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The Radar: October 26, 2016

October 26th, 2016 - by Michelle Mann - Salt Lake City, Utah

Keeping up with design and technology is a lot of work. Luckily, we enjoy wading through the noise just to find the gems of awesomeness sprinkled throughout. The Radar is our gift to you, Current or Potential Client, so that you can enjoy all of the awesome without any of the drudgery. Unwrap it each week, and know that you’re loved by the geeks and pixel-pushers at Objective.

Liminal Thinking

A great intro to a new book by Dave Gray on ‘Liminal Thinking’ and creating change. Breaking through your limited beliefs will help you gain insight and view situations differently.

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Your Experience is Probably Worth a lot Less Than You Think

In the software development world, experience may have diminishing value over time. With tech’s ever-accelerating pace of change, general practices have and will continue to become obselete.

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How to Use Elm at Work

A guide to help you start using Elm by gradually introducing it into existing projects at work. This article outlines the strategies that work and common mistakes.

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Corkami

Here is a collection of pictures which help explain conventions such as file formats, cryptography, and more.

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The Experimental Layout Lab of Jen Simmons

Magazine-like website layouts pushing design. This site provides the code for each one. Unfortunately, you may have to switch browsers for certain layouts.

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Audio emojis in Slack

Integrate custom sounds into your Slack channel.

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