In 2010, Phyllis Frye became one of the first two openly transgender judges in the United States. She currently serves as an Associate Judge for the City of Houston Municipal Courts. Phyllis was born around 1946, a time of very…

Here’s another Badass Woman I’d like to tell you about. Mary Two-Axe Earley was a Mohawk from Canada who fought for the rights of Aboriginal women. Mary Two-Axe was born on the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, Quebec, in 1911. She grew…

One of my friends has been posting 100 days of Badass Women on Facebook, so I’m stealing his idea to write about a few of my favorite Badass Women, starting with Viola Desmond in honor of Black History Month. Viola Desmond was…

I wrote an article on responsive typography for .net magazine a few months back, and it’s just now available online: Make your type look good on any device. Typography can often seem like the easiest part of designing a web…