On pattern portfolios | Clear Thinking - The Clearleft Blog
Jon gives some insight into how and why we use pattern portfolios as deliverables at Clearleft.
Jon gives some insight into how and why we use pattern portfolios as deliverables at Clearleft.
I’m going to miss having Harry around at Clearleft. Sounds like he might miss Clearleft too:
What I’ve loved about Clearleft is that it’s just so different to any other agency I’ve worked at. There’s no company process – everyone’s encouraged to experiment and try different techniques to suit the client’s needs. There’s hardly any internal meetings. I’ve never once had a conversation about my billing efficiency. The focus is on quality, and profitability is almost seen as a by-product. You’re encouraged to share your learnings externally rather than keep them in-house. Everyone’s trusted and given a lot of independence.
The latest Clearleft product will be like having an intensive set of discovery, collaboration, and exploration workshops in a box. Perfect for startups and other small businesses short on time or budget.
It starts in Spring but you can register your interest now.
James’s notes from the most recent Hack Farm show that, even without a finished product, there were a lot of benefits.
I’m really pleased to be working with Bobbie on Matter.
Andy gives his thoughts on this year’s dConstruct. He does a good job of explaining what to expect, and—more importantly—what not to expect.
Josh and Michelle have been hard at work making this responsive theme for Shopify. It’s quite lovely.
Thanks to the fact that 10% of Silverback’s profits go to the Dian Fossey Foundation, Rifa got to meet Sigourney Weaver. Nice!
On the two-year anniversary of his arrival at Clearleft, Paul takes a look at where the craft of web design is today and where it’s heading tomorrow.
A nice overview of the increasing importance of UX on the web, written by Bobbie with soundbites from Andy.
A great presentation by Andy on the use of progressive enhancement at Clearleft.
An excellent overview of the evolution of the St. Paul's School website from David Smith, noting an increasing emphasis on mobile usage.
A few notes on the recent re-align of the Radio 4 website by Clearleft.
My pedagogic colleagues from N'orn Irelan' asked me twelve questions. I answered.
Natalie has put up the slides and video from her excellent Girl Geek Dinner talk on CSS in The Eagle last week.
Andy answers some questions about Clearleft's way of working.
Clearleft worked on this project; information architecture, visual design, and front-end (that was my part: markup, CSS and JavaScript). I'm very, very happy to see that it's finally launched and even happier to see the level of appreciation for g…
There will be an evening games in the foyer of the Clearleft office building on Thursday, August 21st.
Garrett's in-depth look at Silverback, the Mac app that we've been cooking up at Clearleft.
An interview with Relly who, in case you didn't know, is a kick-ass copy writer.
Having left web accessibility behind him, Joe camps out at the Clearleft office where he immediately turns into a wanker designer.
While I was at XTech in Paris, Ian Forrester took me aside for an interview about microformats. Here's the video of our little chat.
This is the plain vanilla look.
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