Friday is Webday Issue #3
Here we go again. It's friday, time for another issue of Friday is Webday.
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This week I shipped some new Kreatify features and wrote an evaluation from the last 10 months I was working on that project. If you're interested in what I've learned so far, there you go.
The newsletter itself contains interesting articles about creativity, ideas on how to renew old workflows and tons of inspirations. So, let's dive right into this weeks link collection:
Articles
- Creativity
Don't try to solve problems you don't care about or which doesn't affect you. Solve problems you think are worth solving. Only this way creativity is born. - That brief you’re writing is probably wrong
A suggestion on how to rework the brief of a project. - Checklists for Creative Work
People from all industries over the world use checklist to simplify complex tasks. Why are we not using them to simplify creative task - like brainstorming? - The Worst Portfolio Ever
If your portfolio looks like this, you should probably change it... - No Photoshop, here’s what happened
Creating your web designs in Photoshop first, cost you much more time in the development process of the website. Lawrence Smith banned Photoshop for a whole project, those are his conclusions. - The 30 CSS Selectors you Must Memorize
30 CSS selectors one should remember. - Why Minimalism is the Most Important Design Style to Master
In the meaning of this article, the title says enough. - Fuck grids
and fuck the fucking print brothers. (Inspired by Tony Montana) - Designing the Perfect Hyperlink — It’s Not as Simple as You Think
- "Right click and save as" needs to go away
Save your users the hassle of "Right click and save as" and implement that fancy HTML5 download attribute. - URLs are for People, not Computers
Libraries
- DiagnostiCSS
DiagnostiCSS helps you visually detect any potentially invalid, inaccessible or erroneous HTML markup. - Effeckt.css
Performant CSS transitions & animations - responsImg
Turns your tags into responsive images with retina alternatives. - jquery-enhancedfileinput
Custom styling and initial values for HTML input for files. - Paper.js
HTML5 vector graphics scripting library.
Inspiration
- Mein Honig – Brand Identity
Amazing... - Shoot & Develop
Pretty design #1! - A day in Big Data
Pretty design #2! - Pure CSS Minion
A Minion created in pure CSS. With animations! Useful? I don't think so, but certainly fun to look at. - Autobot is everywhere
Maybe an idea for your next newsletter design? - HIPSTER DEV STACK
Hipster development tools developer used before they went mainstream.
Videos
- Designing Facebook Home
The Designers behind Facebook Home discuss how they combined their high-level goals with an iterative process and interactive design tools to bring the first version of Home to launch.
Person of the Week
- Dmitry Fadeyev
Dmitry is the creator of Usaura, a simply usability testing service. He writes about design at UsabilityPost and tweets @dfadeyev. The article about creativity at the top of this newsletter was written by him. Check him out!
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