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I’m giving a talk at next week’s Boston WordPress meetup! If you’re around on Monday night — that’s 27 April 2026, for you Julian calendar sickos — I hope you’ll be able to join us. I’ll be giving a short talk on design systems: how they’ve changed the way digital teams work, and how we might need to rethink them. It’s a fun talk, and I’m excited to be there. I’ve been rehearsing the talk this week, and was struck by…well, how weird it felt to rehearse a talk. That’s when I realized that next week’s meetup will be the first in-person talk I’ve given since 2019. Twenty-nineteen! Seven entire years! An eternity ago. Public speaking used to be, like, a whole entire thing I used to do. And now it’s just…not. I’ve given plenty of remote talks since then, mind you. (And they’re still plenty of work!) But as much fun as a virtual event is, I’ve missed getting a chance to meet attendees, hear what they’re working on, and what they’re excited about. A lot of this is due to a changing world.…