Recent job listings

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 6:33 am

A few weeks ago I received the following remarks from Jeff Lin, an Authentic Jobs customer and founder of Bust Out Solutions: Just wanted to let you know that I posted a job probably two years ago for. […]

The debate over page zooming vs. text scaling

Thursday, 18 June 2009, 8:45 am

After posting my reasons for switching back to px for font-size citing page zooming as the primary justification, it was apparent that enthusiasm for page zooming wasn't as unanimous as I had thought. […]

Coding like it's 1999

Thursday, 4 June 2009, 8:39 am

UPDATE: Please see The debate over page zooming vs. text scaling. Recently I made the switch back to HTML 4 for DOCTYPEs and px for font-size (sound like 1999 again?), and I've tweeted about it occasi. […]

Fever: Black, White and Read Hot All Over

Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 3:05 am

Mint has a new baby sister! Earlier this morning I released Fever, a cure for the common feed reader. Born of (almost) a decade of accumulating and failing to keep up with hundreds of feeds, Fever is. […]

Launch Ness Monster

Monday, 15 June 2009, 4:42 am

So you’ve had a temporary sign-up page out there for a couple months and you’ve been testing the site proper on a secret, password-protected subdomain. Now you’re ready to make sure. […]

PXR + Cufon = Pxfon

Friday, 17 April 2009, 8:10 am

Back in 2006 I created (but never released) PXR, a pixel-based alternative to IFR. I built a tool that could convert specially prepared gifs into a format that could then be used by the PXR JavaScript. […]

6 Important Considerations in Choosing a Good Domain Name

Monday, 29 June 2009, 12:36 am

When setting up your website one of the most important aspects will be to choose a domain name.  It’s that domain name that will stick with you for the lifetime of your site.  You can change t. […]

People don’t know what a web browser is (but first: IE, Firefox, & Opera updates)

Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 12:04 pm

All the new browser updates seem to be coming out at the same time, which definitely keeps the competition interesting. But while you continue to scoff at IE, gush over Firefox, and smile nervously at. […]

Two lightweight CSS grid frameworks: the 1KB and the 1-liner

Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 1:11 pm

In the left corner: Tyler Tate’s 1KB CSS Grid, a lean framework sporting 14 classes and the familiar conventions for enforcing a visual grid via CSS. In the right corner: Vladimir Carrer’s. […]

20+ WordPress Recipes (Codes)

Monday, 29 June 2009, 10:06 pm

More and more clients are using WordPress as their CMS. As a designer or developer, you should really get into WordPress coding. To get started, you can read my WordPress theme guide and hacks. Now, I. […]

Breadou Donut Giveaways

Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:16 am

The Breadou giveaway is back! This time, I’m giving out donuts. For those who have no clue what is Breadou about. It is a memory form wrist rest that looks, smells, and feels like a real bread.. […]

Clixpy Review & Captures Giveaway

Sunday, 7 June 2009, 11:17 pm

Introducing a revolutionary analytic tool — Clixpy — it captures everything your visitors do on the site including: mouse movement, clicks, scrolling, and form inputs. For this review purp. […]

Featured Artist: James White

Sunday, 28 June 2009, 11:53 am

Never straying from his love of drawing has proven to be a wise choice for artist/designer James White. His impressive resume includes working with big-name clients like MTV, Toyota and Armada Ski. […]

30 Designers 1 Question – Where are you most inspired?

Friday, 26 June 2009, 1:15 pm

I was asked to participate in the “30 Designers 1 Question – Where are you most inspired?” series on Gavin Elliot’s blog. To see my answer and the other 29 great designers head. […]

Elegant Themes Subscription Giveaway (3) will win!

Thursday, 25 June 2009, 9:46 pm

Big wordpress theme subscription giveaway! Nick from Elegant Themes does an amazing job at designing & developing these wordpress themes. I feel, everytime I go to the site there is a new one!. […]

Keep Users Updated During Long Load Times

Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 12:00 am

Load times are unavoidable in some circumstances. It is critical to be keep the user informed of what is happening and how much longer the process should take.

Creating Consistently Colorful User Experiences, Part 3: The Craft

Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 6:49 am

In this third and final installment of the Creating Consistently Colorful User Experiences series, we detail the actual process of successfully picking and implementing a color scheme.

