5 Lessons UX Designers Can Learn From Game Development
Game development and web development have more than a few things in common. Specifically—if you’re lucky—you’re developing a product that…
5 Ways to Make Your Website Stand Out
Everyone involved in building a website wants it to stand out from other websites. Clients want to stand out from…
RIP MS Paint, You Will be Missed
It’s a day of mourning for us Windows users. Microsoft Paint will be no mor… ahem, I mean consigned to…
5 Things Users Want to Know Sooner Rather Than Later
When I go to any website, I’m looking for something. I may want to buy a product, or find information,…
19 Best New Portfolio Sites, July 2017
Hello WDD Readers. It’s July, and is it hot in here, or is it just these awesome portfolios? This month,…
5 Ways Designers Should Develop Empathy
Empathy. It’s a virtue. It’s a valuable quality in any human being. It’s a distinct advantage in connecting to people….
5 UX Truths Cats Can Teach Us
Cat pictures and GIFs make the web go round. That much is obvious to anyone who has used the web…
6 Essential Open Source Tools for Web Designers
The web runs on open source software. Most of it is in the back end, with most of the world’s…
20 Best New Portfolio Sites, June 2017
Welcome readers, it’s June, and the Brutalism bug is back. No, really. After disappearing into the phenomenon I called “post-minimalism”,…
Giving Popular Apps the Brutalist Treatment
Every time someone talks about Brutalism, I have to ask, “Wait, that’s still a thing?” Brutalism is for people who…
NBC News Redesign is On Its Way
NBC News is getting a new design! Read all about it! There are so many young people who may never…
The Best New Portfolio Sites, May 2017
Hello everyone! This month is a much more colorful month than the last few have been. It feels like designers…
Huffpost Unveils New Design
The Huffington Post, now officially referred to as “Huffpost” has a completely new site design to go with its name…
How to choose the right look for your portfolio
I have been looking at a ton of portfolio sites. The good news is, I get paid to do this….
Foundation Adopts CSS Grid, Launches Building Blocks
If you don’t write a lot of CSS yourself, you might think of CSS Grid as that thing Rachel Andrew…