Interview with Noah Litvin from StudyShuffle
We interview Noah Litvin, creator of StudyShuffle, which is a really cool service he built while at college to help students revise.
What is Scrunchup?
We made Scrunchup because we were fed up with the lack of decent advice out there for students wanting a career in web design or development. Most of the courses on offer are out of date, and don't teach relevant skills, and many young people come out of courses without the required level of knowledge to get a good job.
Sure, there are lots of websites out there that give advice on writing really good code, but not many of them are aimed specifically at young people who are just starting out. We also want to foster a community, and create a friendly atmosphere for young people to ask questions without feeling intimidated.
Recently added resources
Nominations for .net mag’s Young Designer/Developer of the year
The .net awards have opened up 2 new nomination categories which we’re really excited about. They are “Young Designer of the year” and “Young Developer of the year”. Would you help us put forward some names?
Scrunchup wins a trip to Google Zeitgeist 2011
Some exciting news about a video for Scrunchup which won a competition to Google’s Zeitgeist conference.
Student bursaries to UX London
Are you a student interested in UX? Want to come to UX London but can’t afford a ticket? Good news, Clearleft are offering student bursaries to their conference. Here are the details if you want to apply for a ticket. Make sure you get your application in before the deadline of Friday 25th of February
Ageism
Anna talks about some of the difficulties young web developers face.
Interview with Cennydd Bowles on Undercover UX Design
Scrunchup interviews Cennydd Bowles on Undercover User Experience Design, which he co-published with James Box.
Interview with Brian Suda on Designing with Data
Scrunchup interviews Brian Suda on his recently published 5 Simple Steps book called Designing with Data
Upcoming Event: Web Developers Conference
This year’s Web Developers Conference is running on the 27th of October in Bristol’s UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre. It’s a conference focussing on getting students meeting professionals, and helping them find out what’s new in the web industry.
Upcoming Event: Young Rewired State hack week
Young Rewired State is a hack week starting on 2nd August, for anyone aged 15-18 with coding or design skills who wants the opportunity to show the Government what they can do with open data.
Let’s Get Personal – Some Interview Advice for Students
Andy Wickes gives some advice on how to prepare for a University or College interview, and how to impress the tutor.
Ben Bodien on Partnering Up
Ben covers the pros, cons, ins and outs of partnering up.
Matt Haff’s Web Design Toolkit
Matt Haff gives us a rundown of the software and apps he uses.
Twitter Poll: Do web designers need to know HTML and CSS?
Do web designers need to know HTML and CSS?
Simple steps towards building an accessible site (part 2)
Henny explains why making your sites more accessible is important, and guides us through some techniques you can implement on your site.
Real time web apps
Jamie Rumbelow, a 15 year old developer, explains what real-time web apps are, their benefits, and where they are used.
Steps towards building an accessible site: part 1
Henny explains why making your sites more accessible is important, and guides us through some techniques you can implement on your site.
Developing using Twitter: Part 1
Ollie’s first in a series of articles on developing using the Twitter API
Internships
Jon talks about his experience as an intern at Clearleft as they start looking for the next lucky individual to fill the role.
Interview with Upload Robots
We interview Nick and David, two highschoolers from the US, on the development of their app Upload Robots.
Where will you be in 3 years time?
Send a reply to @scrunchup with a hashtag of #3yearstime.
A Proper Web Standards Education: Part 3
Chris talks about what can be done to improve the education system with regards to web development.
24ways
We talk with Drew about 24ways; the advent calendar for web folk.
Knowing how much to charge
Ricky O’Neill gives some advice on how much you should charge.
Whats your job title?
Send a reply to @scrunchup with a hashtag of #jobtitle
A Proper Web Standards Education: Part 2
Chris covers the benefits of writing semantic code, and the importance of making your website accessible
The Evolution of a jQuery Plugin
Headscape’s Dave McDermid demonstrates how to write better, more maintainable jQuery plugins.
CSS Nuggets in Scrunchup
Some CSS tips and techniques that have been applied on the Scrunchup site.
Twitter Poll: Should you ever work for free?
Is it ok to do unpaid work when you’re starting out to build up your portfolio, or should always charge for your work?
A Proper Web Standards Education: Part 1
Chris Mills gives an introduction to learning web standards, including core concepts and where to start.
Employment and Portfolios
Paul Boag and Marcus Lillington talk about how to get employed, and what to include in your portfolio.
Interview with Zac Gordon
We interviewed Zac Gordon who teaches web design at high schools in the states.
The Path to Epic Success
Anna writes about some of the stumbling blocks that young designers and developers come across, and how to avoid them.
Twitter Poll: Education or Employment?
What is the best route to take? Going through the further education system or going straight into employment?
Why we made Scrunchup
Anna gives the reasons why we built this site, and what we hope to achieve with it.
Twitter Poll: The H1 Debate
This issue we ask; should H1 tags be used for the site logo, or the page title?
Communicating Importance in Design
Jamie gives some advice on communicating importance in design.
What are the different languages?
Teifion covers some of the different programming languages, and what they are used for.
Starting out in Web Development
Ollie writes about how he got into web development, and the things he learnt along the way.