Molly Holzschlag explains how the practices you already use to create standards-based, accessible websites can serve you in the growing field of internationalization.
To Hell with WCAG 2
The W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are about to be updated for the first time since 1999. Joe Clark takes a close look at WCAG 2 and reports back.
Community Creators, Secure Your Code! Part II
In part two of his two-part series on protecting your community site from malicious cross-site scripting attacks, Niklas Bivald rolls up his trousers and wades into the JavaScript.
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Keeping Your Design Mind New and Fresh
In this excerpt from Volume 2 of RECOGNIZE, Regine Gilbert offers a helpful mnemonic for approaching our design work from a fresh perspective: “WOQE” for watch, observe, question, and explore.
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How to face reality when your team screws up, and get everyone back on track.
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Matt E. Patterson shows why a new WebSockets-driven approach is catching developers' attention, and how it can mean faster, easier development that results in an experience just as rich as client-side SPAs.
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Are your content models excluding people? This piece from Daniel Carter and Carra Martinez will help you recognize how this happens and what we can do about it.
The Never-Ending Job of Selling Design Systems
Successful design requires buy-in from the top. Ben Callahan shows how to convince executives not just to fund the initial push of design system work, but to keep funding it.
Navigating the Awkward: A Framework for Design Conversations
How to be human, build trust, and sustain relationships with our design and development clients and partners.
Webwaste
In this excerpt from World Wide Waste, Gerry McGovern examines the environmental impact of bloated websites and unnecessary assets.
Connecting the Dots
In this excerpt from Creative Culture, Justin Dauer walks us through many ways in which an organizations’ culture and the design work that it does play off of one another.
Mr. Roboto: Connecting with Technology
Amy Bucher shares insights into using personalization to create meaningful user experiences.
Color Craft & Counterpoint: A Designer’s Life with Color Vision Deficiency
Noah Glushien shares the ins and outs of creating a successful career in web, despite being color blind.