Stop Counting Clicks

Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:47 pm

The 3-click-rule is the Freddy Kreuger of web design advice. You think it's finally dead and then it comes back and starts slashing up sensible debate about usable design. I'm hoping to convince you t. […]

How To Create An Abstract Body Portrait - Part I

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 7:30 am

Best of the Web - June 2009

Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 6:46 am

How to Mold Paint Splatter to a Face in Photoshop - Screencast

Monday, 29 June 2009, 5:03 pm

Power Tips For WordPress Template Developers

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 9:03 am

  With its latest releases, WordPress has extended its potential well beyond blogging, moving toward an advanced, robust and very powerful content management solution. By default, WordPress deli. […]

Clever JPEG Optimization Techniques

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 3:22 pm

  When people talk about image optimization, they consider only the limited parameters offered by popular image editors, like the "Quality" slider, the number of colors in the palette, dithering. […]

Best Practices For Effective Design Of “About me”-Pages

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 2:22 am

Profile Madness

Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 1:00 pm

I thought I had Adobe's colour profiles all worked out. I really did. I'm sure they're great for photographers and print designers and so on. The problem is, on the web, we deal with browsers and imag. […]

Font Embedding Now

Thursday, 7 May 2009, 3:47 pm

The technology that allows us to embed custom fonts is more or less here, but the licensing debate rages on. It seems to me that if we want font embedding to take off sooner rather than later, a chang. […]

Switched

Monday, 20 April 2009, 11:38 am

Ah, blogging: the new long-form Tweet. This morning I said: retraining myself not to /> close img, input, and meta tags. It's an uphill battle. Which received an instant string of responses ask. […]

Soul Rebel Poster Tutorial

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 9:14 am

In this tutorial I will show how to create an awesome illustration that can be printed as a poster to hang it on your wall. I broke down step by step from the beginning to the end so you can follow a. […]

The Amazing Work of Patrick Gunderson

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 6:00 am

Patrick Gunderson is a designer, programmer and artist living and working in Los Angeles. He creates complex projects involving a combination of aesthetic and technical elements, using both sides of. […]

The Extraordinary Work of Marko Bizarro

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 5:05 am

Photography is much more than taking a camera and snapping some photos. It gotta have art direction, understanding of illumination and of course, the whole post process involved in this equation that. […]

226 Brilliant Freelance & Work Related Icons Available Now

Thursday, 4 June 2009, 9:54 am

For this icon set we’ve focused on icons based around freelance and office work, this set contains everything from invoices & contracts, to noticeboards and project folders. For a full under. […]

40 Cute Free Twitter Graphics: Badges, Icons & Buttons…

Sunday, 24 May 2009, 7:15 pm

We’ve put together this free set of unique twitter graphics. Simply drag and drop the various graphics, icons, badges and buttons into your work free of charge. There really is no limit to what. […]

Free Social Media Icons & 275 New Premium App Icons

Thursday, 14 May 2009, 7:23 am

To promote our new application icon set with 275 fantastic icons we’re giving away this free unique set of social media icons. The free Social media icons are available to everyone, and a nice l. […]

Process: Airside by Airside

Monday, 29 June 2009, 9:39 pm

Airside explains it’s process of creating their book Airside By Airside. The article features a section on the grid system used for the layout.

1Kb CSS Grid

Monday, 29 June 2009, 9:32 pm

A lightweight grid system tool that generates a simple, clean and small CSS framework

Making Grids in Illustrator 2

Monday, 29 June 2009, 9:28 pm

The second part to Sigurdur Armannsson excellent article on creating grid systems in Adobe Illustrator. This article is based around the grid system developed by Marcus Gärde.

xhtml 2 Has No Future

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 12:48 pm

XHTML 2 is dead. Seems like HTML 5 is the clear direction to go.

Campaign Monitor Landing Pages

Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 4:39 am

When Dave Greiner from Campaign Monitor contacted me a couple months ago to see if I had enough time to take on some landing page designs for him, I was already fully immersed in another project and j. […]

Xero ~ Interaction Designer

Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 4:19 am

Xero is hiring interaction designers to join their team in New Zealand. Xero is an online accounting platform that recently won 2 Webby Awards, including People’s Voice.

