Collective #273
Inspirational Website of the Week: Residente
A beautiful, engaging and creative experience. Our pick this week.
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Don't let opinions dictate your design! Let the data speak
Smart design choices are no longer based on experienced assumptions. Boost your website conversion rates by letting CRO data decide your design elements.
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Open sourcing our Android and iOS apps!
The awesome Kickstarter engineering team is open sourcing their Android and iOS apps.
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Why Inline SVG is Best SVG
Glen Maddern shows why inline SVG has so many advantages over other froms of embedding SVG.
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neveragain.tech
A very important pledge by US based tech company people to show solidarity with all people whose lives and livelihoods are threatened by the new administration's proposed data collection policies. They refuse to participate in creating databases of people based on their beliefs or background that could facilitate mass deportations and other horrendous fascist atrocities. Number of signatories: 1854. To sign, follow these instructions.
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Animation in Design Systems
Some great insights on how to approach animation in a project. An article by Sarah Drasner.
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The Glitchy Christmas Cornet Generator
Pick your design. Print it. Fold it. Kick back with an eggnog and enjoy Christmas. Fun project by Stupid Studio.
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Peekier
Peekier is a search engine that does not store personally identifiable information.
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Jessica’s Client Email Helper
Say "no" to free and low-budget work in a awareness-raising and fairness-enforcing way with these great helpers by Jessica Hische.
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Writing HTML with accessibility in mind
Manuel Matuzovic's excellent introduction to web accessibility with lots of practical insight into how to improve your markup.
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Building Tesla's battery range calculator with Angular 2 reactive forms
An amazing, in-depth Angular 2 tutorial by Todd Motto.
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Styling Web Components Using A Shared Style Sheet
An article on how to work with style sheets for Web components by Steven Lambert.
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Intro to the 8-Point Grid System
Elliot Dahl shows what the 8pt grid system is all about and how to use it for your designs.
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Getting started with UI motion design
Molly Lafferty's fantastic tutorial that will equip you with the knowledge you need to get started with UI motion design.
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A Visual and Interactive Guide to the Basics of Neural Networks
An easy-to-follow introductory guide to Neural Networks by software engineer J Alammar.
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VR Resources
Stories and resources from the VR and Immersive Media design team at Facebook.
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Should a Programmer Learn to Design?
Some very interesting points on why programmers should get to know design.
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The Current State of Adaptive Design
Some great insights into the current state of adaptive design by Charlie Deets.
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Text Emoticon Generator
Create unique emoticons with this custom emoticon generator by ASCII.li.
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Leapy Grid (?)
A mesmerizing demo by Daniel Mayovsky.
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Who said JavaScript was easy?
Some great tips for JavaScript beginners by Aurélien Hervé.
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Why I Signed neveragain.tech
Read why Bill Fitzgerald signed the neveragain.tech pledge and why he thinks that believing it's "too late" when it comes to privacy protection is a fallacy.
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Vuetify
Vuetify is a component framework for VueJS 2.0. It aims to provide clean, semantic and reusable components that make building your application a breeze.
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Freebie: Kitchen Tools & Appliances Icons
A set of 20 easy-to-adjust, line-style kitchen tools and appliances icons in AI, EPS, SVG and ready-to-use, optimized PNG format.
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