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Canva creator Melanie Perkins and her partner Cliff Obrecht wrote their own playbook. Heres the story of what we should all hope the next generation of business will look like: how they did it, why they did it, and why it worked.I hope this story can inspire others to dream big, set goals, and make them happen. Melanie Perkins, Canva CEO and co-founderBorn out of simple frustration with complex design tools, Canva has grown into a wild success, with a massive, devoted user community of more than 200 million people, in 190 countries and using 100 languages. But this isnt a traditional startup story of guys in a garage following a Silicon Valley playbook. Instead, from their base in Perth, Australia (the most remote big city on earth), and animated by a drive to empower normal people to use design to make their own dreams a reality, Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht created something truly original.While backpacking through India, a teenaged Melanie Perkins decided to devote her life to empowering others. Teaching design software to university students revealed to her how: by giving them easy access to the tools that enable visual communication.Frustrated by complex, expensive design programs, she envisioned a world where anyone could bring their ideas to life. With Cliff Obrecht, she launched a yearbook business from her mothers living room - the first step toward revolutionizing global design.Through intimate access to Perkins and her inner circle, author Rebekah Campbell reveals the unconventional strategies that helped Canva outmaneuver tech giants. From hiring their first remote designer in Manila to building their platform from scratch, this narrative illuminates how unwavering focus on empowering others drove every decision - even when conventional wisdom suggested otherwise.This isnt just another startup success story. Its a masterclass in purpose-driven leadership, showing how clear values and relentless dedication to serving others can build extraordinary companies. For anyone who dreams of creating meaningful change, Perkins journey offers powerful lessons about thinking bigger than seems possible and staying true to your vision against all odds.

A hands-on, JavaScript-based introduction to WebGPU for real-time 3D graphics and GPU computing in the browser.The Book of WebGPU is a hands-on introduction to modern browser-based 3D graphics and GPU computing with WebGPU and JavaScript. Readers learn how to use the WebGPU API and the WebGPU Shading Language (WGSL) to render interactive 3D scenes, implement lighting and texturing, and tap into the GPUs compute pipeline for non-graphics workloads.The book walks through the full pipeline of creating 3D graphics in the browser, from buffers, shaders, and render passes to camera transforms and physically inspired lighting. Along the way, it reinforces core graphics concepts like coordinate spaces, projections, and materials, while also covering modern JavaScript features such as modules, promises, and async/await.Every chapter includes guided, browser-based projects and challenging exercises, from fractal visualizations and interactive lighting demos to exploring medical CT data in 3D and experimenting with GPU-accelerated computations. As of 2025, WebGPU is officially supported across Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, so readers can run these projects in all major browsers without special plugins or native installs.The result is a complete on-ramp for developers who want to create high-performance, visually rich experiences on the web, whether for games, data visualization, design tools, or emerging AI workflows.

A friendly, hand-drawn introduction to how the web really works. This visual guide uses cartoons, metaphors, and simple projects to take beginners from zero knowledge to building and launching real modern websitesall without jargon, stress, or intimidation.Modern Web Development turns the confusing world of HTML, CSS, and website deployment into something visual, understandable, and genuinely fun. Using hand-drawn diagrams, stick-figure guides, simple metaphors, and colorful illustrations, author Tobias Scharl demystifies what happens when you load a webpage, how browsers and servers talk to each other, and how modern sites are actually structured and styled.Instead of overwhelming beginners with frameworks and tooling, the book focuses on what truly matters: understanding how the web works learning the essential HTML and CSS rules building clean, modern layouts making sites responsive getting a website online so others can visit itAlong the way, readers are introduced to AI tools as helpful, practical assistants for writing, debugging, and exploring codean essential skill for the next generation of web creators.By the final chapter, readers have the confidence, mental model, and hands-on experience to build and launch real websites, and a clear sense of what they can learn next.