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. : September 8, 2015 : .
5 Tips for Working With Designers
Background We’ve all been there. The project starts out well, but then the review cycle hits and everyone needs to buckle up for a hard landing. I’ve witnessed several ‘crash and burn’ projects. Here’s a short list of 5 tips for working with designers that might help keep your project on track and on budget. 1. Don’t call designers “Creatives” You’d…
. : September 2, 2015 : .
An Event Apart – Day 2 recap
Yesterday, I posted a recap of my first day at An Event Apart – Chicago. Here’s my An Event Apart – Day 2 recap: Matt Haughey Everyone’s in the Customer Service Business This was an extremely insightful talk. He really mad a point that we need to bring empathy to everything we do. This started…
An Event Apart – Day 1 recap
I’m very blessed this year to have the privilege of attending An Event Apart: Chicago. There is a great lineup of speakers with fascinating things to say about a variety of topics in the web dev/design industry. Here’s my brief recap of day 1: Jeffrey Zeldman Career Advice From a Cranky Old Man Super entertaining…
. : August 27, 2015 : .
How to get delisted from Microsoft block list
Summary: Step 1 – forward the “Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender” email to delist@messaging.microsoft.com Step 2 – wait Step 3 – wait check email to make sure you got a response from Microsoft Customer Support with a ticket number and a lie that they’ll get back to you within 24 hours Step 4 – wait…
. : June 15, 2015 : .
GitHub Project Pages and gh-pages -> gh-pages (non-fast-forward) error
I just created my first GitHub Project Page for Text-Gradiator: a JavaScript tool that lets you put gradients on regular HTML text elements. In doing so, I made the mistake of creating a page with the Automatic Page Generator before I tried doing it manually. Rookie mistake! When you use the automatic page generator, a gh-pages branch gets automatically generated….