New Screencast: Table Styling 2, Fixed Header and Highlighting

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 6:26 am

Just a couple of quick tricks, from scratch, on coding up tables. We use the proper semantic tags for a table header and then set it to a fixed position so when scrolling the table the header is alway. […]

New Poll: Would You Work on a Website You Thought Was a Stupid Business Idea?

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 6:06 am

I’ve mused about this before, but I thought it would be good to put it to a poll this time. The discussion before was absolutely fascinating. Many folks saying that it’s our ethical duty t. […]

Poll Results: Browser Choice Sans Developer Tools

Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 6:19 am

Yes, all the major browsers have development tools now, but I think most people are in agreement that you just can’t beat Firebug and the slew of other development-specific addons for Firefox. O. […]

Designing for the Web: Paperback available 14th April

Monday, 13 April 2009, 2:53 pm

Just a quick note. The paperback of my book, Designing for the Web, is available on the 14th April at 12pm GMT. That’s tomorrow. I have 1500 copies all ready to go, and these will be available o. […]

Drupal7UX: we need you NOW!

Thursday, 26 March 2009, 11:12 am

We plan to make the Drupal 7 User Experience something very special. The biggest risk to this project is community rejection/involvement too late in the project. Please, get involved now. Get out of t. […]

The Personal Cost of Designing on Spec

Thursday, 26 March 2009, 5:41 am

Yesterday, a rather heated debate raged over on Carsonified’s blog regarding a design competition they’re running to design a slide for the upcoming Future of Web Design conference in Lond. […]

PHP Security: Guidelines to Lock Down Your Website

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 12:00 pm

Security has always been a concern of web developers. No site is safe from hacking attempts. Developers need to take precautions when building their applications so that they don’t become the victim. […]

Incredible Workspaces: Part II

Monday, 29 June 2009, 12:00 pm

Read the first part here: Incredible Workspaces: Part I. Setting up your office has to be perfect, it has got to be tailored to your professional and personal needs, it needs to get your creative and. […]

Weekly Design News Round Up

Friday, 26 June 2009, 12:00 pm

This is a new weekly feature from us, a weekly round-up of the best, the coolest and the most resourceful from within the design community. This week we feature some cool resources, ranging from jQuer. […]

Talking Shop Episode - Getting Published

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:34 pm

A lot of people have asked me how I manged ...

Make a Vintage Magazine Ad in Photoshop

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:03 am

Im a big fan of vintage magazine ads. Aside ...

How to Make Money Selling Website Templates

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 2:29 am

If you are a website designer, you probably realize the ...

.Net Magazine | Diversify Editorial

Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 10:59 am

I recently had the opportunity to write a short article plug for .Net Magazine (Bath, UK), a well-known voice in the web editorial world. Oliver Lindberg, an associate editor with .Net Mag, approach. […]

Sneak Peak: Designing Green

Thursday, 11 June 2009, 2:18 pm

The online studio here is usually painted black, and my physical office space, a nice earthy brown. Though recently, it was painted green – metaphorically speaking. I recently teamed up again wi. […]

Web/Print: Why They Should Be Similar

Thursday, 30 April 2009, 2:10 pm

    Since jumping into the web design world, I’ve been on a conquest to see what opportunities and challenges exist in this vastly dynamic medium. Challenges like how and where a web page is v. […]

Visual Decision Making

Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 3:00 am

If it takes only 50 milliseconds for users to form an aesthetic opinion of your site’s credibility and trustworthiness, are designers who create visually compelling sites simply wasting time and tre. […]

Introduction to RDFa

Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 3:00 am

In part one of a two-part primer on RDFa, learn how semantic features normally confined to the head of an HTML document can be used to add semantic richness to the elements of the body. Mark Birbeck s. […]

Managing Werewolves

Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 3:00 am

While you’re always optimistic when leading a team, you know that not everyone’s got your back. Liars and poor communicators can wipe out good work faster than a 404 error. Learn how to think crit. […]

Where’d You Go?

