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
Anna Stout’s Astute Design Observations
Anna’s business story is as insightful as her conference takeaways. She finished school, worked as a front end developer with the GS&F communications agency, resigned from that position to stay home with her almost 2 year-old son, and has now owned her own company for a little over a year.
Prototyping Style – by Ben Callahan @ Beyond the Desktop Conference
Design deliverables can be challenging in a multi-device world. Front-end developers have had their day playing with fluid grids, flexible content, and media queries. Ben Callahan explains how to let the rest of the team in on the job.
Front-End Conf Lives!
Dan Denney and UnmatchedStyle have teamed up to continue to bring you the one and only Front-End Design Conference!
Interview with Shopify Designer Alex MacDonnell Talking all things E-Commerce
Clark talks with Shopify designer Alex MacDonell about what makes them tick and some insight into his design process there.
A to Z CSS: Justify
In this episode, we’ll look at the 12 possible values for text-align, one of which is justify, next we’ll look at using justified text with CSS columns and finally look at how justify can be used to create a floatless responsive grid system with just a few lines of code.
The WordPress Vulnerability Database That Will Help You Secure Your Site
WordPress is a highly-exploitable platform, but you can secure your install by taking a closer look at the WPScan WordPress Vulnerability Database which will help you find potential security exploits on your website.
BizCraft Episode 43: Let’s talk about time…
In this episode of BizCraft Carl and Gene talk about managing your time on a life level, saying no to things and how to get things going.
Wren Lanier – Designing on the z-axis
UMS Video Podcast: Giovanni talks with talks with Wrenn Lanier about her ideas for using visual depth and layering to communicate context and content to mobile web users.
Kickdrop Code Sample: Bootstrap Sliders
Simple and beautiful form sliders for any bootstrap-based project. We love these sliders because the jQuery is very easy to work with and the overall code quality is fantastic.
A to Z CSS: ID
ID is a CSS selector that allows the styling of a single unique element. Their use in CSS is common and often a little controversial. In this video, I will outline some of the reasons why I prefer the `class` selector over `ID`, how CSS specificity works.
Atomic Design – by Brad Frost @ Beyond the Desktop Conference
Atomic design by Brad Frost is a methodology used to construct web design systems. He has given this talk all over the place, but one that helped kick it off was at Breaking Development (BDConf) in 2013, here is the video and some notes about it.
Jenn Lukas – Interactions & Mobile Devices
UMS Video Podcast: Giovanni talks with talks with Jenn Lukas about one of the most fundamental and often troublesome quirks: The lack of a hover state.