How to Choose the Right UI Patterns for Your Web Design

How to Choose the Right UI Patterns for Your Web 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

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

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

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

“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

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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

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

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

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

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

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