The other day I came across an interesting website with tons of factual information about relatively unknown world-class designers that have created brand identities that have shaped the world around us. It got me thinking about some of my own favorite logos, so I did some research to find out who created them. Joe Kral [...]
I’m going to give you some advice that will rock your world. If you’re a web designer, you should design your resume. *GASP* All kidding aside, the importance of impressing people with your resume’s visual appeal, especially online, is important. Here are some tips on styling a resume so it conveys your skills …
The other day a friend came across a Myspace page where her modeling photography was being displayed as someone else’s work. She did a double take and then looked again, yup still there and the person had even gone to to the trouble of cropping out her logo and using his own. The …
Photoshop is a tool that is versatile far beyond what many of the programmers can ever think of. When they introduced the smart object into the CS series it revolutionized the way I do things, here’s why it should do the same for you. Unlimited Undo. When you’re applying filters it used to be that [...]
One of the most frustrating things on the web is when you think you’ve found what you’re looking for, and after you click on the link to that page, you get an error saying “404 Page not found”. We’ve all seen that too many times, haven’t we? The default style is the error information on [...]
I recently developed a new logo for a social networking community. The site needed a logo so I began work right away. Here are a few tips that came to me after completing the task. Brainstorm / Don’t Overthink One problem many designers have is that they overthink things trying to deliberately stand out from [...]
There’s a buzz spreading through the web design community like a virus. It’s called sIFR (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement). What is sIFR? Essentially, it’s a technology that replaces short passages of plain browser text with text rendered in the typeface of your choice, regardless of whether or not your users have …
There’s been an explosion of resource, recruitment and tutorial sites, in Part 2 we continue our review of the biggest and the best of them, analyze their brands and make suggestions for their growth. Make sure you read Part 1 before continuing. 05. PSD Tuts (Tie) Founder(s) – Unknown History – PSDTUTS is a blog/photoshop [...]
There’s been an explosion of free design resources made available thanks to a number of sites that offer freebies and related tips. In this two part in-depth look, I examine the biggest brands in design blogs and suggest what they can do to make their brands even bigger and better. This list was …
Tips on dealing with comment spam
Blog comments are fantastic. They provide a way for writers and readers to interact, thereby building a community, and sometimes even friendship. They’re also great for SEO purposes as they add fresh content to a page with targeted keywords, assuming you can keep the discussion related to the post’s topic. Therein lies the catch. There [...]