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Skip to main contentSte Grainer’s home on the webPortfolioJournalContactAboutHello, I’m Ste Grainer.I’m a designer and developer from Richmond, VA. I design, code, and write with a focus on clarity, usefulness, and delight.WorkHere are a few of my favorite projectsUXcellenceEcho Lake Elementary PTADieHappyVirginia Dept of TransportationGameSkinnyVCU FileDropWritingAbout design, development, and other whimsOn UXcellence …Jul 27, 2019Make Time to Play: How Breaks, Hobbies, and Boredom Can Improve CreativityJun 27, 2019Automation for Designers: Starting with Email, Photoshop, and SketchJun 12, 2019How to Build a Handy Portfolio FilterMay 29, 2019Automation for Designers: An IntroductionMay 22, 2019Nice Touch: Sharing Podcast Clips in OvercastMar 11, 2019Organizing Design Work for Your Team (and Your Future Self)Read more on UXcellence& on my journalMy 2020 Theme: Explore.The name of the game for this year is exploration!.Jan 3, 20202019 in Review.Revisiting what worked and what didn't in the Year of Rebuild..Jan 2, 2020I Started a Web Comic.About design and making things for people.Sep 20, 2019My Favorite Podcasts.Or what I enjoy listening to regularly.Jun 18, 2019One Magical Moment.In which I remember a visit to Notre Dame.Apr 15, 2019My 2019 Theme: Rebuild.This year, I’m getting back to building the things I’m passionate about..Jan 22, 2019Read my journalSweet LinksHelpful tools, techniques, & things made by others Lazy Campaign Template.A Notion template for documenting D&D campaigns RPG Tools.A great collection of tools for randomly generating various things for D&D campaigns Style Stage.A modern CSS showcase styled by community contributions, like the CSS Zen Garden of yore Design System Checklist.An open-source checklist to help you plan, build and grow your design system Transparent Textures.Great collection of transparent textures that layer nicely atop background colors Custom Shape Dividers.Nifty tool for generating custom SVG shapes between sections of a site Heroicons.Free set of beautiful SVG icons in small and medium sizes Clean Code JavaScript.Principles and concepts from Clean Code adapted for JavaScript Vangogh.A search engine for color palettes Recursive Sans & Mono.A flexible variable font with axes for monospace, casual, weight, slant, and italics Learning Music.An interactive course on making music macOS Catalina Apache Setup: Multiple PHP Versions.Great guide to setting up Apache and PHP on Mac Recent diversions5 stars. Wow! A thought-provoking space epic that wrestles with identity, choice, and motivation in brilliant ways.3 stars. Entertaining enough, but it undid a lot of the potential of The Last Jedi with a rushed storyline and a mixed payoff.4 stars. A fast-paced end to the series with great twists and turns.3 stars. Not quite as enthralling as the first book in the series but still very entertaining.4 stars. A page-turner about a futuristic society organized into castes that kept me enthralled to the last page.4 stars. A good mix of science fiction and thriller in a story reminiscent of a good Michael Crichton book.3 stars. This was a pretty entertaining post-apocalyptic novel with some fun ideas and a well-told story.4 stars. This was a thought-provoking overview of the history of human development.4 stars. Well-written, enthralling conclusion to the two-part series started by The Calculating Stars.3 stars. A common-sense approach to handling media with family guided by research and a broad variety of experts.5 stars. An excellent guide to making comics, from character and story to tools and techniques.4 stars. A great in-depth exploration of why generalists often have an advantage in innovation and discovery.See more recent stuffYou’ve reached the end.Go back to the top or explore more below.PortfolioJournalMediaAboutContactNowAbout meSte Grainer is a designer and developer based in Richmond, VA.© 2022 Ste Grainer. All rights reserved.