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Good typography is essential to great user experiences, but type can be tricky to get right on screens. Here I look at the constraints imposed by screens, and examine what their limitations mean for the UX of reading.
Fusionbox Hosting Django Girls Workshop
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Fusionbox is excited to host Django Girls for the second time. This free workshop teaches women beginning programming using Python and the Django framework.
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Learning Vim can be intimidating at first, and most the beginner resources out there are trying too hard to show off the more sophisticated features of Vim rather than teach the basics. This survival guide for the total beginner should help get you started.
Novel Uses of Foreign-Key Constraints
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I have been thinking about ways to increase data integrity in a relational database. I have found some interesting ways to use foreign-key constraints to that end. Here are some examples.
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Our software development team recently got back from PyCon 2016, the Python conference. Here are one programmer's experiences.
Our Experience Hosting a Denver Python Meetup
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Since the old Denver Python meetup seemed to have petered out, Fusionbox decided to start its own. The turnout was fantastic.
Designing Microinteractions for Better UX
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UX designers often think in broad strokes, but it's important not to lose sight of the small units that make up the user experience, the microinteraction.
4 Ways to Design Emails for The Tastefully Discerning Populace
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When you start an email marketing campaign, you may be tempted to use a simple template, but some additional design can make a world of difference.
Your Site's Static Images Are Source Files Too!
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I propose you treat your static images similar to your static scripts and stylesheets; version track them in their "source" form and serve their compiled analogues.
Rethinking the Red "Required" Asterisk for Better Form UX
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How we choose to mark fields as mandatory might feel like a trivial detail, but research suggests that these simple indicators have powerful implications for how users perceive and complete forms.