Monthly Archive:
April, 2008
April 30, 2008 - 22 CommentsGraphic Design, Tutorial, Vector
Vector drawing has been a hobby I have been working on for over two years, I am no were near the level I would like to be at, but I am trying. Below are list of tutorials I have used and benefited from. They range from the very difficult (hair, I hate hair), to the [...]
Ajax, Frameworks, Javascript, Popular, Social Bookmark, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins
This list below has took me a few weeks to compile, I have sifted the net and came up with 155 of the best Wordpress Resources, covering, tutorials,plugins, themes, WP and AJAX, forums, podcasting, WP and DIGG (social bookmarking)…and on…and the list goes on and on… I think I have covered everything.
Everything here for the [...]
Ajax, Javascript
20 Top Script.aculo.us Scripts you can’t live without.
1. Sexy Sliding Menu for script.aculo.us
URL: http://www.andrewsellick.com.
Description: There is also a MooTools variation with this menu, this truelly is a sexy sidebar. I am using this script on a new site I am designing.
Demo:View Demo.
Humour
I like to buy myself an oddball t-shirt once in a while, so I thought I would share the t-shirts that I have found while searching. I am thinking about getting the ‘404′ t-shirt, it looks cool.
So, here you are: 30 Cool Web Designer T-Shirts, for your every mood…
CSS, Tutorial
Different values and units are added to CSS properties at different times, the current batch module for CSS is 3. To be honest I haven’t kept up with it all as much as I should have. These are the best tutorials I could fine on CSS3, I hope they are helpful to someone.
Web Apps
With the recent release of Adobe Photo Express, I thought I would have a look for other Online Image Editors and see how good they actually were. I was surprised at how many there were, some were simply rubbish, others really, really mind blowing good. So I compiled a list of the Top 15 Online [...]
Frameworks
Below is a compilation of 60 Ruby on Rails resources, ranging from Tutorials, Cheatsheets, Reference, Forums, Podcasts, Screencasts…
Icon Design
These are my favourite icon designers. Visit the sites and have a look around there phenomenal portfolios. You will not be disappointed.
Here it is: 15 Excellent Icon Designers, 15 Phenomenal Portfolios.
Vector
As you may have noticed by a a couple of my previous article, I have been taking an extensive interest in Vector Graphics recently. I have been experimenting with different tecniques and styles (I am a long way from perfect), and I have been using Inkscape (well, it is free). I am very impressed with [...]
Hardware
Most keyboards I have had in recent years have been bland and boring, they served there purpose well, but the time has come for something exciting and original.
Keyboard makers have been doing some brilliant work in recent years, not only are they feature packed, they also look cool (as we demand).
I do like what Logitech [...]
Popular, Vector
Below are my Top 20 Free Vector Resources for Designers.
Ajax, Javascript, Tutorial, Web Apps
While searching for resources for my previous article on MooTools, I stumbled upon some video tutorials which I thought were great, hope they help.
(These tuts are probably more for the novice).
Ajax, Javascript, Popular, Web Apps
I wrote an article a few weeks back about javascript frameworks (Top 10 Javascript Frameworks – Which do you prefer?), and the general consensus was that jQuery was the best. I like scriptalicious and Prototype, but I have been looking at MooTools recently, and I like what I see. Here is the best of what [...]
Social Bookmark, Web Apps
Below are my Top 15 Mashups using the Digg api.
A mashup is a combination of data from one source and integrated with one or more technologies. Don’t you just love Api’s.
Popular, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins
With every site you build there are going to be security risks and issues, there is no way around this, it is going to happen. All we can do is minimize the damage, be ready for it and take action. Wordpress is now the most popular Blogging Engine, this will not mean an increase attacks, [...]
Fonts, Typography
It is very easy to design a great looking site, but more often than not we forget/ignore good typography styling and practices. These sites below offer great advice, tips, inspiration and to be honest a damn good read. I think most would have heard about I Love Typography, which is one of my daily [...]
Nostalgia
The below ads range from the 1950s to the 1990s, the styles vary dramatically from one era to the next. But the best thing is looking at the computer specs and prices…and a very innocent looking Mr Gates!
If anyone has any more of these, send me a link and I’ll add them on to this [...]
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