In this week's roundup of web design and development resources, you'll learn how one button can spee...

1. Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development
Resources: March 20, 2015
In this week's roundup of web design and development resources, you'll learn how one button can
speed up a user flow, find out how to improve your Google Page Speed Score, discover why you want
to use initial-scale=1 in viewport meta , and more.
Each Friday, I publish a post of the latest resources and articles I've read. If you find the resources
helpful in your projects, share them with your colleagues and co-workers.
Want to keep up with resources like these on a daily basis? Follow me @redcrew on Twitter.
This week's photo was taken today at TEDxUofM at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. It's my sixth time attending TEDxUofM. Every year I walk away inspired by the speakers,
the audience, and the community. Incredible day.
Tweet of the Week
Samuels: "Designers are concerned with 3 things: What was, what is, and most of all, we're really
preoccupied with what can be." #TEDxUofM
-- UniversityofMichigan (@umich) March 20, 2015
User Experience
Madison+ UX 2015 Call for Proposals: Madixon+ UX 2015 has announced their call for proposals for
their conference July 9-11, 2015 in Madison, Wisconsin. Submit your proposal soon, the call for
proposal ends April 18, 2015.
#content #UI #UX Nice way of looking at it. pic.twitter.com/rPXbccMI74
-- Alan Henshaw (@henshawsburgh) March 18, 2015

2. Pop-ups and Adaptive Help Get a Refresh: Is it worth it to use pop-ups? Or do they just annoy users?
Katie Sherwin from the Nielsen Norman Group discusses pop-up windows and and adaptive help,
recommendations for their use, and considerations for time and budget.
How One Button Can Speed Up Your "Forgot Password" Flow: Make it easier for users to complete
the last step in the "forgot password" process and help them stay focused on the task.
Should You Go to Graduate School to Learn UX Design? (Part 2): In part 2 of cacamedia her series,
Jessica Ivins interviews graduates from HCI (Human Computer Interaction) programs, asking about
their experience and whether what they learned in school could be applied to their jobs. Two
graduates Ivins interviewed are people I know from our southeast Michigan user experience
community: Kaarin Hoff, who works at The Understanding Group and spoke at our Detroit User
Experience event last month, and Lee Gringas, former JSTOR employee who now works at
LiquidPlanner in Seattle.
Accessibility

3. Building University-Wide IT Accessibility: As someone who worked on the web services team in
higher education, I was impressed to read about Temple University's accessibility initiative, with
each college and department responsible for monitoring and reporting on web and instructional
material.
RT this, if you've ever had an #a11y conversation that at some point got to: "How many users are we
talking about?"
-- Jennison Asuncion (@Jennison) March 19, 2015
What cacamedia.com I Blew My Accessibility On: When Hayden Pickering asked people on Twitter to
join the conversation about web project accessibility budgets, they shared their stories. And followed
up with tips for how to spend your accessibility budget wisely.
Don't Forget About Contrast: Make sure you test for color contrast in your designs, says Susan
Robertson.
Many of us are making applications that may be used places like hospitals, or other settings where
the screens being used aren't calibrated to perfection so subtle contrast can get lost.
WordPress
Responsive Design
CSS and HTML
What I Found Interesting
You Should Be Afraid: When you go to a restaurant, spend time shopping in a local store, or stop to
get a coffee, look around you. Everyone is on a cell phone, as if they're addicted to them. And for
some reason, no one can put their cell phone away for fear of missing something. And that should
scare you, says Dave Pell.
That's Me! "@Bryan_Bachman: last night's #NorthernLights over the Mackinac Bridge, sent in by
Bob Frei. pic.twitter.com/LOA5Odg0qZ"
-- Dan Frei Photography (@DanFreiPhoto) March 19, 2015
Five Tools to Kick Start Your Web Design Business: Managing your sales and marketing processes
are critical to your business. These five productivity services, recommended by Paul cacamedia
Boag, allow you to spend less time managing your business and more time with your clients.