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  1. How Design is Changing IT

    Why enterprise software sucks and how that’s changing.

    Chad Pytel
    May 23, 2016
    • Design
  2. Architecting Front-end Styles

    Build consistent, scalable front-end styles.

    Will H McMahan
    May 10, 2016
    • CSS
    • Design
  3. A New Look for PLIBMTTBHGATY

    PLIBMTTBHGATY. What is it even?

    Laila Winner
    May 3, 2016
    • Design
  4. Introducing Empties – Unstyled Components

    Announcing the latest addition to the Bourbon suite! Meet Refills less fashionable sibling, Empties, a new library of components that are completely – or for the most part – unstyled.

    Magnus Gyllenswärd and Brenda Storer
    May 2, 2016
    • Sass
    • Design
    • HTML
  5. Building iOS Interfaces: Subclassing Views

    The custom button we previously implemented looks all good and dandy, but we can’t possibly be expected to repeat that process for each additional button. Enter subclassing.

    Reda Lemeden
    April 28, 2016
    • iOS
    • Design
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    • Swift
  6. GIT PUSH && GIT PAID

    We’re pushing some new swag. Come git it!

    Mike Borsare
    April 21, 2016
    • Git
    • Swag
    • Design
    • Fun
  7. Design Leadership & Culture at thoughtbot

    Design culture and leadership has become a huge focus in the tech industry. thoughtbot is always focused on both, and this is how we’ve been improving recently.

    Andrew Cohen
    March 31, 2016
    • Design
  8. Building iOS Interfaces: A Custom Button

    It’s about time to apply what we’ve learnt so far to implement a custom button and introduce some new concepts along the way.

    Reda Lemeden
    March 3, 2016
    • iOS
    • Design
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    • Swift
  9. Building iOS Interfaces: Views

    Views are the cornerstone of iOS app interfaces. Let’s take a look at what they are and how they work.

    Reda Lemeden
    February 3, 2016
    • iOS
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    • Swift
  10. User Testing Gone Wild: A Guide to Course Correction

    After some unexpected twists, here’s how to get your user test back on track.

    Jaclyn Perrone
    December 24, 2015
    • Design
    • Usability
    • Testing
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