This article discusses why being cheaper, faster, and more direct that your competition is not necessarily a good idea. It explains what your clients really hear when you make these claims.
This article explains why we as designers should not participate in the design contests located on sitepoint.com due to its largely speculative format. The article also asks designers to spread the word through social media and blogs.
Numbers of people have asked me how to design my popular Mini Pixel Icon pack. In fact, they are relatively easy. All you need is just some basic Photoshop skills.
Using the powerful publishing engine of WordPress, here's how you create a site that offers a usable front-end form that will allow users to publish content immediately onto your site.
Our first post of 2008 kicks off with part 8 of our code snippets series. Lets take a look at some handy pieces of Javascript, CSS and and html that you can use in your site designs …
Understanding specificity in CSS is not a new concept, nor is it overly complex. Learning it, however, can help to make your troubleshooting and development go much more smoothly.
When it comes to making something work, you don’t want to use duct tape where nails should be used or glue where something needs to be welded. Using the right tools for the job is part of any project, whether it be on the web or in your backyard.
I've been a fan of the Flock browser for quite awhile now. But when version 1.0 was release on November 5th, I put off the upgrade. I've never been good about paying attention to upgrade dialog boxes. Last week I finally dove in. I have to say that
I'm limiting the 2008 prediction articles this week to one (a humorous bit from Dot Sauce). The daily influx of these articles is waning so I had to throw one more in before they disappear altogether. I have to point to Web Worker Daily for the most
Google Analytics or other web based website analysis & statistic services are great. But most of them are reporting your statistics with a 1 day delay.
If you’re looking for a instant website activity alert like new visitor, new unique visitor, n
Productivity specialists and professional organizers are often of the same opinion, namely that you should move your guitars and other distractions into a different room from where you work. Supposedly you’ll be more productive that way.
"When you are creating a new website you may be inspired by seeing other sites that feature unique layouts. The 20 sites listed here don’t simply use a typical two or three column layout. Many of them use background images to interact with and contr
Selling web design for the past seven years has given me the opportunity to hear every objection imaginable. Some are practicalâ€â€"The price is too high". Some are emotionalâ€â€"We don't want to hurt our other designer's feelings". But they all add up to