January 2012
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December 2011
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jQuery: » What Is Happening To The jQuery Plugins... →
TL;DR
So that was a lot of words, here’s the takeaway.
We’d been planning on replacing the original, spam-ridden plugin site for quite some time
In the process of deleting on the spam, all the plugins were deleted and we didn’t have a recent backup
Instead of burning cycles keeping the old site on life support, we decided to make a clean break and kick development on the new site into high...
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Know Your Combinators →
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“You hold down the ‘Shift’ key to move a window in a program in a straight line,...”
– Amen to that, now show me more! (via youreadesignerwhen)
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Text-overflow CSS3 property explained – Pure CSS... →
IE6 1 - FF 0 ?!
November 2011
9 posts
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html:not([os='mac']) →
Came a cross this little snippet of code in the source for the “New Tab” window in Chrome. I didn’t realize you could target an operating system as an attribute of an html file! Not sure what I’ll use it for, but nice to know :)
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What the Heck is Shadow DOM? « Dimitri Glazkov →
Love the idea of shadow DOM pseudo selectors in CSS…buuuuut needs a lot moar browser support. (Mozilla, get on your sh*t!)
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Extending the jQuery Form Validation Plugin |... →
Form validation is one of the most elementary practical uses of JavaScript. It is a standard topic in introductory JavaScript courses and is handled by numerous libraries. This entry seeks to explain how to use and extend the jQuery form validation plugin. You’ll need a basic working knowledge of the plugin to benefit from this entry. Learn the basics of the jQuery form validation plugin if you...
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Orthogonality and the DRY Principle →
Pragmatic Programmers Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas talk with Bill Venners about maintenance programming, the DRY principle, code generators and orthogonal systems, and a story about one highly coupled control system: the helicopter.
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Meet the Pseudo Class Selectors | CSS-Tricks →
Using CSS? Know your pseudo selectors ;)
The Principles of Experience Design and 10 sites... →
Whitney Hess’s principles can be applied to both online and offline worlds. While you and I might see a normal bathroom door on an airplane, Hess sees smart design. Not only does the bathroom door lock close the door, but it controls the inside light and illuminates the occupied sign. It’s her observant eye and careful thought process that makes her set of principles remarkable. Whether you are...
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Brad Frost Web | Web Development, Design, Music... →
In which @brad_frost posts demo pages to testing `position: fixed` on mobile devices, subsequently wins the internet:
— @beep (Ethan Marcotte)
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Can I Use? →
Super-useful website that tells you gives you what you need to know about browser support for any CSS property. I’ve been using it on a near-daily basis!
October 2011
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September 2011
33 posts
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“Hypothesis: the high moisture content of sauce and cheese cause
cause a large...”
– Domino’s Pizza vs Armor Plating
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The 3 stages of design maturity | Webdesigner... →
Whether you’ve been designing for 10 minutes or 10 years, there’s much to be learned and figured out. Depending on your path with design, some things will vary, but for the most part, there are three main stages of realizations/characteristics most designers go through.
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“If your team thinks Agile means endless changes and no documentation, finish the...”
– UX Drinking Game
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Usability and A/B Testing – A Special Relationship... →
Website optimization teams are more effective when UX Consultants and AB/Multivariate Testing experts work closely together.
Why is the relationship so important?
There are few who would dispute the importance of testing new website optimization ideas (hypotheses) in a live environment, with real users, using tools such as A/B testing software, before final implementation on your website. But...
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The Tinyblog: A recap of Day One. →
tinyproj:
Today Tinyproj officially turns three … days (old), and what a ride it’s been so far. I thought it would be fun to do a quick breakdown of the first email we sent today (and if you didn’t get it, sign up for next time).
It’s great to see a chord has been struck with folks — over 4,500…
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“Research plays a vital role in UX, as we need to understand our users and their...”
