Topic: Cloud Four Stories

Our accessibility best practices have changed a lot in recent years, which we're reflecting in the next version of our design system. More

A frustrating struggle to keep a tiny native app alive reminds me why I appreciate the web. More

The book I spent the last year of my life working on is finally out. It’s called Progressive Web Apps and it is available in paperback and ebook formats. I wrote the book for teams grappling with what progressive… More

I set out to write a book that answered the questions of why you should build a progressive web app, what your progressive web app should do, and how to put together a roadmap for building it. You can… More

One of the hidden benefits of Progressive Web Apps is that you can start right now and roll out features incrementally. We took this approach when building our own Progressive Web App last year. Our planning started at the… More

Cloud Four turns ten in October, and we have big changes to announce as we prepare for our second decade. Megan Notarte and Tyler Sticka are now part owners!… More

We’re searching for an enthusiastic and talented Front-end Designer to join our small team in downtown Portland. If you love the web, solving complex design problems and writing or speaking about what you learn and think, you’d be a great… More

Here's a story we've seen play out a few times. A hypothetical designer at a hypothetical organization is tasked with mocking up some new design element…… More

After months of redesigning in public, we’ve finally pushed the button that unleashed the new cloudfour.com on the world. For me, this project has been a dream come true. I was a fan of Cloud Four long… More

Here are four truths about input that have changed the way I look at the web. 1. Input is exploding The last decade has seen an explosion of new types of input. The pace of input innovation is like nothing… More