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Nobody Knows What The Hell They Are Doing
A recent 99U article provides a good reminder that, in spite of appearances, other people don’t necessarily have things more figured out than you do. From the article: “I have written 11 books,” said the late Maya Angelou, who was renowned as a novelist, poet, and memoirist, “but each time, I think ‘Uh-oh. They’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.’”
The HTML Picture Element
Get some insight into how the new HTML <picture> element came to be.
10 Fonts for Code
Need to display some code snippets on your site? Use a font that makes the code most legible.
The Term ‘Designer’
‘Designer’ is a broad title that could imply or encompass many very specific designer roles. This article by Pixelapse is an excellent read that does much to clarify the different types of designers you may encounter or need to hire. If you aren’t sure what the difference is between a UX Designer, a UI Designer, and a Visual Designer…this article is for you.
Coding in Virtual Reality
This is trippy. Brian Peiris uses Oculus Rift, Firefox WebVR, and JavaScript to create objects in the same environment in which he’s coding. In other words, he’s both creating and viewing the objects in real time, in virtual reality. It’s a long video so skip ahead if you don’t want to spend a full 10 minutes watching.
TinyScreen
If you’re a hardware person, you may need TinyScreen for your next tiny project. It’s a $25 screen about the size of a postage stamp.
Autojump
Autojump is for command-line junkies who want to move through the filesystem more quickly. Shortcut commands let you jump to commonly-used folders, or even open a folder in Finder/Explorer from the command line.
Map Glyphs
Ted Grajeda created a CSS map font that includes 301 different vector map icons. This is fantastic.
CMS Training
If you create websites, you’ve surely handed off a masterpiece to a client only to have them mess things up via a content management system. This article from A List Apart suggests that training for how to properly use a CMS should be located within the CMS.
Font Size and Line Length
We often take legible, easy-to-read text for granted. Learn more about the complex interactions between font size and line length and how they need to be addressed in responsive web designs.
Isometric JavaScript Apps
The dev team at Airbnb published an article about their experiences moving from a single-page app to using isomorphic JavaScript for increased performance.