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Tyranny of the OR
Back in the day when I thought I knew everything, it was easy to make sweeping declarations such as: technology x is way better than y only real programmers use x x is much better because it has...
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Common Patterns of Markup and Style–Introducing Pears
At An Event Apart in Atlanta yesterday, Dan Cederholm announced the availability of Pears. If you are not familiar with Dan, you might be familiar with the cool design preview site called Dribbble....
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Getting Paid In Full Like Eric B. & Rakim with Windows 8
Back in 1987, I was just a shorty just trying to get mine. I threw a CD in the player (we did that back then) and Eric B. & Rakim laid out the beats on getting Paid in Full. At the time, that album...
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Ignoring UX Guidelines at your own peril
The Situation It is not unusual for me to talk to people about the Windows Store apps they are building. These meetings are one of the best parts of the job as a Technical Evangelist. I am usually...
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The Role of Grids in Web Design and Beyond
Have you ever seen a printed flyer, or a confusingly aligned web page or an app that just looks… off? More than likely it was due to the fact that the creator didn’t apply a fundamental of design...
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Why Are My Design Skills Weaksauce?
There is not a day that goes by while perusing the Internet and all its glory (ok, excluding all the haters, trolls and evil) that I find something really well-designed and think to myself: “Why are my...
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