Are You Prepared Against A Hack?
“Danger: malware ahead!” and “This website may harm your computer” are the two sentences that I hate most and that I don’t want any of my clients to see when they open their website. If you have seen...
View ArticleA Thorough Introduction To Backbone.Marionette (Part 3)
To help you tap the full potential of Marionette, we’ve prepared an entire eBook full of useful hands-on examples which is also available in the Smashing Library . — Ed. In this series on...
View ArticleCareer Advice For Graduating Web Design Students
It’s that time of year again: graduation, when students transition away from the classroom to what will hopefully be a long and successful career in their chosen industry. I recently said goodbye to...
View ArticleCSS-Driven Internationalization In JavaScript
Writing front-end code often requires developers to address the problem of internationalization at some level. Despite the current standard 1 , which introduces a bunch of new tags, simply adding...
View ArticleHow To Communicate Effectively In IT Projects
One of the most important factors in the success or failure of any IT project is communication. Communicating effectively can be quite difficult, especially when a project involves many people with...
View ArticleUseful Adobe Fireworks Resources: Extensions (Part 1)
Fireworks is an excellent UI design tool; however, Adobe decided to feature-freeze 1 it back in 2013 and (at the same time) did not offer any replacement tool to its users. Nevertheless, since...
View ArticleHow Limitations Led To My Biggest App Store Success and Failure
Look at your calendar. If you’re anything like me, all you see are meetings, places to go, things to do, people to meet and not a lot of white space. Few people love their calendar. So, we set out to...
View ArticleSelling The Value Of The Web To Small-Town Clients
Selling your services as a freelancer or a small shop is tough enough as it is. Selling to a small-town business that might not even see the need for a website adds an extra level of difficulty in...
View ArticleUseful Adobe Fireworks Resources: Tutorials, Articles And Freebies (Part 2)
A few weeks ago, I mentioned some of the best extensions 1 that are currently available for Fireworks. Today, I’ll cover some of the best tutorials and articles, as well as many freebies (styles,...
View ArticleUseful Adobe Fireworks Resources: Tutorials, Articles And Freebies (Part 2)
A few weeks ago, I mentioned some of the best extensions 1 that are currently available for Fireworks. Today, I’ll cover some of the best tutorials and articles, as well as many freebies (styles,...
View ArticleA Better 404 Page
A lot of funny 404 pages have been shared recently: carefully crafted memes, funny GIFs, even the odd interactive game. But if the 404 doesn’t help your visitors, then what’s the point? A visitor...
View ArticleHow To Plan And Run A Great Conference Experience
Our industry is a great one. It’s filled with a lot of awesome people building a lot of inspiring things and constantly seeking out ways to express just how much they love doing so. We’ve had blogs...
View ArticleDropbox’s Carousel Design Deconstructed (Part 1)
Many of today’s hottest technology companies, both large and small, are increasingly using the concept of the minimum viable product (MVP) as way to iteratively learn about their customers and develop...
View ArticleA Quick Tour Of WordPress 4.0
Today, WordPress has released the first release candidate 1 (RC) for the upcoming 4.0 version. According to the official version numbering 2 , WordPress 4.0 is no more or less significant than 3.9...
View Article7 Ways You Might Not Know Your Sites Are Exploding
Once upon a time in web design, all you had to do to make your sites cross compatible was set them to be 960px wide and fix the issues that popped up in IE6. Ah, the old days.... Today, the internet...
View ArticleAnimating Without jQuery
There’s a false belief in the web development community that CSS animation is the only performant way to animate on the web. This myth has coerced many developers to abandon JavaScript-based animation...
View ArticleInternal Developer Training: Doing It Right
Successful developers all have something in common: the desire to create . To fully realize that creativity, they need to continually improve their skills. The web industry has grown from this desire...
View ArticleDropbox’s Carousel Design Deconstructed (Part 2)
Many of today’s hottest technology companies, both large and small, are increasingly using the concept of the minimum viable product (MVP) as way to iteratively learn about their customers and develop...
View ArticleAre Your Internal Systems Damaging Your Business?
The internal systems of many organizations have shocking user interfaces. This costs companies in productivity, training and even the customer experience. Fortunately, we can fix this. “How come I can...
View ArticlePictura – Find Flickr Images Directly in Photoshop
Pictura is a Photoshop plugin to instantly find and apply any image on Flickr directly in Photoshop . No more distractions or manual image downloads. Locate and instantly use any image on Flickr, all...
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