Avoiding the Dreaded “Swoop-and-Poop”
"Swoop-and-poop" refers to when you're nearing the end of a project or task, and at the last minute, an important decision-maker swoops in and lets you know that you're on the wrong track.
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Cloud Four Dot Com: What’s New in 2022
We just shipped the largest update to cloudfour.com since 2016! This time around, we had three main goals…
Responsive Design Process that Works
Responsive design sprints are a significantly better way to design and build for today's web than the traditional web design process. We provide the receipts. Unfortunately, not every organization can adopt this responsive design sprints. Why is that and what can be done about it?
Faulty Assumptions and Unwanted Features of Most Web Design Tools
Web design software makers saw the pain caused by the design to developer hand off and built features to help. Unfortunately, these features don’t help as much as the software makers hope. At best, they are unwanted features to be ignored. At worst, they reinforce faulty assumptions that undermine design systems.
You Can Have It All
Good news: Browsers are more capable today than ever before!
Traditional Web Design Process is Fundamentally Broken
Responsive design broke the traditional web design and development process in fundamental ways. Despite this fact, many organizations continue to use this broken process.
Finding Empathy: Learning Accessibility Together
In Cloud Four’s core values, we state our belief in “the web as a unifying platform to provide access to information for all people of all abilities.” This inspires us to follow best practices…
Generating SVG Solar Systems, Part 2: Filters, Gradients, and Clip Paths
Turning simple shapes into complex illustrations using some SVG magic.
Generating SVG Solar Systems, Part 1: Setting the Scene
Using JavaScript, SVGs, and CSS to procedurally generate unique solar systems.
What’s the Point of Standup Meetings?
It’s no secret around the office that I’m a bit of a process wonk. In the past, I’ve been certified as a scrum master, and I have opinions about agile workflows. So it may surprise…