design for the web

almost there…

prisca — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:45:44 +0000

Though your heads might be spinning with the deadline looming – remember that you have learnt a ton, produced some great work already and that your finishing site, your portfolio, will be your shining masterpiece :)

And just to give you some more food for thought – a few links…

Seven essential tips for design graduates, Mark Murpphy for .net magazine
What they don’t teach you in design school, Janna Hagan for .net magazine
A Case for Responsive Résumés, Andrew Hoffmann for A List Apart
Free Responsive HTML/CSS3 CV Template, Thomas Hardy

In case you did not pick up on this by now – the wonderful clearleft team is currently looking for interns… what an amzing opportunity! GO FOR IT :)

Are you a recent design or tech graduate? Fancy being paid to create a cool thing for your portfolio? clearleft.com/is/hiring/inte… pls RT

— Clearleft (@clearleft) June 12, 2013

UPDATE: just saw the email ~ thanks so much, Tony, for emailing everyone about this :)

considering fixed position in RWD

prisca — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:45:41 +0000

This is an in-depth article on the team treehouse blog about the issues with fixed positioned elements, such as the header and navigation. A great read ;)

→ Fixed Headers and Navigation Bars Used in Web Design

Remy Sharp speaking @ jQuery UK

prisca — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:33:10 +0000

jQuery UK 2013 – Remy Sharp from White October on Vimeo.

For references, make sure to read the accompanying article on Remy’s blog:
I know jQuery. Now what?

thank you, Remy :)

prisca — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:40:59 +0000

What a brilliant afternoon – listening to Remy tell his story from student, over employee and freelancer, all the way to Left Logic and Full Frontal ~ a great many tips and pointers :)

Thank you so much for coming to give your talk, @rem :-)

photo © José Terrones • View on Flickr'/>

Remy Sharp

prisca — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:53:27 +0000

Flying Solo on the Web

6/6/2013

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Quoted from remysharp.com:

Remy is the founder and curator of Full Frontal, the UK based JavaScript conference. He also ran jQuery for Designers, co-authored Introducing HTML5 (adding all the JavaScripty bits) and is one of the curators of HTML5Doctor.com.

preparing for working on the web

prisca — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:45:05 +0000

Firefox OS © mozilla

Time to follow the fox, “blaze your own path” and get ready for working on the web :-)

Before Remy’s visit this afternoon (yay!) – let’s talk about your CV. Of course, you will already have planned in a download link on your portfolio site, right? :P
Here are a few links to guide and inspire you:

How To Create A Great Web Design CV and Résumé? Smashing Magazine
10 tips on How to write a good web designer CV, Tann Westlake
Tips for Designer Job Applicants, Mr Frisby
How not to write a web design CV/resume, <img /> is everything
Most Funny Mistakes Made in Resume or CV, visual.ly
Getting a job in a recession, Sarah Parmenter

alternatives to apps in the creative cloud

prisca — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:52:12 +0000

Adobe upset a lot of people with their Creative Cloud model. Here are some alternative apps: bit.ly/13aGORe

— erik spiekermann (@espiekermann) June 1, 2013

While some might like the new model of app use Adobe introduced – a lot of us are not happy about their move to an entirely cloud-based service. It is good to look at alternatives in any case, even more so if you could simply not afford the monthly charge Adobe are now asking for. This is a great list ~ thanks for sharing, Erik :-)

squareweave: The User is Drunk

prisca — Thu, 30 May 2013 21:39:28 +0000

RT @marianamota: ‘The user is drunk’ youtube.com/watch?v=r2CbbB… Hah, brilliant! (via @javorszky)An important point, amusingly made :) #ux

— Aral Balkan (@aral) May 30, 2013

Thanks for sharing, Aral :-)

Remy Sharp

prisca — Thu, 30 May 2013 21:23:29 +0000

Next thursday (6th June 13) we will have the pleasure of welcoming Remy Sharp into our midst :) As you know, I’ve learnt a lot from Remy and so I am particularly looking forward to his visit :)

You know much about Remy and his work already, I’m sure – but as there is such a great summary of links within the bio Remy makes so readily available ~ I thought you should have another look.

Quoted directly from remysharp.com:

Remy is the founder and curator of Full Frontal, the UK based JavaScript conference. He also ran jQuery for Designers, co-authored Introducing HTML5 (adding all the JavaScripty bits) and is one of the curators of HTML5Doctor.com.

Whilst he’s not writing articles or running and speaking at conferences, he runs his own development and training company in Brighton called Left Logic. And he built these too: jsbin.com,html5demos.com, remote-tilt.com, responsivepx.com, nodemon,inliner, mit-license.org, snapbird.org, 5 minute fork andjsconsole.com!

PS: if you are coming along as a guest – Remy’s talk will start at 2pm, please make sure to get there early :)

screensiz.es

prisca — Sun, 26 May 2013 14:01:16 +0000

With more and more devices and screensizes - trying to keep an eye on common parameters can be a tricky task. The lovely people from TypeCode have created this beautiful website which is a great reference: screensiz.es

Thanks for @aarron for the link:

Screen size specs for all popular devices: screensiz.es /ht @themadray
— Aarron Walter (@aarron) May 26, 2013