Use this Python script to gather additional information on your clients from their LinkedIn company pages.
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As someone who deals with the digital presentation layer from day-to-day, being limited to the screen creatively can be…well…limiting.
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Sparklines and Heatmaps - Using heatRate To Make Effective, Concise Visualizations
The main function of data visualization, is to better understand the general concept of a data set quickly. Sure, if done effectively, data visualization can look organic and beautiful, but the primary goal always stands: allow the viewer to get the gist of the data quicker than looking at the sum of its parts. Rating systems are a great example of where we could do better, as Goodfil.ms has mentioned in their post about rating systems; 5-star rating systems are broken.
Read more…Rails + Girls = A Better Rails Community
The Rails community has had its share of misogynistic controversy over the last several years. Dominated by male programmers (recent statistics suggest 94% of employed Rails programmers are male), the inroads to professional Rails development for females are not exactly accessible or welcoming.
Of course, it's not just the Rails community that lacks representation from women. When only 18% of the Computer Science undergraduate degree recipients in 2010 were female () it's obvious there is a lack of female participation in the entire field of programming.
Read more…Improve Interface Development with Box Sizing
New to css layouts or a Ninja warrior we both share one common headache, The Box Model. The box-model is the way we calculate the width and heigh of an object. The W3C modal calculates the width and height by adding the padding and border to the width you specify ( width + padding + border / height + padding + border ). This is a pain when we want to specify a width to be 400px wide, we need to then subtract the difference of the padding and border to make a 400px wide box. If we had a border of 10px and a padding of 20px, the width would be 340px wide (400 - 20 - 40 = 340px).
Read more…Smashing Conf + Intridea
We’re excited to announce our involvement and sponsorship of Smashing Conference, taking place in beautiful Freiburg, Germany September 17-19th.
This event brings together web designers and developers for three days of intense workshops and engaging presentations from design experts around the world. We’re sponsoring the sold-out event and trekking to Germany for an epic “meeting of the minds.” (And some streusel. And beer. And sausages.)
Read more…Introducing Elena Washington, Girl Extraordinaire
No ordinary development intern, Elena Washington brings an intriguing set of skills to the Intridea team.
By day she puts her BS in Mechanical Engineering to use as a fulltime Controls Commissioning Engineer at Alstrom Power. By night she pursues a Master's degree in Computer Science and works with Anthony Nystrom at Intridea to learn as much as she can about development.
Driven by a tenacious desire for knowledge and excellence, Elena is a strategic addition to our growing team. In the following interview we bring you all the interesting details on our newest Intridean.
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