Monday, 29 June 2009, 12:56 pm

As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been taking a bit of a break lately. But there’s some exciting stuff coming up in the not too distant future. Excuses, Excuses Despite the temptation. […]

Deadlines

Monday, 11 May 2009, 12:36 pm

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they go by.” —Douglas Adams, March 11, 1952 – May 11, 2001

Listening Between the Leading

Friday, 8 May 2009, 6:26 pm

It was my pleasure to be interviewed last night by Aaron Heth and Matt McInerney, two self-proclaimed extremely passionate design students from the Savannah College of Art & Design, for their Read Be. […]

YUI 3.0 with Jonathan LeBlanc from the Yahoo Developer Network

Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 6:00 am

We recently sat down with Jonathan LeBlanc of the YDN to discuss their recent launch of YUI 3.0.0 beta 1.

All about the Blueprint CSS Framework

Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 5:30 am

Blueprint is a project that has been alive and well since 2007, and as a current core contributor and community manager for the project, I am a big supporter of it. The framework provides a few buildi. […]

You Know It’s Time to Rebrand When…

Thursday, 11 June 2009, 11:12 am

An Inside Look Into the Rebrand of a Company The luster has worn off of that once great logotype. The whimsy of that tagline has lot its flavor. The brand is simply not as delicious as it once was. No. […]

Easy E-Commerce With Magento

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 11:03 am

Create an s3Slider-like jQuery Plugin: New Plus Tutorial

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 10:00 pm

10 Tips for New iPhone Developers

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 8:44 am

What To Expect When You’re Expecting CSS/HTML Handoff

Friday, 26 June 2009, 6:45 am

Picture this: You're a designer at Fancy Design Firm, charged with building out a design that another group will implement. You might never meet this group, you don't know how adept they are with buil. […]

Designing a Custom Flash Player for Brightcove

Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 9:21 am

ABOUT BRIGHTCOVE Brightcove offers a wide range of players that will plug right into your site. Its players range from a video window with basic controls to players with tabbed navigation, playlists,. […]

Take Something New and Make It Old

Monday, 15 June 2009, 6:47 am

A design exercise that has been making the rounds lately, one I can't get enough of and have to share with anyone who'll listen, is the re-imagining of modern video games, movies, albums, and so on as. […]

Creative License #41

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 8:00 am

Competitions, Events and Awards Roundup - July 09

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 6:29 am

Let’s take a run through some of the the events and competitions that are coming up this month. There’s no An Event Apart this month, but there are still some quality conventions and train. […]

Print Design Articles, Tutorials and Resources June 2009

Monday, 29 June 2009, 5:19 am

I get so caught up in the world of web that I sometimes forget about print design! I thought I would scour the web for helpful print links and articles. Hope you enjoy this round up filled with handy. […]

Stealth Startup: Sr. Front End Developer for Consumer-Web Startup

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 5:49 pm

(Anywhere) Seeking Senior Front-end Developer for a completely new type of News/Entertainment/Politics site. We are a small start-up with experience in the news and entertainment world looking for a t. […]

Kickball: Frontend Engineer - Rails/jQuery/Blueprint

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 2:59 pm

(Palo Alto, CA) Kickball is a well-funded Silicon Valley startup building creative tools and a marketplace for digital goods, initially focused on artwork and graphic design - check out Sketchfu.com f. […]

The Ohio State University: Application Developer

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 11:41 am

(Columbus, OH) The Ohio State University Office of Student Life is currently accepting applications for an Application Developer. The successful candidate will develop, maintain and modify Student Lif. […]

Stealth Startup: Creative Designer for Consumer Web Startup

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 6:22 am

(Anywhere) Do you love clean fresh designs like that of Hulu? Can you create a friendly look that is both game-like and serious? We are a start-up out of New York focused on News/Celebrity/Politics in. […]

BestBuys.com: Senior Back-End Developer & Web 2.0 Expert

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 3:43 pm

(Anywhere) Looking for a freelance developer to join a talented team in building a large-scale community-based web 2.0 shopping website from scratch. Our workflow pairs a Designer, Senior developer, J. […]

BabyFirstTV: Freelance iPhone App Developer

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 3:37 pm

(Los Angeles, CA) Children's television channel seeking an experienced iPhone app developer to assist with a special project. We are interested in developing a few basic apps and would provide all ass. […]

MAARK is looking for a Senior Interactive Art Director - Freelance in Boston, MA, USA

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 6:08 pm

MAARK is seeking experienced Interactive Art Directors to join its ranks. Primary responsibility is to execute iterative design solutions that solve complex interaction and branding challenges. The Se. […]

