The 10 Commandments of Web Design

The 10 Commandments of Web Design

Web Design

As creative a field as it may be, web design is nevertheless bound by certain time-honored rules and best practices, and abusing them can jeopardize a site’s design and usability…

Bursting the ‘Online Privacy is extinct’ bubble – What you need to know

Bursting the ‘Online Privacy is extinct’ bubble – What you need to know

News

Global media is rife with opinions on how online privacy is almost non-existent in today’s highly interconnected digital world. Almost everyone has something to say about the possible repercussions of…

Basic Usability Ideas for Intuitive Design

Basic Usability Ideas for Intuitive Design

UX Design / Web Design

I have always loved playing with different interfaces and determining what feels natural vs what feels awkward or difficult. Web designers do not always sit down to consider just how…

How WordPress Changed My Career

How WordPress Changed My Career

WordPress

Back when I started my career as a web designer (circa 1996), the main idea of having a website was to, well, have one. In those days, most businesses weren’t…

10 Essential Plugins for WordPress Beginners

10 Essential Plugins for WordPress Beginners

WordPress

WordPress’s extensibility, courtesy of its large plugin library, is one of the primary causes for its rapid spread as the platform of choice for web development across the internet –…

Website Navigation Trends for Various Layouts

Website Navigation Trends for Various Layouts

UX Design

There are always some key aspects in designing a website which you have to give full attention. Site navigation is one of these important features which is found in every…

Using Web Design to Solve Creative Problems

Using Web Design to Solve Creative Problems

Web Design

Our modern technology has come about from centuries of human evolution. Even before computers we were using cars to get around and radio/television to broadcast media across large areas of…

A Quick Guide to Mobile App Usability Testing

A Quick Guide to Mobile App Usability Testing

UX Design

The launch of the iPhone in 2007 ushered in a revolution in computing that placed apps at the center of the mobile experience. The ubiquity of Apple’s iTunes store, and…

Collaboration Done Right – Eight Tools to Help

Collaboration Done Right – Eight Tools to Help

Web Design

It’s a good time to run a small business: the choices in terms of collaborative software are immense, with costs often just a fraction of enterprise grade offerings. A slew…

Are Website Builders and Ready-made Templates a Competitor to Designers

Are Website Builders and Ready-made Templates a Competitor to Designers

Web Design

We all admire technological advancements that make our life easier. After all, this is what drives progress. However, when these technology advancements hurt our business, we tend to hate and…

From Zero to Thriving Career: Getting Clients as a New Designer

From Zero to Thriving Career: Getting Clients as a New Designer

Freelance

Success as a freelance designer depends on the designer’s ability to build up a reputation for quality work and a long stream of loyal clients. A central tenet to landing…

Five Alternative Careers for Designers

Five Alternative Careers for Designers

Freelance
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