#TechTuesday: Build a Color Palette in Your Rails App

Follow this step-by-step guide and add colors you’ve only dreamed of. By Kathy Heffern (Software Developer, Giant Hat) This post originally appeared on the Giant Hat blog. So you decided you want to add some color to your rails app. “Hold on,” you...

#TechTuesday: What You Need to Know to Be a Designer

Ingrid Pierre, Lead Designer at Ovuline, shares tips for today’s designers, how she taught herself the best design programs and her thoughts about designers knowing code.  By Ingrid Pierre (Lead Designer, Ovuline) I got design jobs right out of college with a...

A Designer Goes To Photo Hack Day 3

Overall, I really enjoyed my first experience at a hackathon and won’t hesitate to go to another one. By Samihah Azim (Lead Product Manager & Designer, BizeeBee) This past weekend was absolutely gorgeous in San Francisco – a real treat. However I stayed...
Proto-Framing: The UX Of User Experience

Proto-Framing: The UX Of User Experience

By Brandon D. Finn (Founder, Designer Finn) A lot of people tell me how much they love Balsamiq and Mockingbird for wire framing and mockups of page designs and workflows. But none of them are designers. I can understand how someone who is more used to a trackpad than...