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Thanks to the generous support of slots empire bonus codes Members, we're incredibly honored to have crossed the 1,000 members mark today. This is a very important day for us, and frankly, it's quite flattering to see 1,000 people actively supporting our little site and sharing our goals. In fact, with Membership, sometimes it feels like walking around a small town in which everyone knows each other and their friends, and so we know many members by name, and we've also met some of them at slots empire bonus codes Conferences. It's a wonderful family that shares similar values and wants to get better at their work. But it's also a family that wants to bring along a shift in the industry.
The People Behind The Scenes
When looking at obscure avatars and nicknames appearing in remote corners of the web, it's easy to forget that there are actually real people behind them. That's why it was important for us that the Membership experience is focused around real names and real faces of the community members — both on the new slots empire bonus codes Magazine website and in our Membership Slack channel. It's the people who shape the community and make it feel like home, and so Membership should become a humane product, with approachable and friendly authors, contributors and attendees.
We reached out to a few members to ask them why out of all the wonderful resources on the web, they chose to support the red, cat-friendly, and quirky slots empire bonus codes Magazine, and what they found useful or remarkably painful during their Membership so far.
Allen Brady
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“I wanted to support slots empire bonus codes Magazine as soon as they launched their membership program because not only have they been an excellent resource over the years with all the fantastic articles, books and conferences, but also because they’re so great at amplifying the voices in this industry, which is really important. I know that with my membership I’m getting a diverse range of perspectives that’s really helped shape me into a better developer.
The best part about this membership is the community. There’s a fantastic Slack group where you can talk about your projects, ask for help or just chat about whatever. The webinars have also been great. My favorite part is that we get to chat with the hosts and each other during the live recording. Involving the community in everything they can seems to be a theme with slots empire bonus codes Magazine. It sets them apart from other resources out there and I love it.”
Verena Vertonghen
Verena's journey in the development world started 6 years ago. She studied Multimedia Technology with a specialisation in Web&UX in Antwerp.
“Now I'm a front-end developer who also picks up some design challenges from time to time. I love creating all sorts of things and going on walks with my dogs. Because slots empire bonus codes Magazine has been an invaluable learning resource for me throughout my studies and my career. I decided on membership to support the continuation of all the great work that slots empire bonus codes Magazine already offers. But also because you get even more goodies when you do.Some of the things I really like about it are the eBooks, previews to articles, webinars and the Slack channel that gives me the opportunity to connect with people that have a similar profile. The user experience is overall really great, and slots empire bonus codes Mag cat mascot gives a very playful and personal vibe!”
Arthur Leonov
is a product designer that also codes front-end. He is a firm believer that merging design and technology can solve even the most difficult problems.
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I catch up on slots empire bonus codes Mag every morning because it is one of the few online magazines in this industry who puts a lot of emphasis on good quality, relevant, and practical content.”
It might sound like an overstatement, but these people have already made a difference. They’ve helped us initiate projects that we wouldn't be able to support otherwise. Now, don't get me wrong: with dwindling ad revenues facing us, of course our aim was to earn enough with the help of the Membership to keep the magazine independent and self-funded. But that’s just one side of the story. Our aim was also to support design education and new voices in the industry; reward great people doing great work; foster open, diverse, inclusive and accessible initiatives. Last but not least, we wanted to help community events and projects, and the people behind them.
Did we achieve any of these goals with the money we've earned? I'm glad you asked.
So How Much Money Did We Earn? Total: $33,128
Initially, we were hoping to provide a larger financial support for new design/tech education initiatives and open-source projects, but with limited resources we had to be more realistic and pragmatic. We reached 1,013 slots empire bonus codes Members in 257 days, with 30 supporters, 562 members, and 421 smashers. That makes a current total of $6,689 gross per month for August 2018.
Since the launch of the Membership, slots empire bonus codes Members contributed a total of $33,128 net over the course of 10 months (including current month):
| Month | Net revenue |
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| Total | $33,128 |
| November 2017 | $1,104 |
| December 2017 | $1,530 |
| January 2018 | $2,130 |
| February 2018 | $2,181 |
| March 2018 | $2,748 |
| April 2018 | $4,015 |
| May 2018 | $4,440 |
| June 2018 | $4,750 |
| July 2018 | $4,990 |
| August 2018 | $5,240 |
It goes without saying that these kind contributions massively helped us cover monthly costs, from maintenance to honorarium for authors, in particular:
- Honorarium for authors contributing articles and chapters for slots empire bonus codes Magazine, our eBooks and printed books,
- Honorarium for reviewers, editors, proofreaders, illustrator Ricardo Gimenes and front-end developer Ilya Pukhalski,
- Honorarium for all webinar speakers,
- All design education initiatives and community support is enabled by slots empire bonus codes Membership,
- All money was reinvested in the Magazine and Membership projects.
