Parallax Done Right
May 22, 2014
design / javascript / performance
Getting great performance with parallax is tough. Here’s how to make it happen.
Items of Interest
Collecting amazing and interesting things on the web.
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Very Important Strangers
May 16, 2014
presentations / public-speaking
You’re nervous. This is normal. The act of standing up in front of a room full of strangers and telling stories is not normal. Moreover, if you’re a frequent reader of this blog, you’re also likely a nerd-type person, which means your people skills are… unique.
To compensate for this nervousness, I give myself the illusion of structure by following the same pre-game for the two hours before a talk, and it looks like this:
Breakfast in the Sunshine
May 16, 2014
design / design process / user experience
To help clients appreciate the benefits of asking me to solve a problem rather than implement a solution, I often use a simple metaphor. Don’t ask for a window in the kitchen if what you ultimately want is to eat breakfast in the sunshine. Focus on what success means to you.
The Charism of the Charismatics: Part 6, The Heart Has a Way of Knowing
April 30, 2014
pentecostalism / richard-beck / spirituality
I’ve let go of (not all, but many) qualities of Pentecostalism I once had, and I often think about redeeming them. It’s difficult without a community that wants to do it as well, though.
In short, by eschewing the church and the practices of doxological gratitude I think progressives have often failed to attend to the heart. To be clear, progressive Christians are amazing theologians. In the pews they may be the best theologians in all of Christianity. But theological sophistication can be a trap. It trapped me. In my head.
But as I learned in the charismatic worship at Freedom, the heart has a way of knowing that the head knows nothing about.
An Event Apart: Responsive Web Design is Easy/Hard
April 28, 2014
In his talk at An Event Apart in Boston MA 2014 Dan Mall walked through how his Web design process is changing in a multi-device Web. Here’s my notes from his talk Responsive Web Design is Easy/Hard:
The Diving Save
April 26, 2014
I’ve never been a boss, or particularly wanted to be one, but if I ever am I want this printed somewhere.
Introducing Typekit Practice
April 17, 2014
So today, we’re launching a new website: Typekit Practice, a place where novices and experts alike can hone their typographic skills. We hope it will help students learn, help teachers teach, and help professionals stay sharp.
Single-Field Credit Card Input Pattern
April 14, 2014
brad frost / design / ecommerce
A script to make a single credit-card input field, so people don’t have to keep tabbing or tapping or getting, in general, annoyed trying to give us money for things.
Style Guides On Parade
April 12, 2014
a list apart / design / style-guides
As a follow up to my article on A List Apart I thought I would put together a list of links that have been extremely helpful to me as I’ve thought about style guides. So here we go:
Easy Color Contrast Testing
April 12, 2014
a list apart / accessibility / color / design
Maybe you have amazing eyeballs that can help you recognize contrast levels. If, like me, you do not have magical corneal calculators, then you probably have utilized one of the tools out there to check contrast, such as: WebAIM’s color contrast checker, Snook’s contrast slider, Check my colors URL input check, or a WCAG checker add-on for Firefox.