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United States · United StatesModern frameworks are supposed to help speed up development while providing modern tools and a developer-friendly workflow. In reality, Kevin Leary has found that they cause far more problems than they solve. This ultimately leads to the big question: why are modern theme frameworks so popular, and do they really benefit developers in the long run?See the Story
The Case For Minimal WordPress Setups: A Contrarian View On Theme Frameworks — Smashing Magazine
Artificial IntelligenceEduard Kuric discusses the significance and role of context in the creation of relevant follow-up questions for unmoderated usability testing, how an AI tasked with interactive follow-up should be validated for its capability to incorporate such context, and what the potential — along with the risks — of AI interaction in usability testing.See the Story
Human-Centered Design Through AI-Assisted Usability Testing: Reality Or Fiction? — Smashing Magazine
New York State · New YorkI don’t know how it is for other designers, but when I start a new project, there’s always this moment where I just sit there and stare. Nothing. No idea. Empty. People often think that “creativity” is some kind of magic that suddenly comes out of nowhere, like a lightning strike from the sky. But I can tell you that’s not how it works — at least not for me. I’ve learned how to “hack” my creativity. It’s no longer random but more like a process.…See the Story
How I Created A Popular WordPress Theme And Coined The Term “Hero Section” (Without Realizing It) — Smashing Magazine
San Francisco, California · San FranciscoWhen Ethan Marcotte conceived RWD, web technologies were far less mature than today. As web developers, we started to grasp how to do things with floats after years of stuffing everything inside table cells. There weren’t many possible ways to achieve a responsive site. There were two of them: fluid grids (based on percentages) and media queries, which were a hot new thing back then. What was lacking was a real layout system that would allow us …See the Story
