This site is undergoing an open redesign. Web Design Author, Evangelist, Practitioner, and Teacher. My name is Aaron Gustafson and I work on the web. I am a web standards advocate at Microsoft. Where I work closely with their browser team. I also help organizations elegantly tackle the challenges presented by all the crazy devices and screens you see everywhere using progressive enhancement.

I lead design and development teams, and coach people to help them reach their full potential and create amazing things. My most recent work includes the U. Apart from technology, I like spending time hiking and camping in the woods of North Carolina and spending time with my family.

A designer leading digital communications at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Previously, I was Design Director at Monotype. Before that, Mark Boulton Design. CopyChar Copy special characters to your clipboard.

Using a Pattern Library as a Design Tool. A New Site and Silver Linings. From Public Freaking To Public Speaking. What I Wish I Had Known When I Graduated College. The Evolving Role of a Designer. The Four Stages of Giving Up Photoshop.

Wait How is the future like pie? My head and my heart. One year ago, I quit my job to become an independent consultant. I liked my job, especially the people I worked with. But traditional employment had always left me a little unhappy. Determined where I worked, when I worked, what I worked on. Even in companies I liked, I felt stifled by corporate culture. One week later, I had a stroke. In my dissociation, I reached towards it.

From my flip flops, overly loose trousers, consumption of banana fritters and cheap Thai beer. Oh, and well-thumbed copy of The Beach. Leave your book and pick it up tomorrow. Oh, those soft skills.

Some Clarifications on Trans Language. Some Kind of Resistance Tour, 2017. Ryo Yamaguchi, Michigan Quarterly Review.