Hampton Catlin talks about working on the Wikipedia Mobile website/app. He also offers a few parting questions to help bring order to the chaos of the current state of responsive web design.
Val Head – Web Designer, Motion Designer
Giovanni talks with Val about why designers should incorporate animation in their designs, when it’s appropriate and when it’s not.
SVG and the preserveAspectRatio Property
Giovanni DiFeterici runs you through the why, and how of SVGs and the preserveAspectRatio Property
Grunt While You Work
Giovanni DiFeterici runs you through the why, and how to set up Grunt.js, a JavaScript Task Runner – a bit of javascript code that runs other bits of javascript code.
What is the Value of Content in Today’s Web Industry?
Listen to Sara Wachter-Boettcher talk about how to create meaningful content that connects with audiences on a broad range of devices, now and into the future.
Web Design Trends 2015
We share a few of the UMS’ staff predictions for 2015 design trends, give you links and summaries to other designer / sites predictions and ask you to participate by answering a quick survey.
Free Download: Vector Sports Icons
Thanks to the fine folks at Vecteezy we’re able to give you guys a free set of sports based icons. Go get e’m and enjoy.
How to use Snapchat for design critique
So there’s already one app you probably have on your phone right now that can be great for design critique. Snapchat, what the what?
BizCraft Episode 46: The one about the time someone sent Carl some naughty pics
In this episode of BizCraft Carl and Gene talk about the time someone at Apple sent a not-so-funny joke to someone at nGen Works.
What Sets The Iron Yard Apart from Other Developer Schools
Background on The Iron Yard web design classes and what to look for from attending and graduating.
Introducing Zurb’s Foundation for Apps
Foundation for Apps enables designers and developers to easily create multi-view web apps that look and feel like native apps and provide a seamless experience across all devices.
Jonathan Stark – Redesigning Entertainment Weekly – Real world responsive web design
UMS Video Podcast: Giovanni talks with Jonathan Stark about his experiences redesigning the now well known project of the Entertainment Weekly website.
BizCraft Episode 45: Crossover show with The Dirt – The Death of Original Design
In this episode of BizCraft Carl and Gene talk with the fine gentlemen of The Dirt podcast about the death of originality in web design, commoditization of the low end of our market, the actual starting time of beer ‘o’ clock in Florida, and how our profession has responded to a proliferation of high quality and cheap design options.
How to Give Better Feedback On-the-Job
Discussion with Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Company about how to give and get better feedback on-the-job.
What You Need In Your Next Freelance Contract
There are many different ways to structure a contract, depending on what works for you, what works for your client and what type of work you’re doing, but there are some basic elements that are an essential part of every contract.
Daniel Burka – Prototyping any Product in 5 Days
UMS Video Podcast: Giovanni talks Daniel Burka of Google Ventures about the fast prototyping approach they take to designing products.
Beyond Mobile: Where No Geek Has Gone Before – by Josh Clark @ Beyond the Desktop Conference
Everyday technology is hurtling into the realm of science fiction, even magic, with new devices that are as surprising and delightful as they are useful. Josh Clark can help us sort it all out.
BizCraft Episode 44: The Truth-teller Episode
In this episode of BizCraft Carl and Gene talk about things going on in the web design business industry. How shops are struggling and some reasons why maybe