It has been an amazing 2011 for Speckyboy. This was our first full year of daily publishing, we expanded our categories to cover almost all aspects of design from the…
User Interface Design in Modern Search Engines
The search engine is our best tool for sifting through all of today’s websites. There are billions of domains online and many of them haven’t even been crawled by search…
How Many Colors Are There?
Colour. It’s something that we all use in our web or print work and finding the right colour to highlight, emphasise and stand out from the crowd can be easier…
Freebie: Freelance Designer & Developer Folder Icon Set
Today we have a small Christmas present for all you freelance developers and designers out there. Crafted by our friends IconShock.com, we have an exclusive folder icon set designed to…
60 Beautiful Christmas Wallpapers for your Desktop
With Christmas just around the corner, its the perfect time to give yourself a little bit of seasonal cheer by decorating your desktop with beautiful Christmas wallpapers. In this post,…
10 Rules to Follow for Popups and Modal Windows
Skillfully used popups or unclicked modal windows are probably the best ways to attract newsletter subscribers, to sell products, and to generally get your message noticed. But they’re so annoying!…
Our 50 Favorite Web Developer Resources and Tools from 2011
As a developer, anything that can save you just a little bit of time is well worth its weight in gold. If you agree with that statement, you will love…
Website Speed Part 3 – Caching WordPress
As so many people have it installed, I thought I would share with you a key techniques integral to caching WordPress that will help your website speed. W3 Total Cache…
Top 50 Web Development, Design and Application Icon Sets from 2011
This is now our third year rounding up the the best icon sets for web designers and developers. And what another fantastic year 2011 it has been! You’ll love this…
Is a Design House-Style Really Necessary?
In my previous post I mentioned that I was currently developing a website and as part of those developments I wanted to look at introducing a house-style. It seemed like…
