B5 · Noticeboard
Notes from the desk
Short essays on pricing, design systems and shipping software alone. A new one most weeks, sent as Small Batch Notes.
Business
Pricing a two-week sprint
Why I stopped charging by the hour, and the three numbers I check before I send a quote.
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Design systems
The smallest useful design system
Eight colours, six text styles and nine components. Everything else can wait until the second product.
8 min read →
Process
Notes from shipping alone
A weekly rhythm that keeps a one-person studio calm: Monday plans, Friday demos, no meetings on Wednesdays.
5 min read →
Craft
Drawing a tower, pixel by pixel
How this site was made: a 5-pixel grid, a 40-colour palette and rooms you can change from a dropdown.
7 min read →
Data
Charts people can read on a phone
Five rules from building election maps for regional papers, where most readers arrive on a small screen.
6 min read →
Writing
Writing the words first
I write the headline, button labels and error messages before I draw a single box. Here is why it works.
4 min read →
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