20 Best New Portfolio Sites, November 2017
There are basically two kinds of portfolio websites nowadays: those with asymmetrical layouts, and those with background images that change…
6 Ways to Design for Anger
In an ideal world, people would come to our websites feeling happy, refreshed, and disturbingly eager to buy stuff. They…
Infographic: 46 Conversion Rate Optimization Hacks
If we’re not mincing words, web design is the business of getting people to buy stuff, or buy into stuff….
7 Design Challenges to Sharpen Your Skills
Once in a while, I just have to try something new. Maybe I feel my skills are slipping. Maybe I…
7 Ways to Keep Your Site Alive
Once upon a dark, stormy night, when all was quiet, a lone web designer was designing away. He had Sketch…
20 Best New Portfolio Sites, October 2017
Hey WDD readers, it’s October, so you know what that means: it’s time for Christmas-themed websites! No, I wouldn’t actually…
Getting Started With Free Vector App Gravit
Free stuff! Get your free stuff here! Well, it’s a free vector editor, anyway. We like those, right? To be…
5 Reasons to Fire Your Client
I like money. Clients give me money (when everything goes right). Ergo, therefore, and hopefully…clients = money, more clients =…
What 3D UIs Will (Probably) Look Like
Okay WDD readers, this one is going to get real conceptual. I’m here to talk about leaving two-dimensional user interfaces…
20 Best New Portfolio Sites, September 2017
Greetings, Readers! Yep, it’s that time again, that sweet, beautiful time when all the kids go back to school and…
What’s the best music for designing to?
Madonna once said that music makes the rebel and the bourgeoisie come together. I find it difficult to believe that…
5 Rules for Using Memes in Your Content
What is a meme? Now, maybe you’re a bit out of the loop. Maybe you have a job, a couple…
5 Techniques for Spotting Mistaks Before They Go Live
Launching a new website can be exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. You want to show off what you’ve…
WordPress.com Gets Custom Plugins and Themes
Praise any deity you’re into, because WordPress just got custom plugins and themes! Again. We are talking, of course, about…
19 Best New Portfolio Sites, August 2017
Hello readers, it’s August, and that joke I made about the heat last month has come back to bite me….