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I'm still unsure how I feel about flash leaving. I'm a fan of a consistent experience across every device. I think that at time goes on that devices are getting better and better too, but I do see the reasons behind these decisions to focus on flash as a tool to build apps rather than browser plugin content. As a user though, I dread having to download an app for everything, I had hoped that the mobile web and the desktop web could converge into one and the same. I'd rather hit a url and do something than have the split. Hit a url on my "real" computer but on my phone or tablet have to download an app in order to do something. I think this segregates web users. So technically I agree with the farewell to the mobile flash plugin, but on principle, I don't like where it seems like it will take us.

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Flash set for mobile exit | News | .net magazine
Users angry as Adobe finally exits mobile plug-in market

Is there anything better than good computer generated design? Maybe good computer generated design that looks like faces!

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Pareidoloop – algorithmic face generation
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you took an MRI scan of a person’s skull, created a 3D model of it then passed that over t

We've got a couple nav icons out there, the three lines and the arrow. I prefer the three lines but I've also seen that it's not a common character. I've even use a two line icon (the equals sign) so it wouldn't need to be an image. An icon font is a good way to get around this, but is the three stripe the best icon for a menu? It's also used in browser apps for the settings button, so then you get the same icon in the same space, although if they serve the same function then perhaps (although it looks odd) this could be seen as a good thing, no? What do you think?

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Adactio: Journal—Navicon
Three lines.

Usability consistency is needed in the wordPress community. Plugins and themes should both be as usable as wordpress is. The best way to make things usable is to do REAL usability testing with REAL people. Don't worry about what's supposed to be usable. See what ACTUALLY works.

Code is poetry. So should be your user’s experience.

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Help Us Help WordPress | Smashing WordPress
Learn how to improve the WordPress user experience with some practical usability wisdom.

It's responsive Web Design on steroids. Imagine being able to design a site that reacts to the user, their location, the time of day, the traffic. We could deduce and infer many things about a user as they view a site and it would be nice to see the builders of the web embrace catering to users and their needs/experience with more than just layout.

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Reactive web design | Opinion | .net magazine
Dan Donald argues that responsive web design is only scratching the surface of how sites can adapt to meet their users’ requirements

Want to make a pie chart or an animated clock? Here's how with css animations.

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CSS Pie Timer | CSS-Tricks
Hugo Giraudel shares how he made a "pie timer" in CSS. In his words: It's basically a piece of pie getting bigger and bigger to become a whole circle.

The web industry is so new and so changing it is important to stay current, but sometimes staying current can take up more time than actually working! Here are some good ways to efficiently keep up.

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The Art Of Staying Up To Date | Smashing Magazine
An important part of our job is staying up to date. Technologies don't really change that fast — HTML5 and CSS3 take a long time to be specified and implemented. But the ideas surrounding these techno…

I've been a huge fan of Thematic and it's great to see the code development move to github to take advantage of the community of developers that will help in making it better and keeping it from being stagnant! This goes a long way in removing barriers from those that are interested in helping. I hope to help make it better too.

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Thematic Development Moves to Github
Visually, the Github website makes me feel like we're not coding in the dark ages any more, I personally find the git fork and pull idea more intuitive and inclusive, but the biggest benefit (in my so…