Rachel Andrew on the Business of Web Dev: Looking Outside
Running a business with your spouse has advantages. A year ago we decided—after asking Twitter where was nice to live—to move from Maidenhead to Bristol. We were able to relocate home and business...
View ArticleThis week's sponsor: UserZoom
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View ArticleBrevity vs. Clarity
A few months ago, my good friend, Olivier Lacan, tweeted: Why do CSS author seem to agree that “btn” stands for button while “large” doesn’t need “lrg”? Stop abbreviating because others do it.— Olivier...
View ArticleNishant Kothary on the Human Web: There Is No Data vs. Intuition
Few things have widened the chasm between data and intuition as much as Marissa Mayer’s infamous matter of the 41 Shades of Blue a few years ago. For those of you who live under a rock, let me catch...
View ArticleThis week's sponsor: SkillFeed
Thanks to SkillFeed for sponsoring A List Apart this week. Sharpen your skills, or learn something new, with free access to their tutorials and courses. ...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Present Tense
It seems like we’re always anxiously awaiting the future, complications and all. Take the present moment: HTTP/2 is on its way, with intriguing changes for web development; web publishing has never...
View ArticlePluralization for JavaScript
Seventy-one percent of today’s internet users don’t speak English as a first language, and that number keeps growing. But few people specialize in internationalization. As a result, most sites get it...
View Article80/20 Practitioners Make Better Communicators
I spent the better part of 2014 working on two redesigns: one for a major pizza chain, the other for a major bike retailer. The five of us working on the redesigns were excited beyond words—two...
View ArticleDon’t Forget About Contrast
Several years ago I wanted to get an external monitor to go along with the laptop my work provided. I was a remote worker and decided to buy one myself that I could hang on to even if I left that job....
View ArticleMatt Griffin on How We Work: Readable Wearables
A few weeks ago we added our first wearable to the Bearded device lab, and it was an eye-opening experience. The same day that Apple showcased the soon-to-arrive Apple Watch, a Samsung Gear S showed up...
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This week's sponsor: Inbound.org
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View ArticleLaura Kalbag on Freelance Design: The Illusion of Free
Our data is out of our control. We might (wisely or unwisely) choose to publicly share our statuses, personal information, media and locations, or we might choose to only share this data with our...
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On Our Radar: Self-Centered Edition
Okay, we admit it: it’s all about us. From steps to sleep to social activities, we’re counting every kind of personal data you can think of. But what’s all that data add up to? How could we look at...
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Let Links Be Links
The concept of the web as an application platform has never been more popular, but the tools used to create these so-called “web apps” are still fraught with pitfalls that are often ignored or...
View ArticleInitiation to Code
When you imagine a programming mentor, certain archetypes might flash into your mind. Maybe you see the wise monk who’s meditated on design patterns for decades. Perhaps it’s the sophisticated keynote...
View ArticleDesigning Social Tools for Tweens
Designing any type of online social experience for kids is a tricky business. You need to strike the right balance between fun and private, personal and respectful. This becomes especially important...
View Article15 Years of Dao
John Allsopp’s prescient essay is about the tension between the culture of print design and the culture of web design, circa 2000. That tension persists—not just between print and web, but between...
View ArticleLyza Danger Gardner on Building the Web Everywhere: WAI-finding with ARIA...
Recently, as part of my research for a presentation about web accessibility for non-specialized teams, I asked around about how people were applying the HTML role attribute in their day-to-day web...
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