The Daily Report
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A List Apart ? 419: Narratives & Conversations
IN ISSUE ? 419 of A List Apart: Do Androids Dream in Free Verse by JOSCELIN COOPER From ATMs to Siri to the button text in an application user interface, we “talk” to our tech—and…
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“Creative” is not a dirty word
THERE’S a meme promulgated by my dear friend Monteiro that they call you creative to take your power away. Rubbish. Don’t get me wrong. I agree with most of what Mike Monteiro has to say about design, which is…
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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Medium?
Why are independent content creators afraid of Medium.com?
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Eight Days in April
I’ve been busy this week, writing for Fournova and Medium, and appearing on Unfinished Business with Andrew Clarke and Dan Mall.
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LISP – Fresh on Medium
I’d like to share a joke I wrote in my sleep this morning.
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Responsive Web Design’s Debut (with video)
IT WAS FIVE years ago today, Ethan Marcotte taught the web to play…nicely with all kinds of devices in all kinds of contexts. And he did it live on stage at An Event Apart Seattle…
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Progressive Enhancement FTW with Aaron Gustafson
IN EPISODE ? 130 of The Big Web Show (“Everything Web That Matters”), I interview long-time web standards evangelist Aaron Gustafson, author of Adaptive Web Design, on web design then and now; why Flipboard’s 60fps…
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Marchgasm!
I’VE BEEN BUSY this month: Updated! Writing the Book on Web Design, Jeffrey Zeldman interview, Communication Arts Insights, March 24, 2015. “This is the beauty of a design career: you have the opportunity to create…
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I’m an Entrepreneur, And You Can Too: FounderDating cofounder Jessica Alter on Big Web Show ? 129
TODAY’S BIG WEB SHOW guest is Jessica Alter (@jalter), Cofounder & Chief Connector of FounderDating, “a Linkedin for entrepreneurs.” Jessica and I discuss growing an online community while maintaining quality and avoiding spam and anti-patterns;…
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The Arc of a Design Career: Khoi Vinh on The Big Web Show ? 128
KHOI VINH IS my guest in Episode ? 128 of The Big Web Show (“Everything Web That Matters”). Khoi is a web and graphic designer, blogger, and former design director for The New York Times, where…
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Big Web Show ? 127: Those Who Can Teach with Jared Spool
IN EPISODE ? 127 of The Big Web Show, Jared Spool of User Interface Engineering and I discuss the goals and workings of Center Centre, a new school Jared cofounded with Dr Leslie Jensen Inman…
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Big Web Show ? 126: Dribble ‘n Flow with Dan Cederholm (@simplebits)
IN EPISODE ? 126 of The Big Web Show, author (“Sass For Web Designers”), designer, and Dribbble co-founder Dan Cederholm (@simplebits) sits down with Jeffrey Zeldman to discuss using tools and templates versus rolling your…
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Next Generation CSS Layout With Rachel Andrew
SINCE the early days of the web, designers have been trying to lay out web pages using grid systems. Likewise, almost every CSS framework attempts to implement some kind of grid system, using floats and…
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Pick Up Hicks
JON HICKS. One of twelve great reasons to attend An Event Apart Boston 2015. Zeldman.com fans, save $100 at registration using discount code AEAZELD. Jon Hicks is a Graphic Designer based in Oxfordshire, UK. He…
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The Long Web – An Event Apart Video
IN THIS 60-minute video caught live at An Event Apart Austin, Jeremy Keith bets on HTML for the long haul: The pace of change in our industry is relentless. New frameworks, processes, and technologies are…