MAARK is looking for a Senior Interactive Designer - Freelance in Boston, MA, USA

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 6:03 pm

Description: MAARK is seeking experienced interactive designers to join its ranks. Primary responsibility is to execute iteractive design solutions that solve complex interaction and branding challeng. […]

MAARK is looking for an Interactive Project Manager in Boston, MA, USA

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 5:39 pm

MAARK seeks a motivated and experienced Interactive Project Manager to join our team. Your responsibilities would be to steward a project from conception through deployment, and serve as both a client. […]

Ascentium Corporation is looking for a Creative Director in Bellevue, WA, USA

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:02 pm

Creative Director - Bellevue, WA Ascentium is an interactive marketing and technology agency with offices in Bellevue, Spokane, Portland, Los Angeles, Baltimore and the UK. We deliver award-winning ex. […]

Kickball is looking for a Frontend Engineer - Rails/jQuery/Blueprint in Palo Alto, CA, USA

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 3:02 pm

Overview Kickball is a well-funded Silicon Valley startup building creative tools and a marketplace for digital goods, initially focused on artwork and graphic design - check out Sketchfu.com for an e. […]

Toth Brand Imaging is looking for a Web Developer in Boston, MA, USA

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 1:50 pm

Who We Are There's a sign on the wall of Toth Brand Imaging that sums up our work, our mission, and our office lifestyle in two simple words: Be Yourself. For over 20 years Toth has helped some of Ame. […]

STANBIC INTERNATIONAL: DRIVER NEEDED

Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 5:40 am

Location: NEW YORK DRIVER NEEDED URGENTLY To apply: micheal.steven40@yahoo.com

Huddler: Front-End Developer

Sunday, 28 June 2009, 8:08 pm

Location: San Francisco, CA URL: http://www.huddler.com/ Huddler.com, founded in April 2007, is evolving existing online discussion forums with a more robust, modern platform. Freshly funded by a Tie. […]

BidFire: Sr Front-end / Interface Designer

Saturday, 27 June 2009, 10:22 pm

Location: Los Angeles, CA A pre-launch startup is looking to hire an experienced and strong front-end web / interface designer. You must have strong expertise and passion for building highly addictiv. […]

Arc Worldwide | Leo Burnett: Senior Interaction Designer

Friday, 26 June 2009, 8:28 am

Location: Chicago, IL URL: http://www.arcww.com Sr. Interaction Designer Leo Burnett/Arc is looking Senior Interaction Designers for our Chicago office. Overview Leo Burnett/Arc has a dynamic, fast-p. […]

Industrial Parker: Flash/AS3 Rock Star (contract or freelancer)

Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 6:24 am

Location: Des Moines, IA or Anywhere URL: http://industrialparker.com We’re looking for a Flash guru to help us on contract with various Flash projects. We’re a small web development shop. […]

Grasshopper: Ruby on Rails Developer/Designer (On-site or Remote)

Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 5:36 am

Location: On-site in Needham, MA or Remote URL: http://www.grasshopper.com Ruby on Rails Developer/Designer Are you a passionate, multi-talented individual with a desire to help launch an exciting ne. […]

Interactive Web Designer - The Roanoke Times - (Roanoke, VA) - FullTime

Thursday, 2 July 2009, 8:47 am

The Roanoke Times is looking for a creative, curious, agile and innovative web designer to help us tell stories and improve our users’ experience on roanoke.com. We are looking for someone who is co. […]

Senior Back-End Developer & Web 2.0 Expert - BestBuys.com - (Remote, Anywhere) - Freelance

Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:27 pm

Looking for a Freelance (preferably full-time) Web developer to join a talented team in building a large-scale community-based web 2.0 shopping website from scratch. You will play a key role, develop.. […]

Front end design/developer - Confidential, Bay Area startup - (San Francisco, CA) - Freelance

Monday, 29 June 2009, 4:43 pm

About Us: We are a Bay Area-based startup focused on sports data. We are looking for a talented person (contract) to lead our user and information design efforts. About You: + You will be ou...

Experienced Blog Writer - Webdesigner Depot - (Anywhere) - Freelance

Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 1:22 pm

I'm looking for talented blog writers to join our team of writers at www.webdesignerdepot.com Compensation for each article accepted is in average between $75 and $150 (and up to $300) payable via ...