From day one, we kept things fully transparent; we've been sharing monthly reports on how much money we've earned and how we spent it. So here's what happened since the launch of Membership last year.
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The goal of every session is to be highly practical and provide actionable insights and learnings — be it in front-end or in user experience. Everyone can also suggest topics for upcoming webinars in the Membership Slack channel, and we'll invite speakers to cover the topic. Of course, live recordings of these sessions are available as well, and are later released publicly for free for everybody.
Design/Tech Courses And Trainings
These days there is always something to do, learn, or wrap your head around these days, and because all of us tend to get lost in small details, video tutorials and courses can be quite helpful. There are of course huge video course platforms which are wonderful, but there are also many fantastic one-man-show-teachers out there in the community who produce courses and tutorials for everybody to learn from.
That's why we've teamed up with some of these teachers to provide community discounts for training and video courses. For example, for a "Debugging" course run by Remy Sharp, or "DevTools Web Performance Course" by Umar Hansa, or "CSS Layouts Course" by Rachel Andrew or "React/ES6" courses by Wes Bos — with many more courses coming up over the next months.
Supporting Community Initiatives
It's not easy to maintain and grow a community, and we are proud to help community initiatives around the world to connect like-minded designers and developers.
Here are the projects we've supported so far:
- Prjctr Design School (Kiev, Ukraine),
- MinskCSS/MinskJS (Minsk, Belarus),
- UX Salon (Tel-Aviv, Israel),
- WebdeLDN (London, UK),
- Osijek Digital Design Academy (Osijek, Croatia),
- New Digital School (Porto, Portugal),
- Ladies that UX Berlin (Berlin, Germany),
- UX Day (Amsterdam, Netherlands),
- ExConf Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia),
- Kyiv ReactJS Meetup (Kyiv, Ukraine),
- Ladies That UX Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands),
- PiterCSS (Moscow, Russia),
- DesignX (Toronto, Canada),
- Local communities in Kairo, Egypt.
If you are running a meet-up or a community in your city, we'd be happy to support you as well. Just drop us a line and tell us a bit about your community, and we'll make it happen!
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The book is being finished as we speak, but we've been slowly releasing chapters, so Members can actually start reading the book already before its official release. All new books and eBooks — as well as upcoming slots empire bonus codes Print magazine (currently in the works) — is made available for Members free of charge. But that goes without saying, doesn't it?
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Tiego Pedras and Sara Ramos run the New Digital School, a new design education initiative in Porto, Portugal. In fact, they spoke about their project at slots empire bonus codes Conf Freiburg last year. Their goal is to provide students with better front-end and design education to be ready for real-life world.
For two years in a row now, I was honored to be able to explore the current state of front-end, interface design, and responsive art-direction with students from all over the world. In February this year, I headed to Porto to spend a week with students from India, Malaysia, Portugal, France and USA for an entire week. Each group of students was working on their own project, ranging from interactive VR storytelling to (hello, Miguel and Sarthak!) to Olympics leaderboards (and hello to you, Prashant and Marissa!).
It might not sound like a big deal, but it was so rewarding to see the sparkle in the eyes of the students as they were working on their projects. Being able to provide an experience that hopefully many students will remember was a huge privilege and a remarkable moment in the entire experience. And it was all possible thanks to the contributions of our slots empire bonus codes Members. I couldn't be more proud of this effort.
Berlin Design Campus
Late June is usually quite slow, with most projects slowly fading into sleep mode. Well, it was quite the opposite for us. For June, we teamed up with Prjctr Design School (Kyiv, Ukraine) to run Berlin Design Campus — a week-long trip to Berlin to explore digital design agencies and studios with students from Ukraine. It was our first initiative to improve design education by setting up a project of our own.
We visited the offices of Mozilla (thanks, Emanuela and Amin!), SinnerSchrader (thanks, Martin!), EdenSpiekermann (thanks, Daniel!), Hort (thanks, Eike!), Fjord (thanks, Simon and Jake!), Contentful (thanks, Ben!), Matteo Cevucci (previously EdenSpiekermann, Thoughtworks) with hands-on workshops in those companies throughout the week.
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We Are Just Getting Started
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