Web Design: #nofilter

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

#nofilter

You Got Surv-ed

Front-end

First up, in case you’re unsure, here are the basic concepts behind Flexbox [developer.mozilla].

A round-up of results from a survey CSS maven Rachel Andrew conducted [rachelandrew]. Flexbox is doing pretty well for itself!

And a guide to advanced CSS-only form styling [jonathan-harrell].

5 great apps for your web design workflow [sitepoint].

#nofilter

Back-end/programming

A look at the key principles of Node [javascriptreport]. They’re pretty good!

How to avoid a mixed content warning by implementing a content security policy [css-tricks].

An alternative, CORS-compliant API to use instead of Instagram’s public one [github/whizzzkid].

Panda Bear

Jobs, positions, engagements, duties and assignments (mainly jobs)

Front-end engineer [Action Verb], remote.
Senior web developer [Payroll Panda], remote.

Want your next open position here? You should! 47,000+ very qualified readers will see it and a slightly smaller number of those will apply! Go here and place your ad [sitepoint].

In Search Of…

Design/UX/product

How to stop UX research from being a blocker [medium.muz].

30 days into using Figma, a review [blog.usejournal].

How to give feedback that gives focus [alistapart].

In the Loop

News/business

You know how everyone’s always like, “I wish I could move to the desert near Phoenix?” Well, that very common dream will soon be a reality, with the news that Bill Gates is funding a “smart city” near Phoenix [qz]. It’ll include high-tech stuff like data centers and autonomous vehicles, and probably some kind of blockchain tie-in. I assume, because there’s always a blockchain tie-in.

Looks like a Hyperloop test-track is coming to Denver [arstechnica].

Apparently Apple’s “ramping up” work on an augmented reality headset [bloomberg].

Funny, we were just talking about Apple and then I saw that there’s proof that “visionary founders” make the worst CEOs [work.qz].

25 growth-hacking tips and tricks from marketing’s top influencers [mashable].

8 productivity tips for the bust entrepreneur [inc].

Quantum Leap

Everything else (apps, fun tools, gaming, culture, funny stuff)

Mozilla has released the newest version of Firefox, Quantum [mozilla]. It’s apparently double the speed of the previous version, and uses 30% of the memory Chrome does. Pretty decent, I guess... *opens 60 tabs immediately*

If you’ve been holding off on getting a VPN account, hold off no more, with this 🚨 actual good deal alert🚨 $42.50 for a lifetime account on VPN Unlimited [sitepoint].

Here’s a round-up of iOS 11 augmented reality apps [thesweetsetup].

Apple’s explained what turning off WiFI and Bluetooth in Control Center does [arstechnica]. Which doesn’t seem like the kind of thing you’d need to explain, but that's the world we live in.

A guide to starting a newsletter, from the team at Revue, who know a thing or two about that kind of thing [sitepoint].

Finally, there’s apparently gonna be a Mario animated movie [arstechnica]. It’ll be made by the studio behind the Minions and Despicable Me movies. Am I being unreasonable for wanting Studio Ghibli instead?

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There's a mid-week Versioning for ya! I downloaded Quantum, which means I'll be working on a Firefox-powered edition tomorrow, so expect either a much earlier Versioning, or one that includes 500 links, depending on how I take advantage of the speed and memory usage. Til then, may your browsing be quick and untrammelled!