Almost five years after I wrote Stand out from the crowd, I find myself surprised at how some of the candidates my colleagues and I interview fail to follow basic interview practices, so I guess it’s time to share some tips with anyone trying to do well at their next interview. These tips apply to…… Continue reading Five job interview tips you must follow
Author: inayaili
Podcasts I like
A few months ago, while I was still on maternity leave, I asked on Twitter for podcast recommendations. My son was getting more and more mobile, and we were going out more, so watching everything there was on Netflix while he napped on me was no longer possible, and the only podcast I was following…… Continue reading Podcasts I like
In Portland soon
Next month I’ll be speaking at View Source Conference. I’ve never visited Portland, or spoken at a Mozilla event for that matter, so when I was invited I jumped at the opportunity, and I can’t wait! My session will be focused on how to go about planning and working on a responsive retroffiting project when…… Continue reading In Portland soon
386 days later: returning to work after maternity leave
On August 19th this year I returned to work after being on maternity leave for over a year. It didn’t feel weird. I think I was lucky: I knew my team was looking forward to my return; I knew I’d have plenty of things to catch up on but I also knew the ropes. Things…… Continue reading 386 days later: returning to work after maternity leave
Responsive Day Out 2
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at Responsive Day Out 2, in Brighton. My talk focused on the work that we’ve been doing at Canonical in the process of retrofitting our main site, ubuntu.com, to be responsive. We thought it would be cool to share our process, as we had a feeling that,…… Continue reading Responsive Day Out 2
Architect’s myopia
Before I get to my main point, I must mention (once again) the phenomenal quality of the hand-picked articles that are featured on the Give Me Something To Read website, the source of the piece I will be referring to in the following lines. The article “The Architect Has No Clothes”, by Michael Mehaffy and…… Continue reading Architect’s myopia
The Pastry Box Project
I wanted to call your attention to The Pastry Box Project, which started this year on 1st January, and aims at collecting thoughts from 30 individuals that are “influential in their field”, one thought per day — I can say I’m happy to have been asked to participate (and do visit my thought’s page). After…… Continue reading The Pastry Box Project
The Mechanical Revolution, DIBI conference (video)
Last June I gave a presentation at DIBI Web Conference, in Newcastle. For those who weren’t there, or couldn’t make it to the Design Track sessions, here’s the video.
The wonderful calc() function
Sitting right at the top of my CSS wishlist was always the implementation of the calc() function. With it now being supported by not only Firefox 4 but Internet Explorer 9, I think it’s time for a quick overview on how useful calc() can be and why it would be great to see more usage…… Continue reading The wonderful calc() function
Stand out from the crowd
Lately I’ve been going through lots of CV’s, as Canonical, the company I work for, is hiring a multitude of visual designers, user experience architects, front-end developers, etc. The other side Although I can’t say I have much experience interviewing and hiring people, when you’re suddenly on this side of the hiring process, some things…… Continue reading Stand out from the crowd