Ashley Kolodziej

None of these - I want a problem to solve and a reference to learn the vocabulary I need to Google and get things done. Interactive tutorials are best for me - stuff like the learn panel in Adobe apps these days is great. Or a good set of documentation to get that vocabulary in my head. I need to be able to try things and fail safely, and ideally, have some context about why the right answer is...

TileMill gives you the ability to design and create your own custom map tiles, as well as static maps and maps of your data. You can use any of the many provided data sets (such as countries, geographic terrain, or population density) and add and use your own data in CSV format as well. You control all styles using CartoCSS, which is similar in syntax to regular CSS, and can style various...

This looks very well-structured. I like that it thoroughly covers both the basics and timely, practical information like social media integration, without making assumptions about your current knowledge. The requested topics are really interesting. How did you gather those initial topic suggestions? I think it's cool you're tailoring your content to real-life problems coursetakers are trying...

Saw this on Designer News yesterday and I love the idea - I mentioned it already there, but I'll add here that I'd love to see this expand to include leaving notes for the general public (or even groups of people, to help with scavenger hunt type things) too.