What do the Suez Canal, the Roman Goddess Libertas, and ancient Egyptian sculptures have in common? The Statue of Liberty. Surprising? Sure, but the connections make sense when you know the story as recounted by Columbia University psychologist Sheena Iyengar on a recent episode of Hidden Brain. The French artist Frédéric Bartholdi drew inspiration from […]
Fewer Ideas: An Unconventional Approach To Creativity Read More »
I recently rebuilt my portfolio (johnrhea.com). After days and days of troubleshooting and fixing little problems on my local laptop, I uploaded my shiny new portfolio to the server — and triumphantly watched it not work at all… The browser parses and runs JavaScript, right? Maybe Chrome will handle something a little different from Firefox,
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Despite keyframes and scroll-driven events, CSS animations have remained relatively rudimentary. As I wrote in Part 1, they remind me of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated series I grew up watching on TV. Shows like Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Scooby-Doo, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, Wacky Races, and, of course, Yogi Bear. Mike
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Feeling like you’re running out of creative steam? Don’t panic—here’s your ultimate guide to pretending you’re not just copying other designers. So, go ahead, steal like an artist and make it look like you’re breaking new ground. No one will know the difference—except you.
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Discover why traditional automation tools fall short for complex workflows and how Wordware’s AI decision-making capabilities transform business processes through intelligent context understanding, adaptive learning, and natural language programming. Continue reading Why Your Automation Needs AI Decision-Making (And How Wordware Delivers) on SitePoint.
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Figma Sites just dropped, promising to kill WordPress and dethrone Framer — but under the glossy UI lies a half-baked toy, not a revolution. It might be the future of web design… just not today.
Figma Sites Isn’t the Future (Yet)—But It’s Coming for WordPress and Framer Anyway Read More »
Friends, I’ve been on the hunt for a decent content management system for static sites for… well, about as long as we’ve all been calling them “static sites,” honestly. I know, I know: there are a ton of content management system options available, and while I’ve tested several, none have really been the one, y’know?
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Mark and I work as product designers for SAS, a leader in analytics and artificial intelligence recognized globally for turning data into valuable insights. Our primary role is to support the token packages and component libraries for the SAS Filament Design System. SAS’ customer base is global, meaning people from diverse countries, cultures, and languages
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Freelance design platforms like Fiverr and Upwork are exploiting designers by promoting a race to the bottom, undervaluing their skills with low-paying gigs and harsh competition. It’s time for designers to reclaim their worth, set fair prices, and demand respect for the creativity and expertise they bring to the table.
Designers Are Being Exploited—Here’s How We’re Getting Screwed (And How To Fight Back) Read More »
Learn how Actuated, Ampere, and Equinix collaborated to solve ARM64 CI/CD challenges for CNCF projects, enabling native builds that replaced slow emulation with high-performance microVMs, and more. Continue reading CNCF Triggers a Platform Parity Breakthrough for Arm64 and x86 on SitePoint.
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