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A jQuery plugin for snazzy background particle systems. Includes an optional parallax effect controlled by the mouse on desktop devices and gyroscope on mobile devices. Works in any browser that supports HTML5 canvas. Options can be set by passing an options object to the constructor.

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With THAW, smartphones can seamlessly interact with what's happening on laptop and tablet screens. And that's only the beginning. When we need to send a command or a file from our smartphone to our laptop, we do it through menus.

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Almost two years ago, I got to sit down with Ryan Germick, the lead of the Google Doodle team. When I asked how his team kept shipping such great designs consistently, Ryan asked for my notebook, and drew a pyramid. He divided it into five layers, and he told me:

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Every Friday evening, the Pulse team gets together for 30 minutes to step back and debrief. The week is usually filled with a ton of sprints, emergencies and fire drills, so these 30 minutes end up being a crucial break from the craziness. It also strengthens the team’s stability and camaraderie.

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You can't ride a bike in Seattle without thinking about the seven hills. (No one can agree on which ones make up "the seven," but they're not a friendly ride.) And you better think about the city's famously unpredictable weather patterns.

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We need to spend the same time and attention on our internal systems as we do on our external facing websites. Just look at your content management system. I was sitting in a board room trying to discuss digital transformation.

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Input™ Fonts for Code, from Font Bureau

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On October 7th, author James Frey will release a novel about the apocalypse. It will hold an elaborate code, directing readers towards a key hidden somewhere in the real world. That key will open a case containing $500,000 in gold.

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Since its founding nine years ago, Reddit has stuck to its own weird guns.

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Paste and Indent! Stop re-indenting after pastes ⌘ + shift + v

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Building off of my previous post on RWD Bloat, the following is step-by-step how I made my site faster over the course of a few days. For the purposes of this test, I’m hyper-focused on my Speed Index numbers for my Home and Article templates (the 2 most visited templates of my site).

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The idea of having a using a pen like device to create free-form 3D printed designs first caught the public’s eye when the 3Doodler surpassed its original goal on Kickstarter by over 78x.

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As the Internet of Things (IoT) spreads, the implications for business model innovation are huge. Filling out well-known frameworks and streamlining established business models won’t be enough.

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As a technologists, we at Four Kitchens use the term “content” a lot.

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This article looks at breakpoints beyond screen size and explores possibilities and approaches to use them to create truly adaptive experiences on the web.

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Will watching kids attempt to play Tetris on a vintage Nintendo Game Boy make you nostalgic for spending hours lining up blocks?