August 13, 2014 at 1:43 pm -- POST
Don’t Forget to Read This…
This clever, little touch to the browser tab got my attention.
August 13, 2014 at 10:35 am -- POST
The Redesign: Part One
I’m pretty excited today because I decided to pull the trigger and launch my redesign of SpareType. With the new look now out in the wild, I wanted to talk a little more about it. Here’s a little background on the visual changes I’ve made.
August 6, 2014 at 2:45 pm -- POST
Net Neutrality Comments
There are some gems in the FCC’s public comments on net neutrality. The Verge pulls them together in colorful, infographic fun.
August 1, 2014 at 9:26 pm -- POST
Moqups — Another HTML5 App for Wireframing
After my post the other day about wireframe.cc, I received a new follower on Twitter by the handle @moqups. That led me to their website and it impressed me. I’m still leaning towards wireframe.cc because of it’s minimalism. I like to have the bones and blocks, then move to coding a working prototype. I would Read More > >
August 1, 2014 at 3:14 pm -- POST
RSS Feed Zero
I finally sat down today and tackled my backlog of RSS feeds. There were over 1300 items that have been piling up because of a conference and moving. After reading headlines and sorting through the riff-raff, I have for you the gems of the last week.
July 22, 2014 at 7:15 pm -- POST
Wireframe.cc
I played around with a rather nice wire-framing tool today. I like that it adds just enough polish over my hand scribbled mockups but is still fast and easy to work with.
July 21, 2014 at 10:27 pm -- POST
Hacking CSS Specificity
Harry Roberts at CSS Wizardry has some great tips about hacking CSS specificity up or down depending on what you’re trying to do. It’s a good rule of thumb to start as least specific as possible and only create more specific selectors when you have to.
July 17, 2014 at 10:47 pm -- POST
Lego Lettering by Alice Lee
As a kid who always had Lego sets on my Christmas list — and immediately put them together first thing Christmas morning — this “hack” absolutely made my day. There’s also a fun time lapse of the construction.