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The future of Ruby

Paul Wilson — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

EdgeCase UK MD Paul Wilson presents a personal view of why working with Ruby is so exciting and looks at its past, present and future

Web work platform WorkFu launches

Craig Grannell — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:40:58 +0000

Smart profiles and social integration boost discovery options

15 top tips for developing for the new iPad 3

Craig Grannell — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Craig Grannell quizzes leading experts to offer advice on designing and developing for Apple’s new iPad, how to deal with the Retina display and media queries, do UX testing and more

Twitter joins Do Not Track

Craig Grannell — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:13:48 +0000

Admits to tracking but provides single-checkbox opt-out

John Davey and Rich Shupe on Reasons to be Creative

Oliver Lindberg — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Flash on the Beach is now known as Reasons to be Creative – a festival highlighting artistic, creative and technical inspiration. We talk to organisers John Davey and Rich Shupe about the change and what the first conference on 14-15 June in New York will hold

Project management and the design professional

Andy Rutledge — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Andy Rutledge, principal and chief design strategist for Unit Interactive, claims project managers often do more harm than good and looks at what they actually do and what they should be doing in order for a project to succeed

Google Knowledge Graph widens search

Craig Grannell — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:31:28 +0000

Aims to speed up searches via things, not strings

10 tips for building a better game

John Ferrara — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

John Ferrara's book Playful Design: Creating Game Experiences in Everyday Interfaces goes on sale today. We present an exclusive excerpt with 10 general guidelines that you can follow to improve your chances of creating a successful design

HTML5 responsive images spat explodes

Craig Grannell — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:19:45 +0000

Developers accuse spec author of pandering to browser vendors

Designing in the browser

Edward O'Riordan — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:55:56 +0000

Designer and developer Edward O'Riordan explains why you should design in the browser and why clients should be shown HTML and CSS mockups

Make a stylish preloader with SVG

Ian Culshaw — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:12 +0000

Many sites neglect users with slow connections. Ian Culshaw explains how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader that’ll hold the users' attention while pages load

Twitter email digest a 'whiff of desperation'

Craig Grannell — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:49 +0000

Attempt to grow networks will also lead to inbox noise, says social expert Suw Charman-Anderson

Building a modern grid system

Jonathan Smiley — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

ZURB's Jonathan Smiley looks at what it takes to create a grid system that will help us build faster, better and with an eye to the future

Responsive images proposed by WHATWG

Craig Grannell — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:50:54 +0000

Attempts to deal with high-res displays spark debate

Designing for an infinite number of devices

Keith Butters — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:32:14 +0000

Keith Butters, chief experience officer and co-founder of The Barbarian Group, asks how sustainable it is to design and develop for an infinite number of devices