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A center of gravity for all things geeky and wonderful – industry talks, workshops, inspiring speakers and provocative articles.

labs

Feb 18, 2013 — Jan 31, 2014
Custom Group Training Sessions
While our core courses are described here, we also provide custom group training sessions to accommodate your team’s specific needs. Private group training takes place at your preferred time and location, …
Jun 03, 2013 — Jun 04, 2013
Advanced HTML & CSS
If you’re ready to take your HTML and CSS skills to the next level or if you’ve tackled the basics in our Beginner HTML & CSS course, this is the course for you. This 2-day intensive workshop will teach you the latest elements and styling that HTML5 and CSS3 has to offer. From advanced CSS selectors and layouts in CSS3, to behavioral CSS, to basic JavaScript there are tons of neat techniques to bring your websites and apps to life. In this Advanced HTML and CSS class you'll jump head first into all the advanced methods and techniques to create dynamic pages which work on the ever growing array of desktop and mobile devices
Riverworks

Jun 07, 2013
Founders of Dribbble: From The Ground Up
Come hear Co-Founders Dan Cederholm and Rich Thornett talk about how they created Dribbble, “the show and tell network” that’s become a web cult favorite of designers everywhere! They’ll be discussing the original …
Fresh Tilled Soil

May 29, 2013
Championing UX design @ UX Annual Conference
Our very own Richard Banfield will participate in the panel discussion on championing UX design for startups at the User Experience Conference here in Boston. See the description of the …
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Jun 22, 2013
UX for Developers @ Annual Drupal Design Camp
The 4th annual drupal design camp boston is the drupal community’s first camp dedicated to design. Each year 315+ drupalists gather to discuss ideas and take part in interactive sessions …
MIT Stata Center
Sep 11, 2013
Boston CHI Speaker Series @ Fresh Tilled Soil
BostonCHI is an organization of professionals from the New England area in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. Fresh Tilled Soil is proud to sponsor the Boston CHI monthly talk series …
Fresh Tilled Soil
Nov 16, 2013
Human Neurophysiology & Design @ TEDxBeaconStreet
TEDxBeaconStreet is a conference which takes place in the Greater Boston area in November, with a focus on fascinating speakers, captivating adventures, and a cross-generational audience, all in the service …
The Lincoln School

Summer 2013 Semester

AUX: Now Accepting Applications!

The Fresh Tilled Soil Apprenticeship in UX turns promising designers and developers into all-round web & mobile product experts through intense, structured learning and real-world experience.

May 17, 2013
The Dirt – Google I/O
With Google I/O winding down, and Mark out of the office, Steve and I decide to talk about all to hotness (and lack there of) that is the newest product …
May 10, 2013
The Dirt – The UX of TV with special guest, Hubster.
This week have a some special guests on the show. Recent AUX graduate Sean Smevik stops by, along with Ethan Greenspan & Joe Havelick of Hubster, to chat out the …
May 03, 2013
The Dirt – Native Apps vs. Mobile Web
This week we tackle the age-old discussion of which is better: Native Apps or Mobile Web. Listen, to find out why I’m shocked that this is still a topic of …
Apr 26, 2013
The Dirt – What is Usability Testing?
After experiencing a great workshop from them man himself, Steve Krug, we sit down for another episode of The Dirt to discuss the 6 Maxims of Usability Testing. We talk …

Dec 18, 2012
gridOverlay, a JS Plugin for Perfect Alignment
For the impatient, I’ll start off with the link: gridOverlay Javascript Plugin. Why We Built It The gridOverlay Plugin was built to solve a couple of problems. First and foremost, …
Nov 21, 2012
Managing Images in a Responsive Design
First things first: grab the library Over the past few months we’ve been about asset management in the browser and implementing responsive designs under the umbrella label of, “Environmental Design.” …
May 11, 2012
Jurassic Park Lorem Ipsum Generator
As much of our audience probably knows, designers often use Latin text commonly nicknamed “Lorem Ipsum” to show how typography will look within design layouts. Our Creative Director, Alex Fedorov, …
May 08, 2012
Champagne.js, A jQuery Plugin by Fresh Tilled Soil
Sarah Canieso recently developed a jQuery plugin called Champagne.js to provide a solution for a project she was working on for Perkstreet. (See how it’s used on the Perkstreet site …