Robots Won't Take Your Design Job
Curious what happened at the 2019 Awwwards Conference in San Francisco? Andrew shares important takeaways about using your humanity to design great experiences for people.
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International Women's Day, 2019
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re sharing some amazing contributions by our team and making a small donation. Read on for the details.
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How to Submit a Conference Talk: A Guide for Web Designers and Developers (Video)
Catherine has spoken at web industry conferences around the world, and now she’s offering her tips on how you can too. Learn how to create a proposal that effectively communicates your great ideas and why you’re the right person to share them.
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Thriving Development Teams
Why do some development teams thrive while others seem to flounder? Nathan shares his perspective on how to build fluency and foster an environment of humility and empathy that leads to successful collaboration.
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Building Websites: A Library Workshop
This summer we taught teens in Dayton and Pittsburgh how to build websites. Kasey discusses how we partnered with local libraries to inspire a new generation of web craftspeople, and how you can too.
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Introducing High Fives
Thinking about taking on a just-for-fun side project? You should. Ethan tells you how building High Fives, his latest hack project, helped him get out of his comfort zone and take some design and development risks.
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Reading Other People’s Code in a Large Codebase
Parsing through a large, existing codebase can be challenging if you’re new to a project. Anastasia shares tips for how you can make sense of other people’s code without going crazy.
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An Epic Adventure: Around the Colorado Plateau in 60 Days
What happens when you pack up your work and camp across the Colorado Plateau with your family? Gary shares how he built his own off-the-grid system to still effectively contribute to his development team back home.
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Friday is Coming! The Scientific Case for Why Programming is so Darned Satisfying
The process of solving a programming challenge turns out to follow The Hero’s Journey story structure, a pattern our brains recognize and reward.
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Sparkbox 2017 CodePen Roundup
We’re fans of CodePen, using it for everything from side projects to teaching code classes. Catherine shares some of our Sparkboxers’ favorites of 2017.
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