Clarissa is a user experience strategist and writer who focuses on creating purposeful content and designing with empathy. She has been working with the web since 2002, starting as a front-end developer and then spending many years as a “web team of one” at nonprofit and advocacy organizations. She has experience in UX design, accessibility, content strategy, project management, and technical writing and editing. Clarissa is the author of Learning Responsive Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide (O’Reilly Media, 2014). She also creates online courses for LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) and speaks at design and tech conferences around the world.
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Your work can change the world
TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics
It's time to use our creative skills to work toward a better world....
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Use Your Designer Superpowers for Good
TopicsDesign Thinking, Innovation
A little bit of design could go a long way toward making someone’s life easier....
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Creating Forms that Users Won’t Hate
TopicsCSS, HTML, Web & Mobile
In this session, you'll learn the correct way to write the HTML for a form to make...
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Designing for Users: How to Create a Better User Experience
TopicsAccessibility, Web & Mobile
User experience isn't just for designers to think about....
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Code Is Not Neutral: Ethics for Developers
TopicsEthics
It's easy to forget that the code you write affects real humans....
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