Fast Company has a useful article about an expanded approach to coding that sees it as a true creative endeavour, and how the process of working on “art” can assist.
Category: Multimedia development
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A List Apart Snowfall critique
Useful discussion starter on the NYT’s Snowfall multimedia piece, worthwhile to review the comments from the web design/dev community accompanying this article.
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The Russia Left Behind: NYT newsgraphic site
The Russia Left Behind. Simple scrolly site by the New York Times profiling the poorer regional cities between St Petersburg and Moscow. Incorporates video and photos, using techniques developed for the Snowfall interactive feature.
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Slow mobile web apps
Comprehensive argument as to the technical reasons why mobile web apps (relying on JavaScript performance) are slow compared to their native-apps.
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Dynamic HTML sites and new journalism
Lots of finger pointing at the NYT’s “Snow fall” multimedia piece. A startup company ripped off their content and re-created the site in their new tool. Might be worth looking at for our future “story” site developments.
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Visceral apps
Foster of Mysterious Trousers supplies a theory as to why some apps have a higher level of polish than others, and how they “feel” impacts their acceptance.
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Should universities have software developers?
.eduGuru weighs in with an opinion on whether universities should bother with development in-house. He argues that we can’t keep up with industry.
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A List Apart: Artistic Distance
Useful article on the importance of self critique and some techniques to use to review your work. By Paul Burton.