Today we have instant access to a huge variety of podcasts that keep us entertained while providing useful information that we can integrate into our daily routine. But keeping track of the ever-changing selection and finding quality podcasts that feature exactly the topics we are interested in can be painful. So Melanie Lang has put together an extensive list that includes your soon-to-be favorite podcast!
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The debate between strongly and dynamically typed languages rages on. But understanding the issue starts with weak typing and languages such as C. The pendulum will swing back and forth many times in the coming years. The only solution is flexibility. Learn to work in each environment and you’ll work well with any team.
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Everyone knows their serifs and sans, slabs and scripts, but most classifications go much deeper than that. Type classification, while helpful, is often convoluted, confusing and even controversial. This article, distilling some of the complexities into a more understandable format, lands somewhere in the middle between the basics and genuine type nerdery — the perfect level for a practicing designer.
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In this article, Zack Grossbart walks you through the basics of animation. You’ll look at actions in Cocos2D and see how to combine them to create complex and custom effects. Also you will take a look at the Cocos2D library and how it supports programmatic animations in iPhone games.
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How an average developer manages the deployment of their websites, and how can we improve as a community? This is what Kieran Masterton is most interested about. So he conducted a short survey to help him answer these questions. This article documents the results and draws some conclusions about where education is needed and how we can help each other become more professional when deploying our WordPress websites.
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In this article, Nancy Dickenson, talented UX designer and the Executive in Residence for Bentley University’s HFID Graduate Program, has taken the time to answer our questions and provide this glimpse into the evolution of the field of UX. We hope you the interview as much as we did. Get ready for an engaging conversation!
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For several years, Generated content was used by relatively few Web authors due to inconsistent browser support. But in 2009, the feature was rediscovered, and many interesting implementations were adopted for the first time. In this article Gabriele Romanato will show us some possible uses of generated content.
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With Rainbow Spreadsheet, you will be able to collaboratively observe UX research sessions with team members (or clients). You will be able to conduct research that involves the entire product team, with results that are turned around quickly and that team members will be committed to acting on.
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Smashing Magazine has been my first tab to start every browsing session. Aside from being a pure designer or developer, I had no idea how one could pursue a career in that field, and I needed some inspiration. With Smashing Magazine being so close, I emailed Vitaly and was kindly invited to visit the Smashing crew.
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