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Jake Rocheleau (122 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.
Exploring the Design Trends of Magazine-Style Homepage Layouts

Exploring the Design Trends of Magazine-Style Homepage Layouts

Designers who have been paying attention to online blogs and news sources will have noticed the increasing trend of magazine-style website layouts. Specifically, news listings where you may find a…

Tips for Wireframing a Usable Mobile App UI

Tips for Wireframing a Usable Mobile App UI

A lot of time and energy is required to build mobile iOS/Android apps. Aside from the coding and UI design you need to plan functionality ahead of time. This way…

Concepts & Design Trends for Modern eCommerce Web Design

Concepts & Design Trends for Modern eCommerce Web Design

eCommerce websites are especially unique in that designers must focus on product showcases within the layout. User interfaces are not much more complex, but they do require lots of additional…

40 Amazing Free Tumblr Themes

40 Amazing Free Tumblr Themes

Twitter is the number 1 in the war of the microblogging apps, does it deserve its place there? Maybe. What about the others? Do you remember Tumblr?

The Essential Elements for Building a Design Agency Website

The Essential Elements for Building a Design Agency Website

Today, I’d like to cover some crucial tips for constructing a great layout for your design company. Design labs and agencies either work with set clients or tend to release…

Techniques for Responsive Website Advertisements

Techniques for Responsive Website Advertisements

More users are getting onto smartphones and accessing websites on a daily basis. There are methods for rendering these websites the same as on a desktop, but you lose the…

Guide to Building Quality Digital Products for the Web

Guide to Building Quality Digital Products for the Web

There are many premium shops and marketplaces to be found all around the Internet. Usually, these are popular vendors who sell various types of digital products – e-books, website templates,…

A History Lesson on the Rise and Fall of Adobe Flash

A History Lesson on the Rise and Fall of Adobe Flash

The long history of Flash has proven to be an interesting journey. Mostly all Internet users are familiar with the Flash Player plugin which, along with Adobe Reader, is constantly…

Getting Started with JavaScript Debugging

Getting Started with JavaScript Debugging

Scripting has become an entire class of web development unto itself. With modern day libraries prominently including jQuery we are seeing more HTML/CSS developers taking an interest in coding JavaScript….

40 Effective Examples of Responsive Website Layouts

40 Effective Examples of Responsive Website Layouts

Responsive web design gained massive popularity in 2011, and it looks like it’s here to stay in 2012 as designers continue to support a wide range of mobile devices. However,…

30 Beautiful & Inspirational Examples of Icon Design

30 Beautiful & Inspirational Examples of Icon Design

Stemming back into the days of Windows 2000/XP we have seen icons become more prevalent in our digital nature. Not only have we seen an explosion in software but also…

The Basic Security Tips Every Freelancer Should Follow

The Basic Security Tips Every Freelancer Should Follow