A Whole Website in a Single HTML File

I can’t stop thinking about this site. It looks like a pretty standard fare; a website with links to different pages. Nothing to write home about except that… the whole website is contained within a single HTML file. What about clicking the navigation links, you ask? Each link merely shows and hide..

Components: Server-Side vs. Client-Side

Building a website in 2021? I’m guessing you’re going to take a component-driven approach. It’s all the chatter these days. React and Vue are everywhere (is Angular still a thing?), while other emerging frameworks continue to attempt a push into the spotlight. Over the last decade or so we’ve seen ..

Embedding an Interactive Analytics Component with Cumul.io and Any Web Framework

In this article, we explain how to build an integrated and interactive data visualization layer into an application with Cumul.io. To do so, we’ve built a demo application that visualizes Spotify Playlist analytics! We use Cumul.io as our interactive dashboard as it makes integration super easy and ..

Don’t Overthink Your Product Critique Interview

Don’t overthink your product critique interviewIt’s about who you are, not how many things you can say.Design is not art. But sometimes you gonna hold on to your own style like an artist. Photo credit: Alice DietrichThe MythIt’s confusing when people ask how to do a product critique. Before you can ..

Understand why they’re doing it, not just what they do

Take control of your interviews — focus on three facets of interaction to understand motivations and behavior. Continue reading on UX Collective »

We should bring back the retro 3D buttons of OS X’s Aqua UI

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8 Easy Ways to Improve Your Website Typography in Under 30 Minutes

Typography is one of the most important elements of any site, having a measurably large impact on brand and experience. So fundamental is it that making wholesale changes to your typography — opting for a new font, changing the measure, increasing leading — is complex and fraught with potential tim..

Pika: An open-source colour picker

An easy to use, open-source, native colour picker for macOS. Read the full story ⟶

Business-aware designer

Without the knowledge of business, it’s hard to see the designer as the strategic partner Read the full story ⟶

The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces

The Apple Watch is more than merely a smartwatch. Read the full story ⟶