CSS Layout with Flexbox UPDATE: This page is still good, but I recommend this course on flexbox I've put together. It includes an updated version of this page plus more videos and a cheat sheet. Layin
In this article we'll take a look at how we can better integrate Chrome DevTools into our Sass development workflow. Tutorial Sneak Peek! Here's a peek of what we'll be doing in this tutorial via an a
It was the iPhone that convinced me to buy a better camera. My son was born in February of 2012. Later in the year — some time after our summer vacation to the Colorado mountains — as I was looking th
I saw a remark recently on Neven Mrgan’s blog that resonated with me. I've come to the realization that I may not be a geek at all. Neven Mrgan mrgan.tumblr.com/post/… I had a similar realisation a fe
I'm sure each generation of musicians feels they've lived through a time of tremendous change, but the shifts I've witnessed in my relatively short music career-- from morphing formats to dissolving b
By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard the news that U.S. District Judge Denise Cote has ruled against Apple in the antitrust suit filed against the company by the U.S. Department of Justice and 33 states,
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Lo, in the twilight days of the second year of the second decade of the third millennium did a great darkness descend over the wireless internet connectivity of the people of 276 Ferndale Street in th
A version of this story was originally published in June 2013 I began reporting this piece in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. I had seen what the hurricane’s nine-foot storm surge had done to New Yo
In six days’ time Google Reader closes for good. 1 ‘The 12 days of Google Reader’ is a series of posts that examines some of the feed services and apps (Mac and iOS) that will be available to RSS users in a post-GR world. Day #7 Bulletin is a new Google Reader replacement, very new. Beta testing…
My first impression on seeing iOS 7 on my iPhone was: What is this, a My Little Pony theme? But after scrutinizing, analyzing, deconstructing and living with the new version, I’m ready to declare iOS
Published in Technology Leadership · 2 min read · Apr 22, 2013 -- Check-in early and often. 1-1 meetings between managers and employees are a great tool for coaching. I see a lot of managers asking tr
Google engineer Ray Cromwell, responding a month ago to my “ Google Versus ” piece, “ Hardcore Apple Fans and Siege Mentality ”: Just got back from I/O and I run into a Twitter thread whereFarhad Manj
The defense of privacy always follows the emergence of technologies for breaching it. Illustration by Nishant Choksi. The defense of privacy always follows the emergence of technologies for breaching it. Illustration by Nishant Choksi. An extraordinary fuss about eavesdropping started in the spring…
I’m not the first to admit that raising a child in Park Slope, Brooklyn, can bear an embarrassing resemblance to the TV show “Portlandia.” My wife and I try to have some ironic distance from the cultu
As prepared for delivery. It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21 st century. For over two centuries, the…
On the first Saturday in April of 2002, the temperature in Washington, D.C., had taken a dive. Tourists were bundled up against the cold, and the cherry trees along the Tidal Basin were fast losing th
Great design is a product of care and attention applied to areas that matter, resulting in a useful, understandable, and hopefully beautiful user interface. But don’t be fooled into thinking that desi
When you turn on the pregame shows or click open an article discussing the NBA playoffs and Finals, you find a great deal of concern about rotations and five-man lineups. "How will the Spurs respond i
Don Hankins Like everything else, dating has moved online in recent years through a combination of organized dating services and incidental meetings (the Ars forums have enabled a number of matches).
Michael Scott’s departure from “ The Office ” two years ago felt like the series’ natural endpoint. It was sweet and sentimental, gently poking fun at one of show’s basic conceits: that an unseen film
Google used to divine good design through data. Fred Gilbert, the lead designer of Google’s social products, says that when he joined the company in 2006, as an intern, and again in 2007, as a designe
Mixins are one of the most powerful features of Sass. Mixins allow for efficient and clean code repetitions as well as an easy way to adjust your code with ease. If you are using Sass in your developm
Sweating the details of iOS 7 Published in Thoughts and words · 5 min read · May 10, 2013 -- “Completely flat,” “Like Android,” “Microsoft-flat,” etc., etc., etc. The talk about how Apple is going to
The Buccaneers' defense has been a peculiar subject over the past season. On one play the defense stuffs a run for a loss and on the very next gives up an 80 yard touchdown pass. This process was repe
Screenshot of our own SimCity (called, for reasons that made sense at the time, We Are The Champignons) after three hours of game play. In the nearly quarter-century since designer Will Wright launche
That the growth in iOS has been phenomenal hardly needs to be stated any more. To people like me, though, who have been Apple users since the Mac Classic, it's been an amazing ride. In 2008, after the launch of the iPhone 3G, I wrote: If you haven't got it already, it's time to move your head to…
In the beginning, Danyelle Carter had only one thought: I'm going to die. The 7 a.m. boot camp workout class at Spelman College is a muscle-testing, lung-battering trial for even the fittest. And Cart
3 min read · Apr 29, 2013 -- I use a trick with co-workers when we’re trying to decide where to eat for lunch and no one has any ideas. I recommend McDonald’s. An interesting thing happens. Everyone u
You’re already writing decent commit messages. Let’s see if we can level you upto awesome. Other developers, especially you-in-two-weeks andyou-from-next-year, will thank you for your forethought and
The Buccaneers ' pass defense was simply horrible last season. They gave up a whopping average of 297.4 passing yards per game. Offenses, at will, were able to generate huge passes down the field and
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