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Why Figma’s acquisition is bad for designers

UX Collective

This was a welcomed contrast to Adobe programs which are notorious for feature bloat and unexpectedly quitting on users at random times. On the day of the acquisition announcement, Web Design Museum tweeted about Adobe’s purchase of Macromedia in 2005. All of the programs added to Adobe’s portfolio from the time are no longer in use.

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50 Websites to Download Free EBooks

HONGKIAT

20 Places to Sell and Publish eBooks. 20 Places to Sell and Publish eBooks. "If ManyBooks is a free eBook site that offers more than 50,000 titles from more than 600 different publishers. ” Smashwords has published over 600,000 ebooks of which 91,237 are free to download and read. Genre: Computer and Programming.

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This is why I don’t call myself a service designer any more

UX Collective

I was so excited when I first heard — in 2005, I believe — that there is such a thing that offers a look at design from a system point of view in the form of university studies. When I looked up the available MSC programs, I was immediately drawn to Product Service System Design. I loved the idea!

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Top 10 Best Books On Branding Design & Identity

Inkbot Design

Hardcover Book Miller, Donald (Author) English (Publication Language) 240 Pages – 10/10/2017 (Publication Date) – HarperCollins Leadership (Publisher). Hardcover Book Airey, David (Author) English (Publication Language) 288 Pages – 01/22/2019 (Publication Date) – Rockport Publishers (Publisher).

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Advent Calendars For Web Designers And Developers (December 2021 Edition)

Smashing Magazine Graphics

JVM Programming Advent Calendar. Created by Eric Wastl, this is an advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. An advent calendar that has been publishing since 2009 is back again. Amy Dutton on Twitter. Lean UXMas.

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Design Criticism Is Everywhere—Why Are We Still Looking For It?

Eye on Design

It was originally published on August 19, 2020. The conversation was published in the middle of a kind of a design criticism renaissance. where Rock was a graphic design journalist) began publishing critical pieces on graphic design, as were the handful of academic journals dedicated to design.

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History of WordPress – a 20-Year Journey

Template Monster

At that moment the program code of that platform hadn’t been updated for a long time. 2005 - Revolutionary Dashboard In February 2005, version 1.5 In December 2005 WP community could see the next generation 2.0, In 2005 , Matt Mullenweg founded Automattic, Inc. It was the main reason for the dilemma.