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  • Interaction design lessons  from sci-fi: Visual interfaces

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    Interaction design lessons from sci-fi: Visual interfaces

    Futuristic interface design lessons you can use in your own work

    25 Jan 2013

    By Chris Noessel and Nathan Shedroff on | 3 comments
    Make it so is a book for interface designers interested in understanding sci-fi's role in design history and using sci-fi interfaces in their own work. Here we present an exclusive excerpt on visual design, with a focus on typography
  • <img>s are content too

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    <img>s are content too

    Images aren’t just there for decoration; they have meaning too

    24 Jan 2013

    By James Fenton on | 1 comment
    Images aren’t just there for decoration; they have meaning too – so make sure your choices have context, says James Fenton
  • Using PHP Data Objects

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    Using PHP Data Objects

    Daniel Lewis explains how to put the PDO library into practice

    24 Jan 2013

    By Daniel Lewis on | 1 comment
    The PHP Data Objects library provides a consistent foundation for database access and connectivity. Daniel Lewis explains how to put it into practice
  • Noah Stokes projects with meaning

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    Noah Stokes projects with meaning

    Bold's founder on Apple, redesigning Delicious and burying a goat

    23 Jan 2013

    Bold founder Noah Stokes chats to Jim Thacker about getting out of the city and finding projects with meaning, redesigning Delicious – and why working for Apple was no Garden of Eden
  • 2012 into 2013: web standards in perspective

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    2012 into 2013: web standards in perspective

    Chris Mills on the most exciting web standards developments of 2012

    23 Jan 2013

    By Chris Mills on
    Chris Mills looks back at most exciting web standards developments of 2012, and looks ahead to what we can expect in 2013
  • Alex Duloz on The Pastry Box Project

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    Alex Duloz on The Pastry Box Project

    Duloz on Madmen, diversity, crowdfunding and making a book

    22 Jan 2013

    By Tanya Combrinck on
    The Pastry Box Project provides an insight into the minds of those at the forefront of the web design industry. Creator Alex Duloz explains his views on diversity in the industry, how he's planning to make the writings into a book and how TV show Madmen inspired him to start the project
  • Build a powerful ecommerce site with ExpressionEngine

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    Build a powerful ecommerce site with ExpressionEngine

    David Dexter on how to use the CMS to build ecommerce sites

    22 Jan 2013

    By David Dexter on | 8 comments
    ExpressionEngine is a powerful and flexible content management system. David Dexter of codesly.com walks us through the process of using the CMS to build ecommerce websites
  • The pro's guide to CSS layouts

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    The pro's guide to CSS layouts

    Peter Gasston offers a snapshot of the future for CSS layouts

    21 Jan 2013

    By Peter Gasston on
    CSS’s next big challenge is to make flexible, dynamic page layouts that work across our ever-broadening range of devices. With solutions proposed and under discussion, Peter Gasston offers a snapshot of the future
  • Five killer ways to use contingency

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    Five killer ways to use contingency

    It’s important to plan for failure so that you’re able to fail well

    21 Jan 2013

    By Gene Crawford on
    It’s important to plan for failure so that you’re able to fail well, says Gene Crawford
  • Adaptable content

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    Adaptable content

    We present an exclusive excerpt of Content Everywhere

    18 Jan 2013

    By Sara Wachter-Boettcher on | 2 comments
    Sara Wachter-Boettcher's book, Content Everywhere, went on sale just before the holidays. We present an exclusive excerpt that looks into creating content for responsive and adaptive experiences
  • Don't ever stop playing

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    Don't ever stop playing

    Sometimes experimentation and play yield the best ideas

    17 Jan 2013

    By Ashley Nolan on
    Playing around with technologies that interest us, without a particular end in mind, can produce some of the best and most useful ideas, says Ashley Nolan
  • Getting CSS animations to trigger at the right time

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    Getting CSS animations to trigger at the right time

    Staggering full-site animations with CSS and JS using page scrolling

    17 Jan 2013

    By Karl Schellenberg on | 2 comments
    Karl Schellenberg demonstrates how to stagger full-site animations with CSS3 and JavaScript through page scrolling
  • Rob Ford on showcasing the best of the web

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    Rob Ford on showcasing the best of the web

    The founder of the Favourite Website Awards spills the beans

    16 Jan 2013

    By Tanya Combrinck on | 2 comments
    Founder of the Favourite Website Awards, Rob Ford spills the beans on hooking up with Adobe, how things have changed in the last 12 years – and whether beauty or technical prowess wins out
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