Ellen Covey

Product designer 🚴‍♀️ Cycle tourist 🐣 Quail keeper

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

@pomofocus Thanks for such a neat little product. Is there a reason the pomodoro count now starts at #0? Or is it a bug?

[Kyler Phillips @kylerjphillips]

I made a little Figma plugin called Thumbnail Kit that generates thumbnails for your projects.

🏷️ Add project status
📝 Give it a name
📎 Give it a description
🙍‍♀️ Upload avatars/collaborators

Shoutout to @joeyabanks who I got the idea from his community thumbnail resource ✨

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

@eagle_app What does upgrading do? I was under the impression that you pay once for all features and updates.

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

Really good take on building ACTUAL accessible colour systems, and why WCAG isn't always right
https://t.co/6T5reNs6ju

[Addy Osmani @addyosmani]

Excited for the CSS "size-adjust" descriptor for fonts: reduce layout shifts by matching up a fallback font and primary web font through a scale factor for glyphs (percentage).

See https://t.co/mdRW2BMg6A by @cramforce for a demo (Chrome Canary/FF Nightly with flags)

[isha @ishadesign]

presenting... the best loading spinner i've ever seen

[Present & Correct @presentcorrect]

Color Parrot is a bot which will give you a hex code & name for the colours in any image...

@color_parrot What is this color?

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

This will be my 3rd year taking part in @36daysoftype and I'm excited to start! My previous two series:

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

Is anyone else gearing up for #36daysoftype this year? The dates have just been released! I'll be trying to keep up as always https://t.co/smY95c25mN

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

I also have a little graphic freebie planned, so keep an eye on my Insta stories if you're in the market for something 🌈 colourful ✨

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

@The_Dots_Jobs It seems lots of companies are abusing your free freelance job postings by adding full time positions. Makes the hunt tricky and disappointing as a freelancer!

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

Working from the Barbican today, photos of the estate have made it into my second submission for 36 days of type. Check the piece out @ellen.covey
#barbican #london #brutalist #architecture #prettyugly https://t.co/YEpzFmoeEN

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

Sneak peek of my first entry for 36 days of type. Check out the full version @ellen.covey https://t.co/BvYslmjuP0

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

“If we’ve built the love, communicated our generosity and do great work, then our clients will become our advocates and advocate for us, even when we push back.” https://t.co/Jyx7hzdxgC #InsideDesign via @InVisionApp

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

@SnowyBean @JPJackPott What timing! No worries x

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

@JPJackPott @SnowyBean Hey that’s good to know! I haven’t set it up yet so if you have a link @SnowyBean I’m happy to use it 👍🏻

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

@SnowyBean Just came across “new old icons” whatever that means

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

So much hatred for my past self naming folders things like “off dropbox 4” “actually temporary” and “most recent version”

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

Interesting architectural motifs on building in Trieste, the final Italian town on my cycle tour before crossing over into Slovenia.

#trieste #italy #latergram #insect #bee #architecture #motif #wasp #bee #window #buildings https://t.co/gWALSDGKs0

[Ellen Covey @coveyellen]

As heavy rain was due in Italy, I took a break via bus and aimed for Munich. The city was very pretty, filled with loads of interesting architecture and history. The speed they rebuilt after the war was incredible, and locals have different (not necessar… https://t.co/3AdQNIYCKg