Prototyping with Marvel and Sketch: Part 1 of 2

Prototyping with Marvel and Sketch: Part 1 of 2

UI Design

It’s a match made in digital heaven! And I’ll show you how to get both Sketch and Marvel working together in sweet harmony! In this 2 part guide, we’ll be…

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Have You Considered Writing an Ebook?

Design / Freelance

Gone are the days when publishing houses were the gatekeepers of the book industry. We are in the midst of a revolution, and the book industry is being turned upside…

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…

How Flat Design Increases Conversion Rates

How Flat Design Increases Conversion Rates

UX Design

There are many arguments for and against flat design, so in this article I wanted to take a quick look at how flat design can actually affect your bottom line….

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…

Five Steps to an About Page That Sells

Five Steps to an About Page That Sells

Marketing

I’ve seen a lot of bad designers’ and developers’ websites in my work as a writer, but very few good ones. That goes double for About pages – and here’s why.

The Five Questions You Absolutely Must Ask Before Starting Your Next Project

The Five Questions You Absolutely Must Ask Before Starting Your Next Project

Freelance

No one likes to ask difficult questions. When put in a situation of potential conflict or social awkwardness, we tend to shy away and opt for a more comfortable scenario….

Adobe Fireworks Wireframing Resources & Tutorials

Adobe Fireworks Wireframing Resources & Tutorials

UI Design / Web Design

Adobe Fireworks is one of the most popular application choices amongst web designers for wireframing and prototyping. There are many reasons as for prototyping with Fireworks over any other graphic…

The Classification of Fonts

The Classification of Fonts

Fonts

The classification of fonts is still unclear, even with the various classes and categories that have been created by some of great type lovers of the years. Some may consider…

Designing for Drupal

Designing for Drupal

Web Design

In a perfect world, it wouldn’t matter to a designer what content management system a site uses. But for most of us, projects are actually a combination of design and…

Guide to HTML5’s Media Tags – Audio and Video

Guide to HTML5’s Media Tags – Audio and Video

Web Design

HTML5 aims to standardize elements on a page and reduce the use of plugins to get the leverage more from the browser. With HTML4 you would always need a plugin,…

Designing Websites Using DISC Analysis

Designing Websites Using DISC Analysis

UX Design

I first came across DISC analysis while doing a stint as a ski instructor in Canada last winter (every web designer needs a hobby right?!) and the technique helped me…

How To Write A Homepage That Helps You Sell

How To Write A Homepage That Helps You Sell

Marketing

In the first post of this series I talked about “politely useless” content-stuff that’s not bad, exactly, but sure as heck not good either. I hate that kind of content,…

2016 Predictions For Open Source eCommerce Platforms

2016 Predictions For Open Source eCommerce Platforms

Web Design

People love to shop online – evident by the 110,000+ ecommerce websites generating revenue of meaningful scale. Although most customers prefer in-store shopping, statistics show that the percentage of people…

A Case for Using Gimp

A Case for Using Gimp

Design / Freelance

Before I start answering the question of whether GIMP is a Photoshop alternative or not, I have to make it clear that the GIMP project hasn’t been developed with the…

A Case for Adobe Fireworks against Photoshop and Illustrator

A Case for Adobe Fireworks against Photoshop and Illustrator

UI Design

I’ve been a full-on Fireworks user now since the first release way back when it was owned by Macromedia. What Fireworks offered then is still as true today. A true…

Are You Making This “Dangerous” Web Content Mistake?

Are You Making This “Dangerous” Web Content Mistake?

Marketing

In my work as a website writer, I get to see a lot of web content – some of it good, some of it bad. Good content instantly connects with…

How to Determine the Real Wants of Your Freelance Clients

How to Determine the Real Wants of Your Freelance Clients

Design / Freelance
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