OddBird

About Us

Speaking & Training

Conferences, workshops, and more…

We’re constantly learning from the inspiration and mentoring of others, so we like to pass that knowledge along: talking and writing about the tools and practices that have helped improve our work. We also provide workshops and in-house trainings – to help improve design systems, designer-developer communication, site performance, and accessibility.

Featured Talks

Agile Design Systems

A talk on how we automate style documentation by building patterns directly into our code.

Dynamic CSS: Layouts & Beyond

Learn to integrate design and code to isolate components and automate style documentation with a design system built for your needs.

User Unfriendly

A project-manager’s reflections on human-centered problem-solving, client communication, and agile web development.

Planning Your Web Project

A non-technical guide for taking your project from concept to launch, without ever losing sight of the goals.

Featured Workshops

Featured Videos

Event Schedule

Don’t Use My Grid System at Boulder Python

on with Miriam Suzanne in Boulder, CO

Miriam (the creator of Susy) will show you the history of web layout, how grid systems work, and practical tips to avoid using them. For those few cases where a grid really is required, we’ll talk about the best ways to roll your own, so you’re not relying on a bloated library to make decisions for you. We’ll also look at the new layout toys — from flexbox to CSS Grid — and how to get started with only a few lines of code.

Upcoming Appearances

Speaking History

Industry-Leading Expertise

Founders Miriam and Carl are internationally known for their open source contributions to Sass/CSS and Django/Python, respectively. We’ve written the books, contributed to the languages, and built the tools for other developers. We don’t just follow best-practice – we help define it.

Jump Start Your Project

Ask us anything.

We’re happy to answer your questions, big or small. If we’re a good fit for your custom web project, we’ll offer a free in-depth assessment!

Schedule a call with Miriam