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Jake Rocheleau (120 Articles)

Jake Rocheleau is a passionate web designer and social media entrepreneur. He is frequently researching the latest trends in digital design and new-age Internet ideas. He's also an advocate for the social media revolution - follow his updates on Twitter @jakerocheleau.
What is the Preferred Operating Systems of Designers?

What is the Preferred Operating Systems of Designers?

The ever-changing culture of web design has grown into a wild array of sub-standards. Over 20 years now, designers from all over the world have contributed their brilliant ideas to…

Tips for Converting Your Freelance Operation into a Business

Tips for Converting Your Freelance Operation into a Business

Having spoken with many freelance web and graphic designers over the years, I can say I have heard some extraordinary tales. The path from freelancer to single business is an…

Beginner’s Study Guide to HTML5 Microformats

Beginner’s Study Guide to HTML5 Microformats

For years the web has been a static development block for housing information. It hasn’t been up until recently that micro-format designs have been released into the semantic web. These…

Tips for Compromising between Designers and Developers

Tips for Compromising between Designers and Developers

In the real world, designers and developers are constantly battling it out over projects. Between two lighthearted developers are the crew who simply make the website work while designers add…

Exploring Mobile Device & App Development Trends

Exploring Mobile Device & App Development Trends

We have all been hearing the chatter about mobile applications. It seems 2010 has been an astounding year for development in mobile technology, both hardware, and software. Apple’s iPhone &…

A Review of Web Design Trends from 2010

A Review of Web Design Trends from 2010

The past year has shown us some magnificent growth in the web sector. Design innovation can be seen everywhere as the community of both web designers and application developers is…

Coding Flexible Web Layouts in HTML5 and CSS

Coding Flexible Web Layouts in HTML5 and CSS

Web standards are in evolution and continuing to refine how we structure our content. There are many open source platforms which allow rapid prototyping and development of new features in…

Managing Graphics & Icons in your Web Designs

Managing Graphics & Icons in your Web Designs

Projects can get overly confusing if we let them slip too far. This has become a circumstance time and again, most commonly among the freelance designers of the world. Web…

Creating User-Sensitive Website Layouts

Creating User-Sensitive Website Layouts

Web designers are largely responsible for curating new trends in layouts and graphic design for the web. This part of the job description is often masked behind a thin veil…

How to Design a Mobile Stylesheet for Your Website

How to Design a Mobile Stylesheet for Your Website

It seems mobile is becoming more powerful with the younger tech audience. More kids and young adults are carrying around smartphones than in any other time period ever before. Each…

Professional Structure & Documentation in Web Design

Professional Structure & Documentation in Web Design

As designers, we don’t commonly think in terms of structure. Unfortunately, this can cause problems in design projects, both personal and freelance, as organizational issues rise up and bubble through…

What the Future of Cloud Computing Means for Web Designers

What the Future of Cloud Computing Means for Web Designers