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September 14, 2018 in Inspiration, Links

[Book Rec] How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

I now realize my historic aversion to math is due to bad math education. Math is so cool and I want to learn more of it, thanks to this book!

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August 19, 2018 in Inspiration, Links

Email newsletters I enjoy

I'm really loving the medium of trustworthy email newsletters lately – here is a compendium of my favorite weekly-ish ones, both within the web dev sphere but also outside it.

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August 7, 2018 in Links, Research

Resources about Front-end Architecture and Design Systems, etc.

I've been researching design systems lately, and this is an evolving list of the resources I've found particularly resonant for my purposes. Have anything to add?

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July 10, 2018 in Ideas, Links, Thoughts

What is programming, anyway? – Felienne @ NDC London

What is programming, anyway? I just love, love, love this talk from Felienne from earlier this year. It both affirms a ton of my own thoughts, and poses a wonderful, more inclusive alternative to "engineering" for talking about what we do as programmers.

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June 30, 2018 in Links

The Etymology of Programming – Brittany Storoz @ JSConf EU

I highly suggest watching Brittany's full talk – she is a brilliant speaker, and her presentation is full of both fun facts about programming jargon and critical information about the impact of the terms we use.

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February 10, 2018 in Inspiration, Links, Thoughts

Everything Easy is Hard Again – Frank Chimero

I started the year exceptionally motivated and productive, with a reasonably-sized to-do list that has now expanded by a factor of at least three. This article by Frank Chimero about the increasing complexity of web development came about at the right time, and it deserves a share.

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September 10, 2017 in Links, Thoughts

Article: No, I’m from New York

Actually, I'm from a small town in Pennsylvania, but my years in NYC made enough of an impact on me that this article from the New Yorker describes the LA vs. NYC phenomenon impeccably.

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March 30, 2017 in Links, Tutorials+Tips

Five-Figure WordPress Resources

Of all the talks I've given, the "The Five-Figure WordPress Website" is my favorite. It's a thorough look at the process I use to make WordPress websites in my freelance practice, and I'm really happy to share the process it's taken me many years to fine tune. With that in mind, here are a bunch of resources that I've found particularly helpful over the years and hopefully you will too!

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August 19, 2014 in Links

“Just” is a dangerous word.

“Just update your ruby gems, generate a new SSH key, and run a git rebase…” … I don’t envy those just entering the field of web development. In addition to learning the fundamentals, there’s an expectation to be proficient in an increasingly exhausting laundry list of buzzwords and technologies. So […]

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July 7, 2014 in Links, Projects

I made a Codepen

See the Pen prIFw by Lara Schenck (@laras126) on CodePen. A notlaura.com realign is officially underway (didn’t I just do one?). Don’t expect anything too soon, but the above is a little preview. Plus I’ve been […]

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