– » What I Bring to UX From … Market Research Johnny Holland – It’s all about interaction » Blog Archive
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Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and... →
Target recently launched a new version of their website to much fanfare. The font is sleeker, images sharper, and the captions are clever. Unfortunately, their assertion that it’s “easier to use” didn’t hold up when we put Target.com to the test with real people on our panel.
Target…smh
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Interaction Design →
I need to brush up on my Chinese so I can read this!
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A Farewell to CSS3 Gradients » HTML & CSS, Layout... →
Before we get started, let’s get one thing straight:
I ♥ CSS3.
I understand that we’ve never had it so good. In fact, I have no doubt that time-travellers visiting from 2004 would be sick with jealousy at how easily we now conjure up rounded corners, shadows, and object rotations.
Sure, the browser-specific prefixes (i.e. –moz, –webkit –o, etc) are an irritation, but happily the rest of...
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» DESIGN CHAT →
Special guests Daniel Burka and Marc Hemeon join us to chat all things design!
Hey a designer podcast featuring Daniel Burka, Designer and co-founder of Milk, and Marc Hemeon, Designer at Google/Youtube! And it’s happening in a half an hour…did I mention their podcast has the same name as this blog???
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Showcase: Pop-Up Book in HTML and CSS | eleqtriq →
This is amazing
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MadWonk: CEO and the War Against Minorities →
madwonk:
I’ve never heard of the Center for Equal Opportunity before tonight. I’m a little taken aback they would use such a misleading term to promote such an unequal agenda. But with all of the tweets and Facebook posts I’ve seen, this quote is the most disturbing higher education-related statement I’ve…
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Interaction Design Tactics For Visual Designers -... →
Interaction design is a multi-faceted discipline that links static communications together to form an experience. Understanding the basic principles of this discipline is core to designing websites that are not only aesthetically pleasing but that actually solve business problems and bring delight to their users. This article just scratches the surface of interaction design. For Web designers...
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twtmore • welcome →
I really dig the design of this page
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Creating responsive images using the noscript tag... →
This technique isn’t that great, but it’s probably the most creative solution to responsive images I’ve seen yet…I didn’t even know the <noscript> tag existed!!!
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False fears — an article by Ben Schwarz →
Fail, make mistakes and poor judgements… but for gods sake, do something!
Say this to yourself everyday when you wake up. Or maybe even when you’re asleep. You gotta get up, get out there and do something!
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The Roadmap To Becoming A Professional Freelance... →
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Responsive Video Embeds with FitVids →
FitVids is a lightweight, easy-to-use jQuery plugin for fluid width video embeds. It currently supports the major video vendors: YouTube, Vimeo, Blip.tv, and a couple outliers.
The plugin is based on Chris’ pre-exising work on fluid videos and the Intrinsic Ratio method suggested by Thierry Koblentz (ALA #284). With these gems of knowledge combined with my ability to only make tiny jQuery...
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"I want to learn how to code" →
jenius:
Absolutely brilliantly written, and the exact process I followed to become a full time developer. Do it!
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Joel Andrew Glovier's Tumblog: Get online - with... →
glovier:
So I meet a lot of people in the design community, many of which are just starting out in their work. I’m always interested to see other designer’s work, so I always ask them where I can check their stuff out online.
You’d be surprised how many designers don’t have an online portfolio - at least…
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“When you are starting your career as a freelancer, it will be INCREDIBLY...”
– The Dark Art of Pricing | Jessica Hische
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Invoice Like A Pro: Examples and Best Practices -... →
Your invoice should be prim and proper, so that you can get paid by your clients efficiently. While invoicing is not a fun task, it’s a necessary one: by keeping clients informed of your expectations, you will get paid punctually and reinforce your professionalism. After going over some best practices for creating invoices, we’ll review some great (and not so great) online invoicing tools, so...
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Social Networking For Designers « The Designer's... →
A continually updated guide for new designers looking to utilise social networks for help, exposure and new work, provided by seasoned and international industry experts.
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