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Short notes on what I'm learning.
Five-minute reads about launching, testing and writing for interfaces. Written for designers and the people who hire them.
Featured note · IKSA · Client work
What launching a new product with a client taught me about selling with words.
Selling a tracker nobody can hold yet, the hero copy I kept rewriting, and a design that’s still changing.
22 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
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Margins · Research
The spoiler lock I thought I’d invented already existed.
How StoryGraph, Fable and readers’ public feature requests moved Margins from page locks to chapter locks. 19 Apr 2026
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Butter & Bloom · Writing
Why words beat clever icons
Five testers, three moments of hesitation and the plant icon that left people guessing. 2 Oct 2025
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Accessibility · Real audit
I audited my own portfolio. It failed.
The WCAG issues I found on my old site and how I fixed each one. 3 Nov 2026
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