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Approaching the Website Design Process From the Browser

Some designers are bypassing traditional design tools, going straight to code, building and adjusting designs in-browser, and testing their designs as they would appear to people in real-time.

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Lucijan Blagonic

Lucijan Blagonic

Lucijan has 10+ years of experience planning, prototyping, designing, and coding standards-compliant, responsive websites, and interfaces.

What Is PMO? A Guide to Project Management Office

Ever wondered how to successfully improve the delivery of projects in your organization? Using PMO best practices, business can drive consistent delivery of projects in today’s competitive environment.

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Simone Theeboom

Simone Theeboom

Simone is a seasoned agile product manager boasting 15 years of experience delivering digital journeys that delight online customers.

HorusLP-Gurobi: High-level Optimization Architecture for Gurobi

Commercial solvers such as Gurobi are playing an increasingly important role in optimization, and they tend to boast more features than open-source solutions.

In this article, Toptal Python Developer Sean Wang explains how you can integrate the HorusLP package with Gurobi’s API to harness its most advanced features.

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Shanglun Wang

Shanglun Wang

Sean is a passionate polyglot developer with extensive experience in full-stack web development, system administration, and data science. He has developed everything from machinery interfaces to market intelligence software.

Triggering Productive Behavior: Motivation Tips for Work

When productivity wanes, the most effective solution is to get motivated. However, this is easier said than done. Motives might be deep-rooted, but once uncovered, they can trigger productive behavior. Neuroscientific research links motivation to self-sustaining productivity.

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Jordan DeVos

Jordan DeVos

Jordan is a strategic designer who uses behavioral economics, cognitive science, and information design to create engaging experiences.

The Art of Virtue Signaling: Why So Many Brands Get It Wrong

Many brands overshoot the subtleties of virtue signaling. They preach, posture, and alienate the people they’re trying to impress. We explore how companies can bang their virtue drums better.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.

Crafting a Strong Product Business Case

More than half of IT projects and products fail. The biggest causes of these failures are resource misallocation and misalignment with business goals. Expertly crafted product business cases can help to mitigate both of these problems.

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Greg Prickril

Greg Prickril

Greg is a product strategy consultant and trainer with 20 years of experience shipping digital enterprise products at IBM, Microsoft, and SAP.

An Intro to SQL Window Functions

SQL window functions are calculation functions similar to aggregate functions but, unlike normal aggregate functions like “group by,” have access to individual rows and can even add some of their attributes into the result set.

In this article, Toptal Freelance SQL Developer Neal Barnett explains the benefits of SQL functions, describes when you’d use them, and gives you real examples to help with the concepts.

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Neal Barnett

Neal Barnett

Neal Barnett has over 20 years’ experience administering and developing databases. He loves analytics tools like Power BI and Tableau.

State of the Venture Capital Industry in 2019 (with Infographic)

Over the past decade, venture capital funding has risen by 17% annually to a figure $254 billion. What factors have contributed to this surge and what do they mean for the industry going forward?

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Age Before Beauty – A Guide to Interface Design for Older Adults

As people age, there are certain physiological and cognitive changes that are almost inevitable. Designers need to understand these changes to effectively master interface design for older adults.

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Sergey Polyuk

Sergey Polyuk

Sergey has 4+ years of experience designing for mobile. Staying on top of design trends, he brings a fresh approach to all of his projects.

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