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August 23rd, 2019
When I was a kid, my mom would tell me on every birthday she wanted me to have a big goal in life: Travel to as many countries as my years on Earth. And though I’m far from that ambitious target, my mom did instill a major travel bug in me. Settling in at the…
August 23rd, 2019
I really enjoyed this interview with Jeremy Keith on the state of the web, how things have changed in recent years and why he’s a mix of optimistic and nervous for the future. One thing that caught my attention during the interview more than anything was where Jeremy started discussing how folks think that websites…
August 23rd, 2019
GraphQL is a query language for APIs that is very empowering for front-end developers. As the GraphQL site explains it, you describe your data, ask for what you want, and get predictable results. If you haven’t worked with it before, GraphQL might be a little confusing to grok at first glance. So, let’s build a…
August 23rd, 2019
Europe has long been a leader in renewable energy. Last year, policymakers passed an ambitious set of reforms to take things to the next level, setting a new goal of meeting 32 percent of Europe’s energy needs from renewables by 2030. Google fully supports this ambitious target and is committed to helping the continent reach…
August 22nd, 2019
In this week’s roundup, how to determine a slow connection, what we should put into alt text for images, and a new polyfill for the HTML loading attribute, plus more. Detecting users on slow connections Algolia is using the Network Information API (see the API’s Chrome status page) to detect users on slow connections —…
August 22nd, 2019
Protecting our users and the integrity of our platforms is essential to Google’s mission. My team works with others across Google to detect phishing and hacking attempts, identify influence operations and protect users from digital attacks. When identifying and preventing threats, we exchange information with industry partners and law enforcement, and also apply our own internal investigative tools as well as…
August 22nd, 2019
Does your mobile website have a lower conversion rate than your desktop version? As some people are spending up to 70% of their time on mobile, imagine how much additional revenue you could gain if the conversion rate levels were the same. A recent report showed that mobile conversion rates are 47 percent of the…
August 22nd, 2019
In advance of a recent podcast with the incredible technical writer and Smashing Magazine editor-in-chief Rachel Andrew, I gathered up a bunch of thoughts and references on the subject of technical writing. So many smart people have said a lot of smart things over the years that I thought I’d round up some of my…