Lara Schenck
Lover of programming, maker of monsters
Category: Monsters
One of my favorite past times is drawing friendly monsters.
My medium of choice is the iPad / Apple pencil combo in Keynote for easy use in slides and printing in stickers, but monsters are not picky about where and how they appear.
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Most popular monster so far
This monster made an appearance as a sticker, and it has been the most popular so far. Just look at that sweet face!
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Creative Quest by Questlove
Creative Quest is essentially a holistic guidebook to being creative, by Questlove, the drummer from the Roots. If you’re a creative person and looking to put some more energy into developing that side of yourself, I can’t recommend it enough!
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Disappointing Pho
A short post about eating disappointing pho while hungover. I wouldn’t call this a “must read” but it is certainly relatable.
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Squidward-esque monster
I drew this monster for a slide about how “Naming things is hard” in CSS. It looks a bit like Squidward from Spongebob.
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Monster inspired by koi fish
Have you ever watch koi fish eat and noticed how hilarious their noses/mouths are? This monster (and possibly many monsters before it, but subconsciously) were inspired by the gaping mouths of koi.
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Accessibility in the real world: One step at a time
Most of the websites I work on at work are not accessible and won’t be any time soon. I had a bit of a realization this week about how to deal with that – accessibility doesn’t have to be all or nothing. One step at a time.
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Designgineering Chronicles [WiH]: The Third Month
It’s time for the third installment of Designgineering Chronicles! This one is a long one and written in major haste, so buckle up. Lots of good things about job titles, CSS standards, JavaScript, perfectionism, and the joys of refactoring.
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Likeable, 3-eyed monster
This monster appears on the slide where I have FizzBuzz written in CSS. What a friendly face!
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A helpful monster
Look at this gentle giant, giving some friends a ride somewhere. How nice.
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.u-glue: A positioning pattern (algorithm? API?)
.u-glue is a CSS utility class (or what I would call an algorithm) that provides an API for positioning an element absolutely over another element. We are using it at PMC, and it’s proven a useful model!
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CSS is a Declarative, Domain-Specific Programming Language
Over the past year, I’ve been giving a talk called The Algorithms of CSS, originally created for CSSConf EU. This post covers the first part of my presentation, and breaks down how CSS fits into the categories of programming languages.
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[Book Rec] How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
I now realize my historic aversion to math is due to bad math education. Math is so cool and I want to learn more of it, thanks to this book!