My name is Mason Ellwood, and I’m currently working on Flatiron School’s Online Full Stack Web Development Program. Each week, I’ll be writing about my experience, what I’m learning, and tips on learning to code.

Big news from Google: Within a few months, the infamous search engine will divide its index1 to give users better and fresher content. The long-term plan is to make the mobile search index the primary one.

The world is constantly evolving with frameworks, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and virtual reality (VR). These and many others are opening opportunities to rethink how we approach prototyping: They introduce avenues to marry the digital software with the tangible aspect of the overall user engagement.

As we approach the Early-Bird deadline for the 2017 HOW In-House Design Awards(it’s May 5!), the HOW team decided to go on a pretty intense gif hunt in order to more seriously communicate the reasons why you and your team should enter.

Hear from Jason Tselentis at HOW Design Live 2017! Register by April 14 to get your best rate.


As associate professor of typography at the University of Reading, Gerry Leonidas has taught students in its Master of Arts in Typeface Design (MATD) since 1999.

Since we all know how important it is to create a good presentation to showcase your project to a client, here I have put together a list of free photorealistic iPhone mockups to help you do just that.

The landscape for the performance-minded developer has changed significantly in the last year or so, with the emergence of HTTP/2 being perhaps the most significant of all. No longer is HTTP/2 a feature we pine for.

If you’re stuck in a non-creative job that you completely uninspiring, the idea of becoming a professional designer and working for yourself while creating beautiful projects for interesting clients might seem like a fantasy.

From time to time, we need to take some time off, and actually, I’m glad that this reading list is a bit shorter as the ones you’re used to.

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