The elaborate con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
You would never imagine that the people taking part in your company-wide Zoom call would be fake accounts using stock photos. But Madbird’s CEO, Ali Ayad, had set everything up to look like this London-based internationally reaching digital agency was legit and was a promising opportunity for its real employees. But after months of working on commission, no client contracts had been signed, and everything fell apart. Was all of it for Ali to feel important, powerful, and run his own company?
CSS { In Real Life } | Aspect Ratio is Great
Gone are the days of having to hack an aspect ratio in CSS by using the awkward solution of padding-top. The css aspect-ratio property has been around for some time, and has full support (except for Internet Explorer) as of September 2021.