What are Design Tokens and how are they used? What problem do they solve? How can they be used within an existing Design System? In this episode of Smashing Podcast, Drew McLellan talks to someone who is much more than a token expert: Jina Anne.
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Every job comes with its own set of “things I wish I’d known before I started working here.” What kinds of questions can you ask during an interview to spot red flags before the company stabs the whole flagpole into your sacred UX heart? For this piece, veteran UX leader and author Robert Hoekman Jr looks back on 20 years in the profession to craft a counter-punch: a set of “things we should ask every company before going to work for them.”
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The web is wonderfully diverse and unpredictable because of wonderfully diverse people shaping it. In this new series of short interviews, we talk to interesting people doing interesting work in our industry and sharing what they’ve learned. Today, Vitaly Friedman kindly asked Aaron Pearlman, Principal UX Designer at Deque Systems, to share some practical tools and techniques to ensure that we’re all providing an inclusive and accessible experience for our users.
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In this new series of interviews, we try to highlight interesting people doing interesting work and sharing some of the challenges and lessons they’ve learned along the way.
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We’re not just the publishers of an online magazine or conference organizers, we are people who work in the web industry. As Editor in Chief of Smashing Magazine, Rachel Andrew looks after the content that goes out on the online magazine, and also our upcoming print magazine for members. This year, we have published almost every weekday — that represents over 290 articles! Today, the Smashing Team looks back at 2018. Conferences, articles, books and the Smashing Membership — there has been a lot going on.
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Looking for work as a designer can be an emotional process, but during interviews, you are learning as much about companies as they are about you. In this article, Joshua Bullock will present a list of questions from his personal experience to consider leading up to and even during the interview process. Let’s explore some ways you can start to interview like a researcher and use this to your advantage!
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There are internships in every industry imaginable — from HR to investment banking — but what could a UX design internship look like? In this article, Erica talks about her internship at an agency in Granada, what her tasks were, all the challenges she faced, and how she overcame the fear of simply trying something new. This is intended for those who are new to UX design looking to explore the field — read on to learn if a UX design internship is the right thing for you!
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Smashing Book 6 is now shipping worldwide. With everything from design systems to accessible single-page apps, CSS Custom Properties, CSS Grid, service workers, performance patterns, AR/VR/XR, conversational UIs and responsive art direction. Check table of contents and get the book now.Read more…
Today is a very important day for us. We’re incredibly honored to have crossed our first milestone of 1,000 Smashing members today. In fact, with Membership, sometimes it feels like walking around a small town in which everyone knows each other and their friends, and so we know many members by name, and we’ve also met some of them at Smashing Conferences. In this post Vitaly Friedman highlights some of the members, how much money we’ve earned and how we spent it, and a bit of a feel about what Membership is like.
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How do you arrange all the sections in your résumé when applying for a job position? What’s the order that you are supposed to follow? Are all of the sections necessary? This is where understanding résumé layouts and formats becomes important so that you can stand out from the crowd. Aditya Sharma dedicates this guide to all the web developers out there and it will demonstrate how you can create a successful résumé that will get you more shortlists than you can fathom. If it’s a piece of paper that is standing between you and your dream job, it’s time to show who’s the boss.
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