Create Consume - tagged with bestpractice http://www.createconsume.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron abramwell@gmail.com We need new best practices for a different development world http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/5664/we-need-new-best-practices-for-a-different-development-world

if we don’t want to be seen as enemies of progress we need to alter our best practices and give them a bit more flexibility

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:52:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/5664/we-need-new-best-practices-for-a-different-development-world Heyday Digital http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4366/heyday-digital ]]> Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:45:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4366/heyday-digital Flickr: Find your friends http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4215/flickr-find-your-friends

no login required!!!

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:39:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4215/flickr-find-your-friends Non Hover | Trent Walton http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4177/non-hover-trent-walton ]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:50:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4177/non-hover-trent-walton BBC - Future Media Standards & Guidelines - Javascript http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4034/bbc-future-media-standards-amp-guidelines-javascript ]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:59:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4034/bbc-future-media-standards-amp-guidelines-javascript BBC - Future Media Standards & Guidelines http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4035/bbc-future-media-standards-amp-guidelines

A style guide for front end developers

]]> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:58:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/4035/bbc-future-media-standards-amp-guidelines API Console | dev.twitter.com http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3685/api-console-devtwittercom ]]> Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:27:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3685/api-console-devtwittercom HTML5 Reset http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3574/html5-reset ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:26:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3574/html5-reset HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default for HTML5 awesome. http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3575/html5-boilerplate-a-rock-solid-default-for-html5-awesome ]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:25:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3575/html5-boilerplate-a-rock-solid-default-for-html5-awesome BBC - GEL (Global Experience Language) http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3463/bbc-gel-global-experience-language

'Style guide' by another name

]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:53:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/3463/bbc-gel-global-experience-language PopSci archives http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2921/popsci-archives

Popular Science has made their entire archive available for browsing. That’s more than a hundred years of the magazine, visible in its original format, advertising and all.

]]> Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:26:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2921/popsci-archives Prelaunch Checklist for websites http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2627/prelaunch-checklist-for-websites ]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:03:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2627/prelaunch-checklist-for-websites Compare rendering time for multiple URLs, side by side http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2369/compare-rendering-time-for-multiple-urls-side-by-side ]]> Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:10:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/2369/compare-rendering-time-for-multiple-urls-side-by-side Walls Come Tumbling Down presentation slides and transcript http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1433/walls-come-tumbling-down-presentation-slides-and-transcript

Evangelising a nirvanic front end development approach that progressively enhances in less time.

]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:39:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1433/walls-come-tumbling-down-presentation-slides-and-transcript The Great Web CMS Debate: Open Source or Proprietary Software? You Decide... http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1294/the-great-web-cms-debate-open-source-or-proprietary-software-you-decide

At the end of a project, very few customers are going to be saying "Phew I'm glad we went open-source" they're going to be saying "this is a good system" or "this is rubbish."

]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:18:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1294/the-great-web-cms-debate-open-source-or-proprietary-software-you-decide JSLint, The JavaScript Code Quality Tool http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1207/jslint-the-javascript-code-quality-tool

Think of it as the W3C HTML validator, but for JavaScript.

]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:19:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/1207/jslint-the-javascript-code-quality-tool jQuery Performance Rules - Best Practices for Speeding Up jQuery http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/913/jquery-performance-rules-best-practices-for-speeding-up-jquery

"The class selector is among the slowest selectors in jQuery; in IE it loops through the entire DOM. Avoid using it whenever possible." oops"

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:51:00 -0700 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/913/jquery-performance-rules-best-practices-for-speeding-up-jquery MIT Mobile Web http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/476/mit-mobile-web ]]> Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:29:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/476/mit-mobile-web Rules to live by http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/350/rules-to-live-by

Just to grab me, you have to: a. Make it look and feel like magic. b. Work flawlessly in the first 10 minutes. If you can’t survive 10 minutes of critical analysis, I’m gone. c. Provide additional, unexpected awesomeness.

]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:22:00 -0800 http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/350/rules-to-live-by Respect your users, let them get up and get out http://www.createconsume.com/items/view/347/respect-your-users-let-them-get-up-and-get-out

Awesome idea: when a user cancels an online account, send them a nice goodbye email and attach a copy of their data. Lovely gesture

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