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Content strategy 101, Part 3: put knowledge into action

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Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

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Designer says 'stop using Helvetica and Arial'

Instamojo co-founder thinks too many use typefaces without asking why

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Gamification – nuggets of wisdom or fool’s gold?

Toby Beresford discusses the merits of gamification

30 Jan 2012

By Toby Beresford on January 30, 2012

Gamification is more than a buzzword. Web app entrepreneur Toby Beresford clears up misconceptions and discusses the merits of gamificaction
Feature

Seven lessons learned from responsive web design

Why responsive web design is the right focus for web development

30 Jan 2012

By Vince Allen on January 30, 2012 | 3 comments

What’s good for the developer isn’t necessarily good for the customer. Vince Allen, senior front-end developer at Lot18, gives the background on why responsive web design is the right focus for web development
Feature

The .net strip #16: Job ad

Brad Colbow looks at the world of job ads for web designers

27 Jan 2012

By Brad Colbow on January 27, 2012

The moon on a stick? Yes, please! Brad Colbow's exclusive comic strip looks at the world of job ads for web designers this week
Feature

Setting up a lab in your agency

Jon Lax discusses why and how the agency built a dedicated labs group

27 Jan 2012

By Jon Lax on January 27, 2012 | 3 comments

Jon Lax, the co-founder of Teehan+Lax, discusses why the agency built a dedicated labs group, how they chose to structure it and what they have accomplished in their first year
Tutorial

Design the perfect URL

Faruk Ates explains how to get the most from your site’s address

26 Jan 2012

By Faruk Ateş on January 26, 2012 | 6 comments

Graphics, content and navigation are all well and good, but it’s important not to neglect the URL. Faruk Ates explains how to get the most from your site’s address
Blog

How to get your first job

Rachel Shillcock shares her top tips on breaking into the web industry

25 Jan 2012

By Rachel Shillcock on January 25, 2012 | 5 comments

Whether you’re a student or recent graduate, a designer or developer, it can be hard to break into the web industry. Rachel Shillcock shares her top tips on making your mark
Feature

Dieter Rams' 10 principles of good web design

Nuno Loureiro applies Rams' 10 principles for good design to the web

25 Jan 2012

By Nuno Loureiro on January 25, 2012 | 9 comments

Dieter Rams is one of the most important designers of the 20th century but his famous 10 principles for good design focused on industrial design. Here Lisbon-based designer Nuno Loureiro applies them to web design
Interview

Ethan Marcotte on responsive web design

Jeffrey Zeldman talks to Ethan Marcotte, guru of responsive web design

24 Jan 2012

By Jeffrey Zeldman on January 24, 2012 | 14 comments

The godfather of web standards, Jeffrey Zeldman, talks to Ethan Marcotte, guru of responsive web design, about what it means, how it fits into the big picture and the best ways to put it into practice
Tutorial

Coding efficiency for beginners: write reusable code

Embrace the secrets of being lazy. Write less code and get more done

24 Jan 2012

By Aaron Morris on January 24, 2012 | 4 comments

Embrace the secrets of being lazy. Learn how to write less code while getting more done. Become adored by your project manager for finishing projects faster. Lazy coder Aaron Morris, interactive developer at Jam3, gets you started
Blog

Designing for nonprofits

Sonali Agrawal on her lessons learned from designing for nonprofits

23 Jan 2012

By Sonali Agrawal on January 23, 2012

Freelance web designer Sonali Agrawal recently tweeted that whatever she had learned was only done so through building websites for nonprofits. We asked her to tell us a bit more about her experiences
Feature

The top 20 HTML5 games

Rob Hawkes highlights some of the best HTML5 and JavaScript games

23 Jan 2012

By Rob Hawkes on January 23, 2012 | 26 comments

HTML5 is quickly turning into a great game development platform. Rob Hawkes, creator of multiplayer space shooter Rawkets, highlights some of the best online games built with HTML5 (and JavaScript) out there and the technologies that they’re using
Feature

The .net strip #15: Marketing clarity

Have you ever had to deal with a client's marketing person?

20 Jan 2012

By Brad Colbow on January 20, 2012

Have you ever had to deal with a client's marketing person? Then you can identify with this week's exclusive strip, by Brad Colbow
Feature

Five app trends to look out for in 2012

What will 2012's trends mean for anybody developing and selling apps?

20 Jan 2012

By Mary Suddendorf on January 20, 2012

Mary Suddendorf of ecommerce specialist Digital River looks at the shape of the apps market in 2012 and discusses what the developments will mean for anybody developing and selling apps for smartphones and tablets
Interview

Eric Allam on Code School

We talk to Code School's Eric Allam, who brought us Rails for Zombies

19 Jan 2012

By Oliver Lindberg on January 19, 2012 | 4 comments

Code School runs courses that teach you how to code directly in the browser. We talked to Eric Allam, the brain behind the project and ruby developer at Envy Labs
Tutorial

Create monstrous characters with Illustrator CS5's Bristle Brush

Learn how to use Illustrator's new Bristle Brushes to create monsters

19 Jan 2012

By Paddy Donnelly on January 19, 2012 | 9 comments

Illustrator and web designer Paddy Donnelly shows us how to use Illustrator CS5's new Bristle Brush feature and a Wacom tablet to create monsters