Chris How-to, Web Design & Development 0
The best thing I came across about CSS in 2011 was Nicole Sullivan’s Webstock presentation, Our Best Practices Are Killing Us. Reading the slides, I had one of those cool experiences characterized by repetitive head nodding and smiling, where you realize that someone is perfectly articulating a thought that’s only half formed in your own [...]
Ethan Agile development, Cucumber, How-to, In the Field, Jasmine, Testing, Web Design & Development 0
In our team’s testing process (and we do have a significant process to make sure that everything gets covered), we’ve noted in the past that we have quite a bit of overlap between what’s covered by our Javascript unit tests (typically with Jasmine) and by our browser-driving acceptance tests (Cucumber and Capybara with Selenium-Webdriver). Because [...]
Colleen Git, How-to, In the Field, Web Design & Development 0
As a designer who uses Git and Terminal on a regular basis, it pains me to talk to other front-end web developers that aren’t even aware such wonderful things exist. I could go into the many ways that Git has helped me become a better coder and designer, not to mention how many times it’s [...]
Dave Distributed teams, Dreary business details, Running a business 0
I get this question all the time, especially when I go home for the holidays. It’s a valid question, I suppose. When you work in an office, that’s your default way to know the other people on your team are working. [Ed. Note: it's sad that people think their physical presence in an office proves [...]
Erin Distributed teams, Dreary business details, Hiring, Running a business 0
Don’t get me wrong. I love our remote team. I feel like we’ve put together an awesome group of the best talent we can find across the country. Everyone’s an awesome communicator, so getting the point across is just as easy when we’re 1,000 miles away as when we’re across the table from each other. [...]
Ethan Canvas animation, How-to, Web Design & Development 0
What’s the most important thing about your company’s homepage? The gimmick, of course! Ok, maybe that’s not true. Maybe what’s really important is a pleasant design, professional message, and concise and accurate information—but a gimmick doesn’t hurt! We’re almost finished redesigning OUR web presence, and in addition to all those important pieces of a good website, we [...]
Erin In the Field, User Interface Elements We Hate, Web Design & Development 0
What it is: A form field for a phone number that’s broken up into three sections. Why I hate it: It’s fine when I know the phone number I’m entering. But if I’m entering a number I don’t know, I have to copy and paste it piecemeal rather than just plunking it in. More [...]
Erin Distributed teams, Hiring, In the Field 2
True story: Last year, Trey was conducting a phone interview with a developer. It was going badly. Five minutes in, Trey was thinking, “There’s no way I’m going to hire this guy.” The interviewee’s voice was flat, his answers were uninspired, and he just wasn’t fun to talk to. When you’re bombing an interview in [...]
Erin Uncategorized 1
Heading to the office on a Saturday is a culturally accepted sign that someone is a hard worker. That person is so busy and dedicated, he or she will give up free time to go to work. I posit that it’s the opposite. People who head to work on the weekend are lazy. I will [...]
Erin Canary CI, Items of note, Web Design & Development 0
We’re building an awesome product for hosted continuous integration. Yeah, unless you already know what that means, it’s probably not for you. But our logo design process was really fun and here’s a peek at what we did. The product, by the way, is called Canary CI, and it’s going to do for continuous integration [...]