Working on the Web Without the Frustrating Distractions

Working on the Web Without the Frustrating Distractions

Sometimes I feel like the web has given us all ADHD. Not too long ago I was a slave to the web. At work and at home I’d spend countless…

Branding Lessons from the Modern Marketing Era

Branding Lessons from the Modern Marketing Era

The history of design is deep and long, but the field of graphic design is a much more recent phenomenon. Sure, there was art, design, and illustration in centuries past,…

Fantastic Flat Superhero Illustrations from Bunka

Fantastic Flat Superhero Illustrations from Bunka

The flat design trend is fairly shaking up all aspects of the graphic design industry. We are entering a new era of simple and minimalistic modes of communication in which…

Guide to Building Quality Digital Products for the Web

Guide to Building Quality Digital Products for the Web

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,…

Is Web Design a Dying Trade or Can it Still be a Viable Career Option?

Is Web Design a Dying Trade or Can it Still be a Viable Career Option?

Yes, web design is dying. It died a few years ago, it is dying now, and it will die again in the future. What does this mean? To put it…

The Minimalist Trend in Graphic Design

The Minimalist Trend in Graphic Design

Our rendering technology is unthinkable, yet we still study Mondrian. Great minimalist work is striking, elegant, and classic. Within the colorful world of advertising, a minimalist ad stands out from…

Adapting Mobile Web Usability for Ad Content Blockers

Adapting Mobile Web Usability for Ad Content Blockers

Advertisements can be a critical source of revenue for content publishers, but increasingly ads are being shown in obnoxious and intrusive ways. And as many users are learning, their privacy…

CSS3 Compatibility Tools for Internet Explorer

CSS3 Compatibility Tools for Internet Explorer

CSS3 is the coolest thing to happen to web design in a long, long time. With all of its incredible new properties, border-radius, box-shadow, border-image, transform to name just a…

Subtle UI – User Interface Improvements That Aren’t as Obvious

Subtle UI – User Interface Improvements That Aren’t as Obvious

Sometimes the best user interface elements are the ones we barely notice. They’re so subtle, so masterfully crafted, that we don’t even recognize how much thought, care and attention has…

A History Lesson on the Rise and Fall of Adobe Flash

A History Lesson on the Rise and Fall of Adobe Flash

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…

10 Tips For Successfully Marketing iOS Apps

10 Tips For Successfully Marketing iOS Apps

If you’ve just finished developing, let’s talk about the next step, marketing iOS apps in order to get sales in the App Store. Following these steps won’t guarantee a blockbuster…

The Business Impact of the Mobile Web’s Phenomenal Growth

The Business Impact of the Mobile Web’s Phenomenal Growth