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  • Designing for nonprofits

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    Designing for nonprofits

    Sonali Agrawal on her lessons learned from designing for nonprofits

    23 Jan 2012

    By Sonali Agrawal on
    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
  • Develop for as many users as possible

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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 | 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
  • My websites will only support the latest browser versions

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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

    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
  • Telling your client's story

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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
    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
  • The new Twitter: just another pretty face?

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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
    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
  • Turning web traffic into sales

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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 | 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
  • Why native app fonts still suck

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    Why native app fonts still suck

    FontFont's Ivo Gabrowitsch takes the mystery out of app font licensing

    9 Jan 2012

    By Ivo Gabrowitsch on | 4 comments
    The next big typography challenge is already looming on the horizon: fonts for mobile devices. But again, there are a myriad of special considerations involved. FontFont's Ivo Gabrowitsch takes the mystery out of native app font licensing
  • Don't neglect your site's content

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    Don't neglect your site's content

    Many make the mistake of writing for SEO, key-wording the content

    5 Jan 2012

    Many today make the mistake of writing for SEO, key-wording the content for Google. Don't, says John Loudon who makes the case for well-written content
  • The app trap

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    The app trap

    Could apps be taking us back to the days of “best viewed with ..."?

    13 Dec 2011

    By Gary Marshall on | 4 comments
    Could smartphone apps be taking us back to the days of “best viewed with ... ”? Gary Marshall makes his prediction
  • Agile: the next step

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    Agile: the next step

    Thoughtworks' Jim Highsmith reflects on 10 years of Agile development

    12 Dec 2011

    By Jim Highsmith on
    Jim Highsmith, one of the co-authors of the Agile manifesto, reflects on 10 years of Agile development and examines how it can keep moving forward as a movement
  • Is Flash dead?

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    Is Flash dead?

    Aral Balkan welcomes Adobe's change of its mobile strategey

    7 Dec 2011

    Designer and developer Aral Balkan welcomes the change of Adobe's mobile strategy but argues that it's too late and that it spells the beginning of the end of Flash on the web
  • Social user experience with the Facebook Phone

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    Social user experience with the Facebook Phone

    UX designer Sachendra Yadav responds to the Facebook Phone rumours

    28 Nov 2011

    By Sachendra Yadav on | 4 comments
    As numerous rumours have cropped up around a Facebook Phone, UX designer Sachendra Yadav explains how it could create a mobile user experience tailored towards social activities
  • Why we created humans.txt

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    Why we created humans.txt

    The H-Team on why it's important to credit the people behind websites

    23 Nov 2011

    By Maria Macias on
    A Spanish group of web developers, Carlos Mańas, Maria Macias, Abel Cabans, Abel Sutilo and Juanjo Bernabeu, decided to launch an initiative to credit the people behind websites. Here they explain why they created humans.txt
  • Big mouth: Bubbleicious

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    Big mouth: Bubbleicious

    Your favourite dotcom bubble is being reborn

    21 Nov 2011

    By Gary Marshall on
    Groupon has become the biggest internet floatation since Google. Your favourite band’s back and your favourite dotcom bubble is being reborn. Gary Marshall is getting déjà vu
  • The new UX skills

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    The new UX skills

    The role of the user experience designer is changing, says Lee Allen

    17 Nov 2011

    The role of the user experience designer is changing. It’s becoming less about ‘owning’ experience and actual design and more about facilitation and collaboration, says Lee Allen of TH_NK
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