Redditor recently posted as much, seeking advice abo... Why we fear February 28, 2015 • 4 min read Today I got some news that scared the shit out of me. Someone very close to me was diagnosed with cancer rather unexpectedly. My heart sunk, and it... The value of originality January 27, 2015 • 3 min read A few months ago I was at Circles Conference where I had a chance to join a panel of designers to talk about challenges we commonly face. One of th... Five simple goals for 2015 January 8, 2015 • 8 min read Last year I set five simple personal goals for 2014. I wrote them on a chalkboard in a visible location in my office where I see them daily, and it... Why I love being part of a company over being a freelancer November 12, 2014 • via medium Over the course of 10 years in the workforce, I’ve been a freelancer for 9 years, and I’ve been an employee for 5 years. These are some of my refle... A time to work and a time to play July 5, 2014 • 7 min read Growing up, I often heard people I respect say, trust God, and work hard.” That saying epitomizes the American dream: the idea that with a combina... Lessons learned from checking baggage May 12, 2014 • 10 min read It’s no secret that airlines have been trying to push their profit margin and increase ticket sales at the same time by a relatively common practic... Busyness, or laziness? March 23, 2014 • 4 min read I have four outdoor lights. One is a porch light at our front door. Two more are lights on either side of the garage. And the fourth is a lamppost ... Tiny Death Star tips February 10, 2014 • 9 min read I tend to get into about one iOS game at a time. For a while I was really into Temple Run, then Subway Surfers, then Real Racing 3. For the last fe... Why Apple is wealthier than any other company in the world January 16, 2014 • 5 min read I randomly ran across a YouTube clip today of Steve Jobs speaking at WWDC 1997. Specifically, it’s his response to an audience member who was allow... Five simple goals for 2014 January 4, 2014 • 9 min read I love setting goals. In fact, that’s pretty much the best part of New Year. Oh and of course there’s the partying. New Years is great for that too. Sitemaps for Jekyll sites December 23, 2013 • 3 min read A couple days ago I talked about how easy it is to create an RSS feed with Jekyll. Well just as easy is creating a sitemap. RSS for Jekyll blogs December 20, 2013 • 3 min read Recently I rebuilt my blog on Jekyll, a sweet static site generator. However when a friend noticed I had no way for him to subscribe to my content,... Dat low carb lifestyle December 13, 2013 • 5 min read I’m a naturally athletic person. But I’m not a naturally fit person. There’s a difference. My SCSS style guide December 4, 2013 • 3 min read One of the beauties of authoring code is that apart from basic syntax rules, formatting is flexible. But, we all know there are best practices for ... Improving Site Performance November 12, 2013 • 2 min read The last version of my personal site was something I was proud of from an aesthetic design perspective, but from a performance perspective it was a... Making Gravlax - Part 2 October 11, 2013 • 5 min read This is Part 2 in my experience on making gravlax. You can read Part 1 here. Redesigning and rebuilding October 9, 2013 • 6 min read This site is my personal home on the World Wide Intarnetz™. I write about stuff, I link to other stuff, and I showcase stuff I’ve done/built/design... Making Gravlax - Part 1 October 8, 2013 • 5 min read This is Part 1 in my experience on making gravlax. You can read Part 2 here. On Love June 14, 2013 • 1 min read To the world, love means you make me happy.” Solution For CSS Transitions Crashing Safari June 5, 2013 • 2 min read A few weeks ago I discovered a bug with my newly launched site Remote Jobs. The site is fully responsive, and I happened to be at a Verizon store u... A Fond Farewell To appendTo June 3, 2013 • 2 min read Over the past year I’ve had the enormous privilege to be part of an amazing team of professionals called appendTo. AppendTo provides front-end deve... Markerboard Mentality May 2, 2013 • 5 min read I have a markerboard in my office. I also have a Macbook Air with as many prototyping and design creation apps as you can think of. But I prefer to... Pure CSS Triangles Explained March 27, 2013 • via appendto Flat Design or Skeuomorphism - Wrong Question March 23, 2013 • 2 min read Like most designers, I’ve read more articles, blog posts, and tweets about Flat Design versus Skeuomorphic design over the past several months than... Are Domain Hacks Devaluing .COMs? December 19, 2012 • 4 min read Long gone are the days of the Dot-com boom. And yet, premium dot-com domain names still go for tens of thousands of dollars. On Twitter Followers December 5, 2012 • 6 min read I want to share some thoughts on something almost everyone pays attention to, but nobody talks much about: Twitter followers. Quick Tip: Fix your unresponsive iPhone home button October 11, 2012 • 1 min read Have an iPhone 4, or 3G, or ANY iPhone with an unresponsive home button? I do. Lately I've been frustrated that when I hit the "home" button on my ... Quick Tip - View Alternate Keys on OSX October 8, 2012 • 1 min read So if you’re on a mac, you probably know that you can hit alt + r to get the © symbol directly in your input. Or, that alt + r will get you the ® s... Quick Tip - iPhone Caps Lock September 15, 2012 • 1 min read Ever wonder how to turn on caps lock on your iPhone? If you're like me, sometimes you want to type a whole word in capitals - or several words - an... I have a dream... September 12, 2012 • 4 min read Before you get the wrong idea from the title, I'm not claiming this dream to be as meaningful or significant as what Martin Luther King's envisione... Quick Tip - Mountain Lion, Sandboxing, Mail.appplist files September 5, 2012 • 1 min read So the last couple days I've encountered some issues with rebooting my new 2012 Macbook Air from sleep (new as in this years model, actually had it... Using the hr Element Semantically August 30, 2012 • 2 min read I was doing a code review for a friend recently when I noticed something I’ve seen people do from time to time: use the lt;hrgt; (horizon... Browser-based CSS Authoring FTW August 28, 2012 • 5 min read So I write my stylesheets in the browser. Or at least - I prefer to. I have been doing this for a few years now, ever since I discovered Chris Pede... Visual Hierarchy August 16, 2012 • 2 min read One...