A List Apart

Issue № 222

Your About Page is a Robot and Sliced and Diced Sandbags

Your About Page Is a Robot

by Erin Kissane29 Comments

Everyone has one. No one likes to talk about it. No, not that. It's your About page, and it needs a little love. ALA's Erin Kissane guides you through a beautiful journey of self-discovery.

Sliced and Diced Sandbags

by Rob Swan44 Comments

Wouldn't it be great if there were a way to get text to flow around an irregularly shaped image? Wouldn't it be even better if we could automate the process? Have no fear: Rob Swan is here to show us the way.

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