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MozCon 2016: 10 Key Takeaways

1. You can eat anything at Pike Place.

Turns out there is only one direct flight from DCA to SEA on a Sunday. And Katie was on it. She arrived in Seattle at 10am and had nothing to do.

After a bit of googling, she booked an afternoon tour of Pike Place with Savor Seattle....

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Preventative Maintenance: The Key to Keeping Your Website Healthy and Safe

Life is full of things we do because we have to. Trips to the DMV.  Jury duty.  Paying taxes. Dental appointments.  Oil changes.  These things are no fun.  But as painful and tedious as these tasks are, the consequences of not doing them are far worse.  

Spending $50 and an hour of your life getting an oil change sucks.  ...

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How to Generate a Style Guide using Hologram & Gulp

Why do I need a style guide?

Let’s be honest, I code differently than you.  And you code differently than the guy sitting next to you with Cheez-it crumb fingers playing Pokemon Go when no one is looking.  So how can we (front end developers) make sure we are providing consistent high quality code across a team?  ...

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How to Create a Members Only Section that People Will Actually Use

If you work at a membership-based organization such as a professional society, trade association or nonprofit, the situation below may sound familiar:

Your members have periodically asked you to provide them with ways to collaborate with each other.  You decide to act on the request and build a new members only section on your website with frequently requested features such as a member directory,...

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How to Avoid Three Common Project Management Pitfalls

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how important it is for project and account managers at web development firms to have empathy.  If you are able to see the world as your client does, chances are you are going to do a great job for them.  You will be able to anticipate problems before they happen....

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