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Smashing Cat brewing a fresh, tasty cappuccino.

Thanks for being smashing.

Purchasing a book or ticket might not sound like a big deal, but it is a big deal for us. We sincerely thank you for your kind support and trust. You really do know how to make a cat happy. (Even if you are a dog person.)

A cat with dog outfit.

Bag of Goodies!

Every now and again we add free goodies in here as a little token of appreciation for your continuous support over the years.

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Cats deserve only the best.

Your Discounts

What's the point of sticking around if it isn't worth it? Smashing Members have some fancy discounts that are automatically applied to purchases — for books, eBooks, conferences, workshops and job postings.

  • 1% discount on everything
    Code FISH — use when checking out.

Stay tuned — new discounts are floating around here frequently. It's worth sticking around and dropping by.

The Checkout Cat
Who doesn't like a decent discount? We keep prices affordable to everybody.

Coming Up Next in Membership

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With the Membership, there is a goldfish to catch every month.

  • Smashing TV: New Adventures In Front-End
    Tighten up your seatbelts as Vitaly Friedman takes you on an adventure ride through the brave new world of front-end. Details.

  • Smashing TV: Ethics As A Design Tool
    Morten Rand-Hendriksen will introduce a method for ethical decision making in design and tech. Details.

  • Smashing TV: The Pizza Show
    Everybody is talking about the latest front-end techniques, best practices and tools, but what about a show that was… different? Details. Register now → (Password: pizza)

  • Smashing TV: Static Site Generators
    Phil Hawksworth explores practical examples of using SSGs to achieve more than you might have thought possible with a static site. Details.

Here's How We Spent The Money

We believe in an open, diverse and accessible web. With your help, we want to reward people doing great work to make it happen. That’s why we actively support community events and projects, and people behind them. We want to keep things fully transparent, so here we’ll be reporting how we spend the money.

That’s what we’ve been doing over the last 30 days (May 9, 2018):

  • Reached 855 Smashing members after 164 days, with 28 supporters, 472 members and 355 smashers. Total: $5639 per month. You made it happen, so thank you.
  • Ran a session on Performance with Tim Kadlec and one on Checkout UX with Christian Holst,
  • released two early Smashing Book 6 previews: Lyza Gardner’s chapter on Service Workers and Laura Elizabeth’s chapter on Design Systems,
  • introduced Smashing Membership Slack, a place for updates about latest goodies and events, as well as friendly, respectful conversations,
  • supported Kyiv ReactJS Meetup, New Digital School, and LTUX Amsterdam,
  • introduced 10 diversity tickets to SmashingConf San Francisco and SmashingConf Toronto, with kind support of Google,
  • provided mentorship to new speakers in the industry.

It’s all made possible with your contributions. You made it happen. So thank you.

Next steps:

  • Continue working on Smashing Book 6 and Smashing Print,
  • watch out for new Smashing TV webinars with Marcy Sutton, Sara Soueidan and Vitaly Friedman,
  • coach new voices in the industry to speak at a meet-up or a conference,
  • support people who want to learn but can’t afford it with Smashing eBooks, webinars and learning material,
  • support web-related non-profit events and meetups.
Inclusive Design Patterns, by Heydon Pickering
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Thanks for getting so far, and hopefully see you in some part of the world soon! Boooo-yah!

Emerson Loustau
Never stop learning!