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A few weeks ago, I answered a question on Quora explaining how it feels to be a Black software engineer in Silicon Valley. I explained that most of the time, my race doesn’t play into how I’m treated at work and how my work is recognized. While that answer is mostly true, it felt incomplete. […]
A CONFERENCE FOR WEB PROFESSIONALS WHO LOVE THEIR COMMUNITY, THE WEB, AND LEARNING.
An interactive in-editor keyboard shortcuts tutorial for Sublime Text 3
Content is the core commodity of the digital economy. It is the gold we fashion into luxury experience, the diamond we encase in loyalty programs and upsells. Yet, as designers, we often plug it in after the fact. We prototype our interaction and visual design to exhaustion, but accept that the “real words” can just […]
Delight is one of my favorite words. It captures a feeling most of us probably wish we had more often. So it’s no surprise that CX folks are somewhat obsessed with the concept of delighting customers. After all, who doesn’t like to be delighted? What could possibly go wrong?
I love maps. Especially ones that display data meaningfully. But the idea of making one myself using JavaScript was overwhelming .Turns out it’s not too tricky, even for someone new to JavaScript, if you use CartoDB and their JavaScript library . Here’s how I made an interactive map displaying the condition of bridges across Ontario:
Choosing typefaces for use on the web today is a practice of specifying static fonts with fixed designs. But what if the design of a typeface could be as flexible and responsive as the layout it exists within?
Some skills, you just need to know. And you better know them so well that you can do them almost without thinking. When it comes to web design, many skills can change and evolve over time, but there are a few basics that you should be able to do in your sleep.
Content and design—it’s always been a chicken-and-egg conundrum. Design needs content, and content needs design. But communication between content and design isn’t always so smooth.
I knew something is wrong when I read about the golden age of design is coming. I’m always aware of the consequences of something big coming.