JavaScript design patterns are important for the maintainability and scalability of web applications. For Smart Layers, we focused on writing DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself), consistent, and cross-browser compliant code. Before we talk about the specific techniques that we used, let’s first understand the Smart Layers use case.
Two years ago, Google started encrypting searches for signed-in users, and many speculated at the time that Google would eventually encrypt 100% of searches even for those not signed-in. That prediction came true as Google announced it would encrypt all keyword searches for all users starting this week.
Avjobs, known as the Airline Employment Assistance Corps (AEAC) back in 1988, started with the simple goal of helping pilots and flight attendants with career advice. A few years later, they began offering job listings via phone, and later (in 1994) they posted their resources online.
It’s the night before your campaign launches. You spent hours on end preparing the marketing materials, writing and rewriting the copy you’ll be using on your site and social channels, going through the calendar, and making sure all your loose ends are tied. What are you forgetting?
Your analytics!
Today, we announced that Richard Harris has been named CEO and will succeed Ramsey McGrory, who will remain as an advisor to the company.
For this month’s NoVA UX meetup we tried something a little different, a hands-on workshop on Design Thinking. The workshop was led by Kit Unger, Director of UX at 3pillar Global, and John Whalen, whose company Brilliant Experience sponsored the event.
It is a competitive advantage for websites to be fast and responsive, so we made performance a priority when building Smart Layers. Let’s take a look at some of the mobile and desktop performance best practices that help make Smart Layers blazing fast.
Jim Lane, the lead of our user experience team, recently celebrated his 5th year anniversary at AddThis! (If you’ve ever come to one of our cool NoVA UX meetups, you would’ve bumped into him.) Being one of the newer members of the team, I was curious about what he’s seen during his time here. Here’s a little bit about Jim and AddThis’ story, and thoughts about the future.
Everyone’s favorite space agency and long-time AddThis user NASA will be launching a probe to the moon tonight (assuming everything goes as planned) to test out some great new technologies, and learn about our closest celestial neighbor.
Last week we watched the college football season kick off, and tonight we’ll be watching the NFL regular season begin! The 8:30PM ET matchup will feature the 2013 Superbowl Champions, the Baltimore Ravens, as they take on the #4 ranked Denver Broncos.