Learning From Hackathons and How Not to Fail at One

Learning From Hackathons and How Not to Fail at One

Web Design

Collaboration and education are two key words intrinsically associated with hackathons (the third being ‘free pizza’!). Hackathons promise a chance to meet other coders or designers, network with influencers and…

Six Common Web Programming Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Six Common Web Programming Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Web Design

The ubiquity of technology in our daily lives has made programming an indispensable DIY skill for the digital age. The ‘learn to code‘ movement, kick-started by the easy availability of…

15 Free Adobe Fireworks Extensions & Commands for Web Designers

15 Free Adobe Fireworks Extensions & Commands for Web Designers

Web Design

Despite last weeks sad announcement that Adobe would no longer be developing it, Fireworks will remain a firm favorite amongst web designers for many, many years to come. I am…

How to Choose the Right UI Patterns for Your Web Design

How to Choose the Right UI Patterns for Your Web Design

UI Design / UX Design

There are thousands of established patterns, with more and more being created everyday – but not all of them will work for you. In order to narrow down which patterns…

How to Deal With Third-Party Service Nightmares as a Web Designer

How to Deal With Third-Party Service Nightmares as a Web Designer

Freelance

As a freelancer, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when work is piling up in your queue. Sometimes, it can lead to mistakes or miscommunications with clients. It can sometimes be…

20 Websites with Original, Non-Standard Geometry

20 Websites with Original, Non-Standard Geometry

Inspiration / Web Design

Geometric shapes are widely used as design and framing elements, navigation components, or as a way of drawing users’ attention to certain parts of a website. The most popular geometric…

Design Through the Ages

Design Through the Ages

Design / Freelance

We might think of “design” as being something relatively recent in human history, but people have probably been creating tools, making life easier or beautifying our surroundings for as long…

Ignore The Design, Please

Ignore The Design, Please

UX Design

“Hey, I want to show you something I built. Ignore the design please, it is not finished yet.” From school science fair projects to real world product prototypes, if I…

30 Pure CSS Alternatives to JavaScript

30 Pure CSS Alternatives to JavaScript

CSS

With all the cool things that surround JavaScript (especially with jQuery), it’s easy to forget that it’s possible to push pure CSS (with a touch of HTML) into an all…

Some Common Legal Misunderstandings About Image Usage

Some Common Legal Misunderstandings About Image Usage

Design / Freelance

The Web is visual. You have no option. Your website must use images. Colors and images create mood and emotion and both are important in buying decisions. But, where do…

What You Need to Know About Google’s Mobile Friendly Web

What You Need to Know About Google’s Mobile Friendly Web

Web Design

One element of web marketing that you can always rely on to stay the same is that nothing stays the same for very long. Page rankings and search engines are…

Insider’s Tips for Better Content Writing

Insider’s Tips for Better Content Writing

Freelance

It doesn’t matter whether you are a blogger, freelance writer, professional writer, or a student; you can always benefit by elevating your content writing skills. The quality of your content…

6 Lesser Known Alternative Browsers to Chrome and Internet Explorer

6 Lesser Known Alternative Browsers to Chrome and Internet Explorer

Web Design

You’re likely familiar with the web browsers Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari; however, there are dozens of other options out there that range from simplifying the experience for casual…

Using the Web as a Designer Without Losing Your Mind

Using the Web as a Designer Without Losing Your Mind

Design / Freelance

The web is a monster that’ll devour all the time and energy you give it, and then some. The sheer amount of time-wasting opportunities that are literally a click away…

The Essentials of Designing Hotel Reservation Interfaces

The Essentials of Designing Hotel Reservation Interfaces

UX Design

Much like the shopping cart and checkout processes for e-commerce, the room reservation process is a critical part of any hotel’s online presence. Due to the key role it plays,…

15 Free and Professional Drupal Themes

15 Free and Professional Drupal Themes

Web Design

Drupal has perhaps one of the most misunderstood reputations within web design. It is generally thought of as an overblown and hard to learn CMS that is aimed only towards…

How to Design a Logo From Inspiration to Execution

How to Design a Logo From Inspiration to Execution

Logo Design

Designing a logo that stems from pure inspiration and yet manages to be both accurate and truly representative of your client’s needs, is one of the most difficult tasks in…

WordPress Plugins to Help Make Your Site Responsive

WordPress Plugins to Help Make Your Site Responsive

WordPress
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