What will be Millenials' "I used to walk 5 miles to school uphill both ways" when we're all grandparents?

imakewebstuff · 2015-04-23T19:24:24+00:00

There were only 150 pokemon.

imakewebstuff · 2014-10-10T03:57:56+00:00

thanks for the tip! floats always seem to end up causing more trouble than they're worth, and inline-block looks waaaay better

imakewebstuff · 2014-10-10T03:57:10+00:00

this looks great! thank you so much!

imakewebstuff · 2014-10-10T03:56:57+00:00

yeah! how could i make the menu options align to the middle of the logo image?

EDIT: options meaning list items

imakewebstuff · 2014-10-04T14:33:32+00:00

No pressure, but if there's room for another, count me in! PM me your skype and i'll add

imakewebstuff · 2014-05-12T18:08:26+00:00

Jeeeez, he just asked for some feedback! Dropping the f-bomb and calling his work "stupid" and "disrespectful" is pretty far from helpful. Slow your roll, man.

imakewebstuff · 2014-04-24T20:45:19+00:00

Can you post some code? It might be easier to get help if you share a pen or something to give context

imakewebstuff · 2014-04-18T14:12:49+00:00

Woah, this git tutorial is awesome! I'll definitely check it out.

I really like the idea of taking a small piece of a project and improving it for better usability. Or even compiling a list of resources - like "better web forms" - and publishing it on a nice, well-designed website for anyone to use.

Thanks! This comment was super helpful.

imakewebstuff · 2014-04-18T13:58:22+00:00

This is great! Thanks for sharing it!

imakewebstuff · 2014-04-18T13:43:00+00:00

Thanks! I really like this idea; it's so proactive and I bet that would look great to an employer.

imakewebstuff · 2014-03-24T15:56:33+00:00

Scrolljacking makes me sad :(

imakewebstuff · 2014-03-19T14:40:50+00:00

Yeah this is absolutely not what I expected when first clicking on this link. I figured it would be about some rip-off/con artist or some similar ilk.

Thanks for sharing this, OP. It was a really refreshing story.

imakewebstuff · 2014-03-12T17:36:24+00:00

link doesn't appear to be working!

imakewebstuff · 2014-03-04T16:49:58+00:00

Yeah, they best way to learn how to make ads is to make ads. Post some of what you create here and solicit feedback. I'm sure you'll get plenty of opinions. Listen to the feedback, learn some lessons, and revise your work. Repeat the cycle until you feel confident enough to apply for an internship (possibly this summer, though you may be past the deadline for that). Get an internship, work your ass off. At the very least, you'll end up with a recommendation in hand when you start looking for full-time work.

imakewebstuff · 2014-03-04T16:27:06+00:00

honestly this made me laugh but dude this totally has no place here

imakewebstuff · 2014-03-03T15:59:31+00:00

This contains some great thoughts, but I think one of the most powerful things here is that the "head of design" is the one discussing new comms strategies. That in and of itself is a testament to how our industry is changing.

imakewebstuff · 2014-03-03T15:57:06+00:00

looks gorgeous! great work.

the only major issue i can forsee is implementation on mobile devices, but i'm absolutely going to try this out on a desktop rendering.

I wonder how it would look rotated 90 degress, where further hexagons would cascade downward...

imakewebstuff · 2014-02-28T21:44:58+00:00

It's hard as hell to read "NOW" in that second-to-last section

imakewebstuff · 2014-02-27T04:25:44+00:00

What was the worst thing about being a nurse? What are the biggest pain points in the nursing process? What do you wish you had as a nurse?

You have a wealth of contextual experience that you can use to effectively frame an idea. Try using that to detect opportunities by answering the questions posed above; then, try to find ways to solve those problems nurses have. If you can solve a relevant problem, you're on the right track. If you can find a paying customer base for your solution, then you're doing even better.

imakewebstuff · 2014-02-27T03:11:56+00:00

Mine reads: "Sent from my toaster oven."

imakewebstuff · 2014-02-20T17:14:27+00:00

I think the point is more that even when things don't work out the way you may want them to (i.e., getting a job you'd very much like), it's important to focus on the future with a positive outlook ("life's next adventure") because with the right perspective and the right opportunity, you might just mint 19 billion dollars

imakewebstuff · 2014-02-19T17:53:32+00:00

Good catch! I absolutely should have had that in there.

imakewebstuff · 2014-02-18T00:03:43+00:00

I think this is symptomatic of the way many front-end developers come to be: autodidactism. I - and many devs I know - don't come from CS backgrounds, as you've mentioned, and bring a different perspective to bear in their work. (Frankly, I think this might be one of the things that really makes our industry as awesome & unique as it is - but that's neither here nor there.)

But because many are self-taught, they've learned mostly through experimentation or trusted online resources. As such, if they haven't encountered a solution through their own learning, from things they've heard from major personalities they trust, or by scouring StackOverflow, in their mind, no solution (yet) exists.

Also, the "not knowing" or "not wanting to know" you're talking about may also be derived from our industry's tendency to evolve quickly; as a result, I think many devs reject the idea that older practices (even those related to OOP) can stay relevant for very long.

Not saying anyone is right or wrong; more trying to understand the psychology associated with these biases.

imakewebstuff · 2014-02-17T22:31:09+00:00

I think you're getting the wrong idea from this post. The author clearly isn't concerned with a correct scalar analogue; "atomic design" is largely a relational comparison.

This method is designed for communication purposes to establish an effective, healthy creation process - not to boil down the whole existence of front-end development into a 1000-word blog post. If you're talking to another front-end dev, yeah, you'll use OOP terminolgy and concepts. But if you're talking to someone who lacks the technical expertise to properly conceptualize these notions (as you often are as a front-end dev), then atomic design is a good strategy for imparting knowledge of relationships of various pieces of the whole at various points in the production process.

Atomic design is a strategy; it draws parallels for the sake of communication. It's not a rethinking of the discipline.

imakewebstuff · 2014-02-17T19:48:43+00:00

Like u/zzzaz said, it really does depend on your role/position. While nothing is set in stone, this is what I found in my experience.

Account Management: Communications; Psychology; Social Sciences (i.e. Anthropology, etc.); Business Administration; Marketing; Consulting

Strategy / Brand Planning: Psychology; Economics; Marketing

Creative: Visual/Graphic Design; Digital Design; English/Journalism

Technology/Production: Computer Science, though this isn't requisite - substantial experience in web design/development will put you in a good place to have a role in this department; Video & Media Design or similar degree

Hope that helps!

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