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Gold from Teylor Feliz:

A lot of front-end developers don’t have a very strong resistance to change like website users, which is a good thing. But, some developers just need a Todo list demo to get excited and crazy to built an app with the new framework or tool. Some don’t wait for a framework to get out of beta or reach version 1.0 in order to build something with it. We need to learn to wait and let the tools mature so we can take full advantage or have a better idea of the path they are going to take.

Brilliant work by Dudley Storey on how to ensure text is always legible even when the background is unknown. Check out the accompanying CodePen as well.

This was in interesting read from Alex King. My favorite quote?

[I]t’s ironic that in some regards, the new MacBook runs Windows 10 (a prerelease version, at that) better than it runs OS X. But it’s a testament to two things: Apple’s fantastic MacBook hardware, which is forward-thinking yet surprisingly agile; and Microsoft’s excellent Windows software, which entices and excites with its beautiful interface, useful new features, and rock-solid UI transitions.

I have Windows 10 running in a VM. I haven’t tried it as a Bootcamp partition yet, but Alex’s finding are intriguing.

Cortana has an API! I can’t wait to start playing with this.

A new web series “exploring how customer success creates successful products”. Keeping an eye on this one.

getUserMedia() is now in Microsoft Edge!

I’ve touched on this a bit in my Designing with Empathy presentation: “Empathy is just as important for us to practice as we interact with our team members”. Susan Robertson goes into the topic of empathy building for teams in this great post for A List Apart.

Adaptive images & more land in Firefox 38!