Kathryn Grayson Nanz

"No" (Vibes, et al., 2025)

😈 Bad UX is easier than you think! At #webinale, part of #AgenticWebWeek Munich, @kgrayson.com shows you: 🎭 Dark patterns 💥 UI anti-patterns 💡 Design mistakes to avoid 📅 Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | 🕘 09:00 - 10:00 | 📍 Munich 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/mufg2nfs6e #UXDesign #UIDesign #WebDevelopment

Good news (I hope): CSS-Tricks will indeed be back later this month!

On October 13, 1994, The Mosaic Communications Corporation launched, under the name Mosaic Netscape 0.9, the first one in a series of browsers, called Netscape Navigator.

I want my computer interactions to sound like Captain Picard asking for a status report on his ship. if I want to talk to someone I'll talk to a person. tea earl grey hot

Let's talk a little more about Margaret Hamilton because she deserves it In 1961, Margaret Hamilton was tackling massive systems, having previously wrangled room-sized computers that blared like a foghorn whenever they crashed.

New contender for Worst UI Component I've Ever Seen

the first person who invents a protein powder that actually dissolves into the liquid you mix it with and doesn't just float in gross little clumps on top is going to be a trillionaire

Some recent experiments with book construction and handpainted washi cover papers.

What happens when disability becomes AI training data? Nicolas Steenhout asks questions accessibility cannot afford to ignore. buttondown.com/nic-s... #Accessibility #Disability #AI #AIEthics #DataEthics #DigitalAccessibility #DisabilityRights #InclusiveDesign

Happy 32nd birthday W3C .org! On October 1, 1994, Tim Berners-Lee founded an international organization called World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Another one of those “oh shit” moments.

"Front-end web developers have lived through a few cycles of this...sold as though improvements to developer experience would cause the reanimated corpse of Ronald Reagan himself to ask you for commit access to ship trickle-down improvements to user experience." www.zachleat.com/web/ai-websi...

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

One of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up.

A lovely read on creating your own space online (and a good reminder that my own website could probably use a little brushing up) www.petemillspaugh.com/your-corner-...

don't be nice.

“Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge—regardless of whatever ‘game changing’ technology is in place—we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to stagnation and death.” bell.bz/youll-miss-p...

📝 If you’re maximizing a bottle for throughput, I think you’ve misunderstood the bottle. Probably the same for us humans. blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/bottlen...

Actually really love this as a policy. If you can get AI to work for / with you in a way that doesn't generate slop: hell yeah, go for it! Otherwise, no thanks – additional meat proxies not required.

input that buckles under pressure lab.hakim.se/hangbridge/

The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.

Another great #KCDC in the books. Their stats this year: 24 workshops w/400 attendees 179 sessions from 145 speakers 1500 overall attendees Had a lot of fun. Heard some great sessions. Hope I get chosen to speak again next year. Mark your calendars for KCDC 2027, August 5-7

🤖 AI users actually want to use At #webinale, part of #AgenticWebWeek Munich, @kgrayson.com shows you how to: 🧠 build trust 🔐 handle privacy + security ✨ introduce AI patterns clearly 📅 Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | 🕘 10:30 - 11:15 | 📍 Munich 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/38mxax5r #AIUX #UXDesign

when I am god-empress of the universe it will be illegal for people to disable the ability to paste into a password field

React 19.3 is now available! This release makes View Transitions and Fragment Refs stable, and adds browser(), Trusted Types support, and Context in Server Components. react.dev/blog/2026/09...

We should go back to just not having outlets in airports. I think I liked that more than the bait and switch of having a bunch of outlets that don't work.

Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this is probably my favorite talk to give. So excited to be bringing it to webinale and Agentic Web Week as a keynote session!!

Cannot believe we're still doing this in 2026

Patchwork vibes!!! #art #illustration

What a fantastic resource: www.normaltools.com

My kind of café

The current debate between 2 vs 3 state theme switchers is ridiculous. Everyone knows that the right answer is 100 #css #a11y

I actually strive for perfect clarity with my color theme pickers. codepen.io/editor/chris...

🤖 Great AI UX goes beyond prompting At #webinale, part of #AgenticWebWeek Munich, @kgrayson.com shows you how to: ✨ reduce cognitive load ⚙️ give users more control 🧠 build trustworthy AI experiences 📅 October 26 - 30, 2026 | webinale | 📍Munich 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/38mxax5r #AI #UXDesign

Inside of you are two wolves but I have three because I'm an over-achiever

So great to be back at @renderatl.com!

Despite the bad weather's best attempts to prevent it, I'm in Atlanta for Render! Can't wait to see everyone!! 💻💙⚛️

logging on

if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi

On August 7, 2000, Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens and Angelo Sotira founded an art community portal called DeviantArt. #InternetHistory

there are still human-computer interactions to be built which don't involve language models, I think