Hello, 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.

I love making things

Here are a few of my favorites

Writing

About design, development, and other whims

On UXcellence …

& on my journal

One Magical Moment

In which I remember a visit to Notre Dame

Apr 15, 2019
My 2019 Theme: Rebuild

This year, I’m getting back to building the things I’m passionate about.

Jan 22, 2019
2018 in Review

Where I made big plans for 2018, but they all went out the window.

Jan 4, 2019
My Favorite Music for Focusing

Sometimes you just need some tunes without lyrics to get down to work

Sep 22, 2018
A (Whole) New Me

For 30 days, we gave up sugar, gluten, dairy, and legumes. It was hard, but it was SO worth it.

Sep 15, 2017
Happy Holidays From Our Family!

A quick recap of our year and a new tradition we’ve started

Dec 24, 2016

Want to follow along?

Once a month, I share new articles I’ve published on UXcellence alongside a broad collection of great resources on design, development, research, writing and more from a diverse set of creators. Occasionally I also give sneak previews of new projects I’m working on.

& Sharing

Helpful tools, techniques, and things that others make

Recent diversions

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