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Tickets on sale for Generate, .net's first conference!

by Tanya Combrinck

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Content strategy 101, Part 3: put knowledge into action

by Sandi Wassmer

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Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

by Paul Adams

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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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Develop for as many users as possible

John Allsopp responds to Aral Balkan's "one version" manifesto

18 Jan 2012

By John Allsopp on January 18, 2012 | 6 comments

John Allsopp, developer and organiser of the Web Directions conferences, responds to Aral Balkan's "one version manifesto" and argues we should embrace the web's universality and aim to make our sites available for everybody
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My websites will only support the latest browser versions

Aral Balkan reveals the thinking behind his "one version manifesto"

18 Jan 2012

By Aral Balkan on January 18, 2012 | 11 comments

Aral Balkan recently sent a tweet that caused quite a bit of debate. Here he reveals the thinking behind his "one version manifesto" and explains how he learned to stop worrying and love the true nature of the web
Feature

Five skills you need to make AB testing work

How do you get the most out of multivariate and split testing?

18 Jan 2012

By Matthew Bird on January 18, 2012 | 1 comment

Multivariate and split testing can be crucial for sales conversions but how do you get the most out of it? Matthew Bird, the marketing man at Stinkyink.com, looks at five steps every designer need to go through
Interview

Naomi Atkinson on inspiration, Animatable and more

Co-founder of Animatable Naomi Atkinson answers your questions

17 Jan 2012

By Tanya Combrinck on January 17, 2012

Designer and co-founder of the Animatable animation app Naomi Atkinson answers your questions on what she finds inspirational and how animation can support accessibility
Tutorial

Preparing an application for distribution

Before you get your application published, you need to get it ready

17 Jan 2012

By Daniel Bramhall on January 17, 2012

Creating an application can be extremely exciting for any developer but before you get your application published, you need to get it ready. iOS and Mac developer/designer Daniel Bramhall explains how
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Telling your client's story

A client's story is way more impactful than lame marketing copy

16 Jan 2012

By Jonathan Longnecker on January 16, 2012

A client's story is way more impactful than lame marketing copy. Jonathan Longnecker, co-founder of FortySeven Media, stresses the importance of telling your client's story and explains how to do it
Feature

The developer’s guide to the HTML5 APIs

Rich Clark gets under the hood of the APIs that form the bulk of HTML5

16 Jan 2012

By Rich Clark on January 16, 2012 | 3 comments

Rich Clark, one of the HTML5 Doctors, gets under the hood of the APIs that form the bulk of the HTML5 spec and tells us about their purpose and progress
Feature

The .net strip #14: Simple change

Your client just wants a simple change. It's simple, isn't it?

13 Jan 2012

By Brad Colbow on January 13, 2012 | 1 comment

Your client just wants a simple change. It's simple, isn't it? According to Brad Colbow's exclusive comic strip maybe it isn't...
Feature

2012 technology trends in marketing

There will be two types of tech that will matter the most for brands

13 Jan 2012

By Gregory Roekens on January 13, 2012 | 1 comment

In 2012, there will be two types of technology that will matter the most for brands, says Wunderman's Gregory Roekens: personal technology on the consumer side and marketing technology on the business side
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The new Twitter: just another pretty face?

Marketing specialist David Lavenda comments on the new Twitter

12 Jan 2012

By David Lavenda on January 12, 2012

There's a lot of buzz around Twitter's latest facelift but marketing specialist David Lavenda questions that it really is the ticket to reach the masses of social networkers
Tutorial

Automate your Android app testing

Don’t trust humans to do all of your testing – not even experts

12 Jan 2012

By John Senner and Koa Metter and Emory Myers on January 12, 2012

Don’t trust humans to do all of your testing – not even experts. John Senner, Koa Metter and Emory Myers of MokaSocial reveal how to delegate the dirty work
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Turning web traffic into sales

Compuware's David Flower explains how to avoid lasting harm

11 Jan 2012

By David Flower on January 11, 2012 | 3 comments

Much more than just revenue hinges on web site performance. Downtime, inconsistency, slowdowns and bad design can ruin customer experiences. Compuware's David Flower explains how to avoid lasting harm
Feature

Five essential Google Analytics tips for web designers

Fuel your creativity with the wisdom of insight from Google Analytics

11 Jan 2012

By Iain Harper on January 11, 2012 | 1 comment

Discover how to fuel your creativity with the wisdom of insight from Google Analytics, and unlock the true potential of your web design talent. Digital marketing specialist Iain Harper shows us how
Interview

Liz Danzico on web design education

Liz Danzico gives her take on the state of web design education today

10 Jan 2012

By Tom May on January 10, 2012

Part-educator, part-designer, part-UX consultant, Liz Danzico is one of the best-connected people in the industry. She chats to Tom May and gives her unique take on the state of web design education and user experience today
Tutorial

Faster button styling with Sass

Ryan Taylor on how to implement different buttons with Sass

10 Jan 2012

By Ryan Taylor on January 10, 2012 | 6 comments

Everybody loves a nicely styled CSS button but Ryan Taylor explains how he used Sass and Compass to create a mixin to implement a variety of buttons in no time and also covers browser support fallbacks