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Where Flat UI fails - gettin nashty

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Design, code, and fitness. Laquo; Back to blog. Where Flat UI fails. If you're a designer, you haven't had a chance to stop reading about flat UI design in months. Its everywhere, hackernews, twitter, dribbble, your grandpa's hand-me-downs, the list goes on. Like most design trends (chunky buttons, web 2.0 badges, grunge, noise, whatever else.) flat UI is likely just that. A trend people will inevitably become sick of after it has saturated the market. Flat UI follows Dieter Ram's 10 principals. I think ...

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Why designers shouldn't try to force innovation. In 1994 I was 8. I vividly remember standing in the cafeteria of my elementary school, picking up a dime with the current year on it, and proclaiming, "by the year 2000 we're going to have flying cars." How could we not? Thats the mantra I (like most American children) grow up around. Not only that, 6 years was nearly a lifetime away. Mass adoption of said cars. Using the same technology for self flying cars. With technology such as video chatting, we had ...

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Nerf or something - gettin nashty

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Design, code, and fitness. Laquo; Back to blog. Good company culture is really fascinating, but what comprises it? No Its just one thing - a shared attitude. One of my favorite books is called "Good to great" ( by Jim Collins. Its a scientific look at how a few pretty good businesses, became amazing companies. As a geek who went to school for business, one key point really struck a chord with me - " Get the right people on the bus". Shared attitude does not mean similar personalities. Lead UX for Swoop.

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Why you should always have a mentor - gettin nashty

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Design, code, and fitness. Laquo; Back to blog. Why you should always have a mentor. Any entrepreneur knows failure is a staple of life. They make mistakes, they learn from them. If they're lucky, they have friends who've already made those mistakes and can preemptively teach them the lessons. I've had 5 amazing mentors so far, here are some of my takeaways to-date:. My last two mentors I'm currently working with, and they'll probably read this at some point so I'll leave it at this:. Your mentors surrou...

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What fitness taught me about programming - gettin nashty

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Design, code, and fitness. Laquo; Back to blog. What fitness taught me about programming. When I was just a young buck, I was on the path to obesity. I wasn't fat-yet, but it was where I was headed. I remember being around 9 and chowing down on some serious garbage when a friend's dad said something along the lines about how unhealthy it was and I literally said, "I don't care, I'm going to get wicked fat now, and then when I'm old I'll just workout and get really strong.". Lets look at the figures:.

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Why long term goals make you a better team player - gettin nashty

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Design, code, and fitness. Laquo; Back to blog. Why long term goals make you a better team player. Something I find interesting, is learning about what people are working towards. Obviously enough, we have short term goals, and we have long term goals. If goals drive us to work for what we want, the achievement of reaching them encourages us to raise the bar, to be better, and to keep trying. Its a positive feedback loop that makes us productive individuals. But this is more important than just my. At ev...