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  1. Building a React Native App in Two Days

    We built a React Native app in two days with spooky results.

    Ali Aas, Blake Williams & Cristina Silva
    April 25, 2017
    • React Native
    • iOS
    • Design
    • Mobile
  2. Positioning elements on the web with CSS

    A guide on how to position an element in CSS is sometimes really a choice about what side effects are most acceptable.

    Joshua Ogle, Eric Bailey & Elaina Natario
    April 4, 2017
    • Design
    • CSS
  3. Writing Semantic Markup

    Writing semantic markup for the web.

    Joshua Ogle
    March 28, 2017
    • Design
  4. Getting started with Neat 2.0, a lightweight and flexible Sass grid

    If you like Sass, Neat 2.0 brings some awesome features that will make creating semantic websites and apps faster and easier. – A lightweight and flexible Sass grid from the folks at thoughtbot.

    Will H McMahan
    March 27, 2017
    • Design
    • Open Source
    • Web
    • Sass
    • Bourbon
    • Neat
  5. On Markup and Layout

    The relationship between semantic markup and layout.

    Joshua Ogle
    March 21, 2017
    • Design
  6. Whitespace

    Whitespace is probably the most under-appreciated yet impactful part of a good design.

    Joshua Ogle
    March 14, 2017
    • Design
  7. Typography

    An overview of typography as a element of design for the web.

    Joshua Ogle
    March 7, 2017
    • Design
  8. Don't Rush

    The thought of designing a product from nothing can be scary. Here’s how we prefer to start.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 6, 2017
    • Product Design
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    • Agile
    • Prototyping
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  9. Abstraction vs Skeuomorphism

    The ebb and flow of skeuomorphism and how to effectively use it in your design.

    Joshua Ogle
    February 28, 2017
    • Design
  10. Neat 2.0 Building the future of floated Sass grids

    Understanding different types of existing float grid systems, finding their strengths/weaknesses, and discovering something better.

    Will H McMahan
    February 22, 2017
    • Neat
    • Bourbon
    • Design
    • Sass
    • Open Source
    • Web
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