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The Importance of Terminology

There are certain terms used in the web industry that most people think of as “industry-standard,” but are actually used in slightly different ways at different companies. For instance, I’ve run into several definitions for “alpha,” “beta,” “wireframe,” and “comp” at different shops I’ve worked at. Learning how a new company uses these terms isn’t [...]


How to Hire a Front-End Web Developer

The following is an email exchange I had with a friend at another company about a year ago. We were talking about the best way to go about hiring a front-end developer, and I was sharing some tips from our hiring process. “Hi Scott, we are in need of a CSS expert/ninja. Our company has [...]