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Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

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Mobile apps must die!

Scott Jenson explains why the native apps model is holding us back

10 Oct 2011

By Scott Jenson on October 10, 2011 | 14 comments

Frog's creative director Scott Jenson argues that mobile apps must die. He explains why the overall model of native apps is holding us back and that they shouldn't be the default approach
Interview

Graham Linehan on Twitter

Comedy writer and avid Twitterer on his love for the service

7 Oct 2011

By Craig Grannell on October 07, 2011 | 2 comments

Graham Linehan, comedy writer and creator of The IT Crowd, Black Books and Father Ted, is an avid Twitterer. Here he talks to Craig Grannell on his love for the service and what it got wrong
Tutorial

Tripping the DOM fantastic with jQuery

Jay Blanchard explains jQuery's DOM tree traversal methods

7 Oct 2011

By Jay Blanchard on October 07, 2011 | 1 comment

Jay Blanchard, author of the book Applied jQuery, explains how to work with elements in your markup that are either ancestors or descendants of an HTML element that you have selected. Here he focuses on the DOM tree traversal methods
Feature

Redesign your portfolio site in 10 easy steps

Grace Smith explains the steps to successfully redesign your portfolio

6 Oct 2011

By Grace Smith on October 06, 2011 | 14 comments

Designing for yourself is one of the toughest tasks for a web designer. Grace Smith rounds up 10 vital steps you need to take to pave the way for a successful redesign of your portfolio site
Interview

Jeff Veen on Typekit and web fonts

Jeff Veen chats to Tom May about how typography is changing the web

6 Oct 2011

By Tom May on October 06, 2011

He left Google to found one of the guiding forces of the web font revolution. Typekit’s CEO Jeff Veen chats to Tom May about how beautiful typography is opening up a new world of options to designers and changing the face of the web
Tutorial

Discover the power of CSS3 selectors

Rich Clark explains how to target elements in the DOM with CSS3

5 Oct 2011

By Rich Clark on October 05, 2011 | 5 comments

Rich Clark explains how to keep your markup slim and target elements in the DOM without resorting to extra presentational markup or JavaScript by using CSS3 selectors. Thus we can truly separate our content and presentation from one another
Feature

How to find better clients

Carl Smith argues how the client service model needs to evolve

4 Oct 2011

By Carl Smith on October 04, 2011 | 1 comment

Long live client services! Carl Smith, founding member of nGen Works, answers Khoi Vinh's post calling for the end of the client services model, explains how it has to evolve and how we can find better clients
Blog

Responsive web design is boring!

Jonathan Longnecker argues that most responsive sites are boring

3 Oct 2011

By Jonathan Longnecker on October 03, 2011 | 24 comments

Jonathan Longnecker, co-founder of web and graphic design agency FortySeven Media, argues that most responsive sites are boring and comes up with a few starting points to help us create designs that break the mould
Tutorial

Build a Tweet map with SVG

Divya Manian explains how to create and manipulate map data

30 Sep 2011

By Divya Manian on September 30, 2011 | 1 comment

Divya Manian of nimbupani.com reveals how to create dynamic visualisations using Polymaps, a library that makes it trivial to create and manipulate map data in SVG
Feature

Earn money in your sleep!

Adii Pienaar explains how to create your own passive income stream

29 Sep 2011

By Adii Pienaar on September 29, 2011 | 2 comments

It’s every web designer and developer’s dream: a passive income stream that generates cash all by itself. Adii Pienaar explains how to create one of your own
Feature

Top 10 tips for naming your app

What’s in a name? Everything, says Dan Rose

28 Sep 2011

By Dan Rose on September 28, 2011 | 3 comments

Want to make a fortune from your app? Dan Rose explains how picking the right name can make all the difference
Blog

How to create a machine-based persona

Sites need to work for machines as well as humans, says Greg Roekens

27 Sep 2011

By Gregory Roekens on September 27, 2011

The sites we build need to work for machines as well as humans, says Greg Roekens
Tutorial

Create an interactive street view with jQuery

Severin Klaus explains how to add scrolling video to your site

27 Sep 2011

By Severin Klaus on September 27, 2011 | 19 comments

Severin Klaus explains how Hinderling Volkart created an innovative method of scrolling through video for its 360° Langstrasse website, and how you can use it on your site
Blog

How to choose a cloud host

David Flower on how to find the right service for you

27 Sep 2011

By David Flower on September 27, 2011 | 1 comment

More and more hosting companies are offering cloud services, but which one’s right for you? David Flower explains the kinds of questions you need to be asking
Feature

10 amazing Android development tips

Make the most of your dev time with Kevin McDonagh's esssential tips

26 Sep 2011

By Kevin McDonagh on September 26, 2011 | 1 comment

Android promises many exciting opportunities. Kevin McDonagh, director of Android development consultancy Novoda, rounds up 10 essential tips that will help you make the most of your development time