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I’ve seen this in a few places around the Web and in E-mail forwards. It’s a fun caricature of the frustrations of working with some clients. Note: I’ve never had a client that has looked like this (except for various University committees…) ————————————— Dear Mr. Architect: Please design and build me a house. I am […]
I Have been developing Web pages for almost 5 years now (we are coming up on my anniversary). Today I did some looking back to how I got here. I spent the first three and a half years in relative naivet�, basically learning the rudimentary basics of HTML syntax (by using WYSIWYG programs); learning which […]
UIWeb had an interesting article about giving and receiving criticism. This looks to be useful in many areas besides Web design as well. Synopsis: Assumptions bad critics make There is one universal and objective measure of how good and bad anything is. That the critic is in sole possession of the skill in making these […]
*GASP* Content Management without a hugely expensive, unnecessary, bloated, proprietary system? Never… D. Keith Robinson on Content Management without a System. Shocking. Who would have guessed that the publication process could be more important than the technology?
An interesting (if unscientific) investigation (I won’t call it a study…) into how people look at/scan/browse a Web page was recently conducted by several media agencies. Eyetrack III, sought to answer a few questions of great interest to Web designers: Is homepage layout effective? … What effect do blurbs on the homepage have compared to […]
Dave Shea of Mezzoblue (who is a great designer btw) on design critics: I�m almost convinced that anyone whose critique of a redesign is as substantial as: �I don�t like the green.� �is someone who absolutely fails to understand the purpose of web design, and should give up any aspirations in the profession. And my […]
A nice list of 18 or so common Web development mistakes. (plus some user submitted ones). If you are a Web developer, read this list. If you make these mistakes, LEARN HOW TO FIX THEM! Part of being a professional is keeping your skillset and knowledge base up-to-date.
A great article about where to start if you are an aspiring Web designer (a nice refresher if you are an experienced Web Designer) Web Design from scratch
All Web designers like image-based rollover navigation right? (I don’t anymore, the java-not-script/tag-soup combinations of code usually make it completely inaccessible) Well, then along came Pixy’s fast CSS rollovers to save the day. Here is a great improvement on that concept: Pixy Rollovers with the ability to use transparent PNG’s Beautiful.
A List Apart has two handy articles on how to make a very simple and clean image rotator for your Web site. The first one is a very simple image rotation script in PHP. The second is a bit more complex, but more feature rich image rotation script also in PHP. Very handy.
One of the hardest parts of graphic design for me is choosing a color scheme. That’s why I usually stick to grays with a highlight color. (mattandnancy.org). It all gets a lot easier when you remember that God is the ultimate painter. A quick way to a good color scheme? Take the color scheme from […]
One of my hobbies is Search Engine Optimization. I am trying to keep this page in the top 5 on a google search for “Heerema”. I am competing with Heerema Group, an international engineering firm, and Heerema Company, another large American engineering company. Isn’t ironic then, that I ignore one of the major things google […]