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The Radar: November 4, 2015

November 5th, 2015 - by Michelle Mann - Salt Lake City, Utah

Keeping up with design and technology is a lot of work. Luckily, we enjoy wading through the noise just to find the gems of awesomeness sprinkled throughout. The Radar is our gift to you, Current or Potential Client, so that you can enjoy all of the awesome without any of the drudgery. Unwrap it each week, and know that you’re loved by the geeks and pixel-pushers at Objective.

Object-oriented Approach to UX

Strip away interaction, persistent navigation, homepage, and layout, and show a system of three objects: States, Races, and State-Race Results.

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Why IoT Security Is So Critical

As more and more devices, appliances, and vehicles become connected to the Internet, the security implications of that connectivity become more critical.

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The Guggenheim’s First Online Exhibit

The Guggenheim gets a high tech installment displaying a market they created that trades in ‘hot tips’.

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Security Checklist for a Rails App

A preproduction checklist for a Rails app. This checklist covers the top 10 vulnerabilities so that you can better secure your application.

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Learn C

Build your own lisp is a tutorial for learning C. You implement a basic version of the lisp programming language.

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The 3REE Stack

An example application made using three popular utilities that work well together: React, Redux, RethinxDB, and Express JS.

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6 Key Insights on UX Design

Tips for creating the best mobile UX design

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Choosing The Right Patterns

It’s easy for designers to simply default to what’s popular right now. We need to make sure the patterns being used are appropriate to the specific problem we’re trying to solve.

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