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Jake Rocheleau (119 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

UX Design

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

UI Design

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

UX Design / 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…

30+ Amazing Free Tumblr Themes

30+ Amazing Free Tumblr Themes

Web Design

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

Inspiration

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

UX Design / Web Design

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

Web Design

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

Web Design

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

JavaScript

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….

30 Beautiful & Inspirational Examples of Icon Design

30 Beautiful & Inspirational Examples of Icon Design

Icon Sets / Inspiration / UI Design / Web 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

Freelance

One of the more convoluted yet rewarding opportunities of as a freelancer is the freedom in your own schedule. This is especially true when working online, since most digital products…

50 Beautiful Mobile App Icons for Design Inspiration

50 Beautiful Mobile App Icons for Design Inspiration

Inspiration / Web Design

In this showcase I have put together 70 full @2x mobile app icons. Each icon was designed and published on Dribbble with a direct link back to the source. I…

Managing an Organized Freelance Work Schedule

Managing an Organized Freelance Work Schedule

Freelance

It takes a lot of time and dedication to build a freelance career. The hours are long, work can be tedious, and often you need to multitask like crazy. But…

How Profile Photos Can Affect the User Experience

How Profile Photos Can Affect the User Experience

UX Design

Social networks have grown into the norm in today’s sophisticated Internet. Modern web pages have become very personalized over the past decade including some user interface features. One such example…

Investigation into a Freelancer’s Workday Schedule

Investigation into a Freelancer’s Workday Schedule

Freelance

Working the realm of freelancing at times can provide a very rough work environment. Long hours in front of the computer, constant e-mail floods, and phone calls from clients all…

Working with Property Lists in Xcode 4.2

Working with Property Lists in Xcode 4.2

Web Design

Property lists are designed specifically for Objective-C apps to store and retain data. These are straight XML files formatted for easy access to bundles and application resources. There isn’t anything…

30 Examples of Beautifully Oversized Website Layouts for Inspiration

30 Examples of Beautifully Oversized Website Layouts for Inspiration

Inspiration / Web Design

When sitting down to plan a website you will likely consider a number of factors. These revolve around your general target audience and what they might be looking for. As…

Building a Simple Reddit API Webapp Using jQuery

Building a Simple Reddit API Webapp Using jQuery

JavaScript
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