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If you’re a developer, then i…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
If you're a developer, then i highly recommend reading this "Cult of the Complex" post from Jeffrey Zeldman on A List Apart. Zeldman covers the trend in the tech industry to make things (such as front end development) far more…

John Maeda has released his 2018…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
John Maeda has released his 2018 Design in Tech report. This is always an interesting case study on the broad design world, and it's curated by Automattic's chief designer. I was also intrigued by a recent tweet from John highlighting…

Ethics in design has always been…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Ethics in design has always been an important topic in technical fields, but lately it's been in the public eye too. Morten Rand-Hendriksen's recent article, Using Ethics In Web Design is an important contribution to a renewed discussion of  this topic among…

The latest version of Gutenberg (2.1)…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
The latest version of Gutenberg (2.1) is out with another healthy list of improvements and additions. As Matias Ventura reports, the update iterates further on aspects of the design and writing flow with enhancements like lighter up/down movers. It also…

Taking a new product from concept to launch

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Brian Krogsgard
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When you launch a new project there’s always a buzz of excitement, hope, and relief, but also that of fear of failure and disappointment. This is something I’ve experienced for all the projects I’ve been part of over the past…

There’s been talk of how difficult…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
There's been talk of how difficult it is to stand out in the WordPress professional theme space lately. David A. Kennedy at ThemeShaper says Gutenberg is going to change this "in a big way." David thinks the new editor will add such…

Here’s a nice read from Jules…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Here's a nice read from Jules Forrest on the CSS Tricks blog: how she built the backend of the Women Who Design website. Tools including using the Twitter API, Autolinker (a new one or me), Node, Firebase, and JavaScript. I also encourage you…

Scott Amerman unveils a new WPEngine…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Scott Amerman unveils a new WPEngine feature called "Flexible Workflows." As the name suggests, Flexible Workflows allows teams to design their own development and deployment workflows. Some teams might want only a staging and production environment. Others might want a…

Is “Mobile First” really “Desktop Worst”?…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Is "Mobile First" really "Desktop Worst"? Oliver Brooks (Creative Director at Metalab) explains his dislike for the unnecessary use of mobile menus in desktop browser views: Mobile First should not be taken as an opportunity to over-simplify and, by the…

Adam Soucie has a nice start…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Adam Soucie has a nice start to a series of articles on accessibility over at Flywheel's design blog, The Layout. He begins with perceivability as defined by WCAG standards because, "if a visually or hearing impaired user can't perceive a…
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