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Smashing Magazine Feed- Beyond The Button: Embracing The Gesture-Driven Interface May 24, 2013As a mobile UI or UX designer, you probably remember the launch of Apple’s first iPhone as if it was yesterday. Among other things, it introduced a completely touchscreen-centered interaction to a individual’s most private and personal device. It was a game-changer. Today, kids grow up with touchscreen experiences like it’s the most natural thing. Parents […]Thomas Joos
- Building The New Financial Times Web App (A Case Study) May 23, 2013When the mockups for the new Financial Times application hit our desks in mid-2012, we knew we had a real challenge on our hands. Many of us on the team (including me) swore that parts of interface would not be possible in HTML5. Given the product team’s passion for the new UI, we rolled up our sleeves and gave it our best shot. We were tasked with implem […]Wilson Page
- Designing CSS Layouts With Flexbox Is As Easy As Pie May 22, 2013Flexible box layout (or flexbox) is a new box model optimized for UI layout. As one of the first CSS modules designed for actual layout (floats were really meant mostly for things such as wrapping text around images), it makes a lot of tasks much easier, or even possible at all. Flexbox’s repertoire includes the simple centering of elements (both horizont […]David Storey
- Mobile UX Research: Exploring Ten Fundamental Aspects Of M-Commerce Usability May 21, 2013Everyone is talking about mobile. Some e-commerce websites are venturing into it. Mobile commerce (also known as “m-commerce”) has immense potential, exhibiting a 86% growth rate and hitting $25 billion in 2012 (set to reach $86 billion by 2016, according to eMarketer). It’s also a whole new platform, with new interaction methods and usage contexts that i […]Christian Holst
- Case Study: Typographic Design Patterns And Current Practices (2013 Edition) May 17, 2013Good typography has always been a defining aspect of effective Web design, and this holds true especially for websites in which the emphasis is on presenting a large amount of content — specifically, articles, news and stories. Whether for a magazine or international newspaper, the designer of any website that distributes a lot of content has always had t […]Jan Constantin
- A Beginner's Guide: Migrating A Website To WordPress Is Easier Than You Think May 15, 2013Now powering over 17% of the Web, WordPress is increasingly becoming the content management system (CMS) of choice for the average user. But what about websites built with an outdated CMS or without a CMS at all? Does moving to WordPress mean starting over and losing all the time, energy and money put into the current website? Nope! Migrating a website (i […]Jonathan Wold
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
A walk in Rittonhouse Square on some random day
Lots of people in the square, and here is a sample of what they were talking about when they walked by: ~ Where you ladies from? ~ We think she is a mix of something… ~ We got them on … Continue reading
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work talk
~ I just got a new bra from Victoria’s… ~ I’m not answering that, I hate that guy… ~ So is that a move up for you? I Don’t see how…. ~ I want to drag you out…. ~ Sometimes … Continue reading
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Are you riding yet?
“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit…what a ride!’” ~Mavis Leyrer
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