The Daily Report
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My Glamorous Life: The Power Compels You
I DREAMED that my friend Jason Santa Maria took a job at a popular new startup that had exploded onto the world scene seemingly overnight. A fascinating visual interface was largely responsible for the popularity…
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Keep your site’s type right; let users work offline
IN ISSUE No. 350 of A List Apart for people who make websites: keep your web type looking right across browsers, platforms, and devices; let users do stuff on your site even when they’re offline.…
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A plane crash in slow-mo
I WAS SOBER SIX MONTHS when my Uncle George took me to lunch and told me he believed his sister, my mother, had Alzheimers. She was 60. Via frequent short visits to Pittsburgh and more…
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Big Web Show 69: Chris Cashdollar on fonts.com
HAPPY COG Creative Director Christopher Cashdollar is my guest in Episode No. 69 of The Big Web Show, the weekly podcast on “everything web that matters.” In 35 lively minutes, Chris and I discuss the…
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Jeffrey Zeldman on tour
SEE ME SPEAK about web design, interaction design, publishing, and the future of web content. Let’s meet in one of these nice cities: Go Beyond Pixels St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada May 25, 2012 Reasons To…
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Tantek Çelik on Mozilla & Microformats: Big Web Show
TANTEK ÇELIK is my guest on Episode No. 68 of The Big Web Show (“everything web that matters”). Currently web standards lead at Mozilla, Tantek is one of the founders of both the microformats.org open…
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Content Strategy Double Header: A List Apart 349
IN ISSUE NO. 349 of A List Apart for people who make websites, savor the content strategy sweetness as you dip into a double dose of Rachel Lovinger, a prime motivator behind the content strategy…
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Redesigning in Public Again
I FINALLY GOT A COUPLE OF HOURS free, enabling me to do something I’ve been itching to try since I first saw the web on a modern mobile device: redesign this website. First I cranked…
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Designing Apps With Web Standards (HTML is the API)
The Web OS is Already Here… Luke Wroblewski, November 8, 2011 Mobile First Responsive Web Design, Brad Frost, June, 2011 320 and up – prevents mobile devices from downloading desktop assets by using a tiny…
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Mike Monteiro’s “Design Is A Job” is finally available to buy or preview.
CO-FOUNDER of Mule Design and raconteur Mike Monteiro wants to help you do your job better. From contracts to selling design, from working with clients to working with each other, his brief book Design Is…
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Responsive Prototyping with Foundation
IN ISSUE NO. 348 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: Dive into Responsive Prototyping with Foundation There are hundreds of devices out there right now that can access the full web, as…
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Fico by Lensco.be | an icon font for responsive web designs, Retina display
FICO, by Lensco.be, is a font with 52 simple, commonly used icons and glyphs, served on the web via @font-face. Small (under 12K when gripped, in one HTTP request) and color-agnostic (you can even use…
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CSS & Mobile To The Future | Embrace Users, Constrain Design | An Event Apart Seattle 2012 Day II
TUESDAY, 3 APRIL 2012, was Day II of An Event Apart Seattle, a sold-out, three-day event for people who make websites. If you couldn’t be among us, never fear. The amazing Luke Wroblewski (who leads…
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Web, Mobile, Responsive, Content | Notes from An Event Apart Seattle Day 1
IF YOU couldn’t be among us for An Event Apart Seattle 2012 Day 1 on Monday, 2 April 2012, these notes by the illustrious Luke Wroblewski will almost make you feel you were there: Content…
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A List Apart No. 347 | Style Tiles & Self-Critique
DESIGN BETTER with Issue No. 347 of A List Apart for people who make websites: Artistic Distance by PAUL BURTON Pimpin’ ain’t easy; neither is self-critique. If you are passionate about what you create, it…