Managing CSS with LESS is flippin’ sweet
I had the opportunity to meet groovy new folks and learn lots of really cool tricks at the HTML5tx conference in early October. One of the things that got me really riled up is LESS, the dynamic...
View ArticleIntroducing French for Web designers
I’m in the process of planning a trip to Europe to celebrate my thirty-*mumble* birthday later this winter. To help me get into the mood I’m brushing up on my French language skills. To begin, I have...
View ArticleJudging for Unmatched Style 2011 CSS Off competition continues
Mid-October I was one of many to entry into the UnmatchedStyle.com CSS Off competition. And, like many, the demands of client work made me drop from the competition. But not to fear, 416 souls stepped...
View ArticleJudging for CSSOff 2011 continues to continue
Holy cats! Nearly three months after all entries were due, the Unmatched Style CSSOff team has finished evaluating every single one of the entries. Each and every one of the 416 entries. All. of. them....
View ArticleWhat’s on my virtual reading list (week of January 23, 2012)
I’m in the process of working on some really cool projects, which sadly are leaving me with little time to put together the blog posts I’d planned. In the meantime, here are a few things from my...
View ArticleWhat’s on my virtual reading list (week of January 30, 2012)
The Business of Designing Information 6 Steps to Making Your Infographic Work — Love them or hate them, infographics are trendy, and for good reason: they’re visually interesting, easy to digest, and...
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What’s on my virtual reading list (week of February 6, 2012)
From the User Experience Toolbox Rachel Hinman graciously shares her UX Austrailia 2011 presentation on slide deck on Mobile Prototyping Essentials. One of the most damning challenges? “Designers new...
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What’s on my virtual reading list (week of February 13, 2012)
UX Job Board: Valentines Day Edition To celebrate Valentines Day this week, I thought I’d highlight a few dating/matchmaking sites are currently hiring UI, UX, Front-End and Mobile Dev folks. Grindr...
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Omnigraffle: one of my favorite UX tools
Bonjour, darlings! A new UX professional recently joined the company I’m working for—so thrilled to have him!—and he asked what tools we (meaning, me) have been using. After gushing on for an...
View ArticleWhat’s on my virtual reading list (week of July 30, 2013)
Big Data, Little Data, Just Don’t Do Stupid Shit With Data Mike Hoban begins his open letter “Dear wholesale warehouse club that begins with the letter ‘C’”. After outlining his typical buying habits...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading: Threat Modeling for Marketing Campaigns
I’m currently reading Threat Modeling for Marketing Campaigns. Here’s a little taste: Marketing campaigns and referrals programs can reliably drive growth. But whenever you offer something of value on...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading: The Profound Programmer, On Naming Conventions
I’m currently reading The Profound Programmer and some of their thoughts on naming conventions. Here’s a little taste: [text: "have you ever heard of naming conventions what makes you think this is...
View ArticleDiscussion Topics for July 2014′s Ladies That UX, Austin Meetup
Feedback that Charlotte and I received from June’s Ladies That UX, Austin post-meetup survey was the desire for the meetup to have some sort of a transition from chit-chat over to “talking shop,” as...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading (Watching): Don Norman’s TED Talk “3 ways good design makes...
I’m currently reading the transcript of Don Norman’s TED Talk “3 ways good design makes you happy”. Here’s a little taste: In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading: Product Manager and UX Designer – What’s the Difference?
I’m currently reading Product Manager and UX Designer – What’s the Difference? Here’s a little taste: I always advocate in favor of broad definition of User Experience Design practice. The one that...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading: How to Discuss a Book
I’m currently reading How to Discuss a Book. Several of the suggestions were hugely helpful and easily adapted for suggesting UX-related discussion topics for July’s Ladies That UX, Austin meetup....
View ArticleMore French for Web designers
In my efforts to learn French vocabulary terms specific to Web designers, I now present to you: French for Web Designers, now with verbs and adjectives! Le w00t! Nouns Le pixel pixel L’écran tactile...
View ArticleBuilt a simple, tiny app this weekend to help with remote usability tests. It...
Built a simple, tiny app this weekend to help with remote usability tests. It was fun to mess about in code again. — Stephanie (@winnermint) August 11, 2014 It was a lot of fun! It’s so empowering to...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading: Quick and Easy A/B Testing with Bit.ly and PHP
Remember my blog post the other day about the tiny app I’m building? I took a lot of inspiration from an article I read, Quick and Easy A/B Testing with Bit.ly and PHP. Here’s a little taste: Thanks to...
View Article“A small ego is an excellent design tool.”
"A small ego is an excellent design tool." http://t.co/g5ka9mPtmr via @invisionapp — Stephanie (@winnermint) August 8, 2014
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