The Tweetly Wrap-Up: Weeks of February 27 & March 5, 2012

We hope you didn’t miss our Tweetly Wrap-Up too much last week! We apologize for the absence and hope you enjoy our collection of tweets from the last two weeks. Let us know if we missed anything that’s worth highlighting!

Web Development

• Deciding which mobile development route to take can be a tricky ordeal. You should take HTML5 or native based on the type of traffic the webite has.
• We enjoyed this public service announcement from A List Apart: Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3”, a Kitten Dies.
• Fluid typography is a possible feat in CSS3. Are you using rem and media queries yet?
• IE8 fell below 20% while Chrome pushed ahead of Firefox at almost 30% in the month of February. How do you think March will compare?
• Does strategy lead to a better customer experience? This article got our heads turning as to whether or not content needs one.
• The first step to making your website the center of your content universe is to control your brand, which includes every social media platform.

Project Management

• Change management is an integral part of managing business projects. But how does it fit exactly into the project management spectrum?
• Does the success rate of projects improve when a project manager has not only a management mindset, but a leadership and entrepreneurial one as well?
• We enjoyed this list of a project manager’s rights and responsibilities. Would you add anything to the list?
• Failure in software projects happens too often, but could failure be mitigated by replacing outdated software processes with better ones?
• If project managers know what needs changing, should it be their job to fix the company?

Interactive Design

• Are you designing responsively for the world wide web? It’s actually quite simpler than you think!
• Attention web designesr: are you bored with SiFR, Cufon, or Typekit? Custom web typography can now be created with Google Font API.
• “Design isn’t just wireframes or visual style; it’s about the product as a whole.” Sahil Lavingia shares his less than complicated design philosophy.
• How can you keep your users on the usability yellow brick road? Designing visual paths to guide a user from one element to another is a great way to start.
• How do maintain your website’s audience? It’s not just about developing original content, but ensuring the best possible “reading experience”.
• Are you a victim of creative endowment? Let Don Draper show you how to start thinking about the customer experience.

Software Engineering

• Attention developers: forget the Myers-Briggs test, what’s your programmer personality type? Check out the 13 subspecies of the programmer.
• Do you shudder at the thought of drag-and-drop tools? We enjoyed this look at users taking hold of dumbed-down software development tools to carry out testing.
• Want a piece of space? NASA is to auction some of its patents related to software code, giving lucky buyers exclusive rights to many exciting technologies.
• We definitely agree hiring a programmer isn’t just about administering some coding tests or looking at a porftolio. It’s also about making sure he or she is a cultural fit.