Thinking

I've been getting a little excited about Flexbox recently, so two weeks ago I wrote an introduction to it. Since then, I've used Flexbox to solve a problem that I used to see a lot.

Summer is in the air and beer is in the brewing...

We’ve some exciting news regarding UX London tickets. Due to demand, we are setting up a simulcast room at the venue, where the morning talks will be broadcast live. This means we can now create some additional Three Day passes - so if you missed out, you're in luck!

It's Adventure Time at Elf Cartel.

Notes. About a week.

Today a we started a collective, set of personal projects under the umbrella of something called 100 days.

There’s been a whole series of events going on in Brighton this month under the banner of Spring Forward, a month-long celebration of the role of women in digital culture that runs throughout March in parallel with Women’s History Month.

The eagle-eyed amongst will have noticed an omission from last week: no weeknotes! Did you spot this deliberate error? If so, well done! You can claim your prize right now by reading this bumper double edition. Just for you, it's the first ever ...Fortnight Notes.

I’ve had a busy week attending tech events at 68 Middle Street to celebrate the role of women in the digital industry. Spring Forward, timed alongside Women’s history month is a month-long series of events which celebrate, inspire and encourage women in the digital industry.

If I lived and worked in San Fransisco, the current “death of the agency” debate may have slightly more poignancy than it does in the UK. San Francisco and the wider Silicon Valley is undoubtedly living through a huge tech bubble, and has been for some time. The slew of new tech businesses quickly hoovered up the local talent, before starting to ship them in from around the country and the rest of the world. This includes dozens of Brits I know who have left these shores for a better life in California.

Recently I became familiar with :checked, a pseudo class which allows you to dynamically change the CSS of an element based on it’s state. Using :checked and :not (the negation pseudo class), I built a tooltip toggle feature. I think it’s a pretty awesome use of pseudo classes, so I’m going to share it.

It was a Tuesday, but not just any Tuesday.

Along with former resident, and tour guide Graham Smith showing me the sights, we headed up to Manchester, home to some of the greatest American food I have ever eaten, a thriving web community, trams, and a very special new event - Talk UX.

In what might be the most abridged week notes yet, here's what the team did last week...

Tickets for the third and final Responsive Day Out go on sale at 11am tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd.

Public speaking & jabberwocks, new project wins and Ant's departure.