Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦

@hibbittsdesign
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Creating open-source publishing tools for educators and digital publishers with a focus on outcomes over features / Interaction designer and open-source author Paul Hibbitts / 25 years in UX consulting and higher education / Projects include Docsify Starter Kits and Grav CMS Skeletons / Judgement over algorithms / Creator of Docsify-This.net, lightweight Markdown open publishing tool 🚀 #ux #systemsthinking #workflows #highered

Always learning, always designing, always building 🌱

Webhttps://hibbittsdesign.org
LinkedInhttps://ca.linkedin.com/in/paulhibbitts/
GitHubhttps://github.com/hibbitts-design
Docsify-This Projecthttps://docsify-this.net
Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦2d ago

New landing page about Docsify-This project on www.hibbittsdesign.org 🎉

https://www.hibbittsdesign.org/Docsify-This-3330615470e0804faf45e3765f954c14

Any key aspects of the project missing that were expected?

#Markdown #OpenSource

Docsify-This | Instantly Publish Markdown Files as Web Pages

Instantly publish Markdown files as styled, responsive web pages – no setup, hosting, or coding required. Free, open-source, and your content always stays yours.

www.hibbittsdesign.org on Notion
Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦3d ago
Open Education Global3d ago

⏳ 1 week left to submit your proposal to OEGlobal 2026.

If you care about knowledge as a public good — this is your moment.

We’re seeking bold ideas, grounded practice, and collaborative visions.

🎓 Theme: Innovating open practices to uphold and uplift knowledge as a public good.
📍 MIT Samberg Conference Center, Cambridge MA + Online
📅 Oct 7–9, 2026

Deadline: April 7
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImxKeR
#OEGlobal26 #OpenEducation #PublicGood #Countdown #Hybrid #OER #OpenAccess #AcademicMastodon

Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦6d ago

Hey fellow #GravCMS fans 👋🏻

I've just put together a small plugin called Admin Helios Refresh that gives the Grav Admin Panel theme a bit more of a modern feel — zinc dark nav, accessible blues, rounded corners, subtle shadows, and focus rings. It's Helios-inspired but works with any Grav site.

Repo is at https://github.com/hibbitts-design/grav-plugin-admin-helios-refresh — README has install instructions.

Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦Mar 26
Open Education GlobalMar 26

⛵️ Not sure you can travel?

OEGlobal 2026 is:

✔ In-person
✔ Hybrid
✔ Fully online
✔ 5-minute asynchronous lightning talks

There are many ways to participate.

Submission deadline: April 7 –> https://twp.ai/ImxN0y

#OEGlobal26 #OpenEducation #PublicGood #HowTo #Hybrid #OER #OpenAccess #AcademicMastodon

Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦Mar 25

Working on Helios-inspired Grav Admin Panel styling for the upcoming Helios Course Hub project. Coordinating zinc colours across nav, surfaces, links and badges to match the Helios theme, plus rounded corners, hover transitions, and improved type sizing - all accessible at WCAG AA. Togglable with a single setting in the plugin.👇🏼

The Grav CMS continues to impress me after all these years.

#GravCMS #Markdown

Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦Mar 24

Working on a new blog topic pack:

📐 Systems-Oriented Design in Practice Pack – for when the real question isn't "what should I build?" but "where does this complexity actually belong?"

Coming soon.

Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦Mar 23

NEW PREVIEW BLOG POST: The Architecture Beneath the User Experience: Design Lessons from the Grav Helios Course Hub

This is a big one, nine design principles, each circling back to the same question: where does this complexity actually belong?

https://www.hibbittsdesign.org/The-Architecture-Beneath-the-User-Experience-Design-Lessons-from-the-Grav-Helios-Course-Hub-32a0615470e080f895c3e62abab74975

The Architecture Beneath the User Experience: Design Lessons from the Grav Helios Course Hub | Notion

This all started with a small problem and a timely conversation in the Grav CMS Discord.

www.hibbittsdesign.org on Notion
Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦Mar 19

ICYMI: It's happening... maybe... first pass at a possible 2026 Open Education Conference session proposal🚀

From Markdown to Open Web: Publishing and Sharing OER with https://Docsify-This.net

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tgb-a8s9cBgFTaC-d2KOpYJlcsw5Mssb9RbtEDnv4kk/edit?usp=sharing

Doc open for comments/suggestions? Thinking an interactive 20 minute live session 🤔

Docsify-This

Publish and Style Online Markdown Files Instantly

Paul Hibbitts 🇨🇦Mar 17

It's happening... maybe... first pass at a possible 2026 Open Education Conference session proposal🚀

From Markdown to Open Web: Publishing and Sharing OER with https://Docsify-This.net

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tgb-a8s9cBgFTaC-d2KOpYJlcsw5Mssb9RbtEDnv4kk/edit?usp=sharing

Doc open for comments/suggestions? Thinking an interactive 20 minute live session 🤔

Docsify-This

Publish and Style Online Markdown Files Instantly

Show threadPaul Hibbitts 🇨🇦Mar 11

And here are all of my Docsify projects using the Docsify v5 RC👇🏼

Docsify-This v2
https://preview-v2.docsify-this.net

Open Course Starter Kit v2, default theme
https://hibbitts-design.github.io/preview-docsify-open-course-starter-kit-v2

Open Course Starter Kit v2, new Docsify core theme
https://hibbitts-design.github.io/preview-demo-docsify-open-course-starter-kit-v2-docsify-v5-theme

Open Publishing Starter Kit v2, default theme
https://hibbitts-design.github.io/preview-docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit-v2

Open Publishing Starter Kit v2, new Docsify core theme
https://hibbitts-design.github.io/preview-demo-docsify-open-publishing-starter-kit-v2-docsify-v5-theme

Blog Starter Kit v2, default theme
https://hibbitts-design.github.io/preview-demo-docsify-open-blog-starter-kit-v2-docsify-v5-theme

Docsify-This

Publish and Style Online Markdown Files Instantly