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Should You Shutdown Your Computer?

Should you shutdown your computer every day after you're done using it? Or should you leave it on all the time? We get to the bottom of the issue.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Why I Don’t Drink Budweiser…and Why I’m Not Alone

Budweiser has always been far more about marketing than beer. The founder of Anheuser Busch, Adolphus Busch, refused to drink his own brew, calling it “that slop” (he was German, of cou…

12 Ways to Embarrass Your Friends on Their Birthdays

A list of ideas to make your friend's birthday especially memorable, and embarrassing.

Important Computer Maintenance Steps!

Some important computer maintenance steps to take in order to have a good relationship with your computer and keep it running at top speed for several years

Preventative computer maintenance: How to keep your computer running smoothly

Keeping your computer in tip-top shape is easy with these four preventative maintenance tips.

Who Are Design Systems For?

Specific design systems, I mean. Design systems, as a concept, are something just about any site can benefit from. A lot of hype goes into design systems

Creating with a Design System in Sketch: Part Five [Tutorial]

Building and Working with a Design System in Sketch

9 design system traps to avoid

Design systems are a trending topic these days. A quick glance at Alex Pate’s awesome design systems repo shows that both big name…

4 Steps to Creating a Successful Design System

Lead UX Designer<br>Imagine being tasked with a new project: improve the experience and design on 70+ existing brand sites. Simple. No sweat. You’re leaping for joy, right<br>Let’s be honest. You’re probably not<br>Now imagine each individual site is managed by different agencies, partners, marketing teams, and stakeholders across the company. Yet another few dozen hurdles to jump over when looking for sign-off and approvals.…

Building a design system using Figma and Zeroheight

Design systems are a hot topic in our industry and I’ve always had an interest in them. It’s not very often you have a project in a…

How a design system lays the foundation for a better user experience

Learn how our new design system allows our teams to create exceptional, cohesive, and innovative healthcare solutions for all MEDITECH users.

Building a design system — where to start? (Part 4 — typography)

Colour, space and typography — these elements are the building blocks for a solid design system. Let’s take a closer look at typography…

Design Systems: Start Small, Grow Later

Getting from where you are today to a gorgeous design system looks like an uphill climb involving a lot of effort and a giant budget. But a small design system is not only achievable ... in many ways it might be the preferable way for plucky teams to start.

Should the Web Have a Universal Design System?

Unlike mobile applications, the web has no set design guidelines to which a designer can refer. Instead, each web project tends to be a blank canvas. There are frameworks like Material, Bootstrap, and others which provide a base, but no set guidelines which span the web as a whole. The result is a wide-ranging and diverse web, but one with a lack of cohesiveness, particularly in…

Build your design system with these 8 real-world lessons

Building design systems is a process, and a long one at that. Here are some things to remember on your journey to creating a new one.

Pattern library or design system? A design conversation

GitHub’s Design Systems Manager Diana Mounter covers everything from getting design systems buy-in to deciding whether to make your system open source.

Is Your Design System Stable?

5 Steps for Creating a Design System

Insights on how we made our design system in Sketch

Everything you need to know about Design Systems

Design Systems have become a key part of my everyday work… And from discussions around me, it seems that it is now the case for a lot of…