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Khoi Vinh, principal designer at Adobe and formerly of The New York Times, talks with ProPublica’s design director, David Sleight, about design’s role in the newsroom and beyond.

The Evolution of Editorial Design and Visual Storytelling

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Veronica Gracia-Wing, associate strategist for Piper & Gold Public Relations.

For more knowledge, news, and insights visit:
www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com

Eleven visual design tips for social media pt.2

Rodney Urquhart grew up in a North Philly neighborhood ridden with gang violence and effects of the crack epidemic. After seeing people around him get involved with gangs and crime, he realized that staying in high school would result in getting arrested or shot. 

At 16, Rodney dropped out of high school and moved in with his grand mother. Being a high school dropout and having no college degree, Rodney had his fair share of companies casting doubt on his ability. But his willingness to learn and work well with others was what got him to create an impressive company portfolio including Comcast, Microsoft’s Yammer, and ThoughtWorks. He didn’t just want to survive, he wanted to thrive. 

Rodney currently heads the test infrastructure team at Slack. He is also part of a program called /dev/color, a non-profit organization that aims to maximize the impact of Black software engineers in the tech space.

#28: Rodney Urquhart - How a 16-year-old High School Dropout became a Software Engineer at Slack

In this episode of the Versioning Show, David and Tim are joined by Lara Schenck, a freelance web consultant and educator. They discuss making a living as a freelancer, productivity and the art of procrastinating, networking and answering emails, self teaching and gaining experience, using metaphors to explain things, understanding what clients really need, taking time off, saving money, and progressively enhancing babies.

Show Notes:

- Full show notes and transcript: https://www.sitepoint.com/wordpress-development-freelancing-taking-time-off-lara-schenck
- Lara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/laras126
- Lara's "not Laura" website: http://notlaura.com
- Simple: https://www.simple.com
- Pastry Box Project: https://www.the-pastry-box-project.net
- Lara's Tackle Box course: http://tacklebox.teachable.com
- Paul Jarvis' Creative Class course for freelancers: https://creativeclass.io
- Automattic Lounge: https://automattic.com/lounge
- Advanced Custom Fields: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/) for WordPress
- Learning scrum with M. David Green: https://www.sitepoint.com/premium/books/scrum-novice-to-ninja
- Visit the Versioning Show home page: https://www.sitepoint.com/versioning-show/

Say hello on Twitter: 

- M. David Green: twitter.com/mdavidgreen
- Tim Evko: twitter.com/tevko
- Versioning Show: twitter.com/versioningshow
- SitePoint: twitter.com/sitepointdotcom

The Versioning Show

WordPress Development, Freelancing, and Taking Time Off, with Lara Schenck

In this episode of the Versioning Show, David and Tim are joined by Chris Ward, a technical writer, blogger and web developer. They discuss a wider interpretation of responsive web design that includes user context, push notifications, future devices and accessiblity. They also discuss mobile first and progressive enhancement, tech journalism, the art of documentation, working with Drupal, PHP (and whether it will ever be cool again), and using Wikipedia to learn how to perform an appendectomy.

Show Notes:

- Chris Ward on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisChinch
- Chris' Gregarious Mammal site: https://www.gregariousmammal.com
- Jump Start Responsive Web Design, 2nd Edition: https://www.sitepoint.com/premium/books/jump-start-responsive-web-design-2nd-edition
- Hampton Catlin interview: https://www.sitepoint.com/versioning-show-episode-18-with-hampton-catlin/
- View a transcript of this episode here: https://www.sitepoint.com/taking-responsive-web-design-beyond-the-visual#transcript
- Visit the Versioning Show home page: https://www.sitepoint.com/versioning-show/

Say hello on Twitter: 
- M. David Green: twitter.com/mdavidgreen
- Tim Evko: twitter.com/tevko
- Versioning Show: twitter.com/versioningshow
- SitePoint: twitter.com/sitepointdotcom

Taking Responsive Web Design Beyond the Visual, with Chris Ward

The look and the feel of enterprise software is often (and wrongly) overlooked. The Consumerization of IT continues to pressure organizations to make their enterprise software appealing both visually experientially, to both customers and employees. Chris Bernard, Director of what used to be Truth Labs (www.truthlabs.com) and is now folded under Perficient Digital, discusses the importance of UX/UI in enterprise software and the value it can bring to productivity, satisfaction, and enterprise value. If you work for a Private Equity firm, listen long enough and Chris puts out an amazing offer for you.