The Daily Report
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You’re welcome: cutting the mustard then and now.
EVERY TIME I hear a brilliant young web developer cite the BBC’s forward-thinking practice of “cutting the mustard,” by which they mean testing a receiving web device for certain capabilities before serving content, I remember…
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“You’re Now Free to Complain About the Wi-Fi”
LOUIS C.K.’s 2008 viral rant on Conan O’Brien be damned. Seven years later, in-flight Wi-Fi is still maddeningly slow, expensive, and unreliable. Bloomberg: Why Gogo’s Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies
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Reframing Design
Issue ? 426 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, reframes the design process. Adopting modular design; testing and feedback in design.
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On Web Performance
Lara Hogan on Web Performance. One of twelve essential sessions.
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An Event Apart DC Resources
WHETHER you missed the DC show that ended 20 minutes ago, or attended and already want to relive the memories, this chunk’s for you: Articles, Links, and Tools From An Event Apart Washington DC 2015.…
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Web Design Essentials: Resilience
RESILIENCE: BUILDING a Robust Web That Lasts by Jeremy Keith. One of twelve hours of essential content at An Event Apart Austin 2015. But if you plan to attend, grab your ticket now. Early bird…
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Job Hunting For Web Designers
When, why, and how to quit your web design or web development job.
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Designing With Words
Reading good writing about design, by someone who actually works as a designer, is a rare pleasure. What are you waiting for?
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Publishing v. Performance—or, The Soul of the Web
Publishing Versus Performance: Our Struggle for the Soul of the Web
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A List Apart Summer Reading
SUMMER is halfway over. Have you hid out for a day of reading yet? Grab a shady spot and a picnic blanket (or just park it in front of the nearest AC unit), turn off…
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Co-Design, Not Redesign, by Kevin M. Hoffman – An Event Apart Video
MOVE from the nightmare of design by committee to the joys of design collaboration. In this 60-minute video captured live at An Event Apart Orlando: Special Edition, Kevin M. Hoffman explains how service design thinking,…
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A Beautiful Life
LIZZIE VELASQUEZ, age 25, weighs 64 pounds. Born with a rare syndrome that prevents her from gaining weight, she was not expected to survive. Her parents took her home, raised her normally, and, when she…
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Two Kinds of People
There are two kinds of people: those who hold the door open for others, and those who walk through without thanking me.
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The Conversion Issue
A List Apart ? 424: Convert visitors to customers, and stakeholders to passionate believers.
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This Week In The Death of Publishing & The Web
FAST COMPANY writes: Apple, like Facebook, has entered into a standoff with the publishing industry and the open, if for-profit, web. And it’s being done under the aegis of design: choose a better reading experience…