Freakish visions of kidulthood
It happens to all of us: that rude awakening when we realize Santa is just a department store employee and…
How to design forms that convert
Whether as part of a registration form, a payment form, or a contact form, it seems we’re always asking our…
Amazing digitized digits
Finger painting is sooo 20th Century. This millennium, it’s all about the finger portrait — at least according to the…
4 tricks for designing data-heavy applications
While big data makes for useful applications, it can also stand in the way of clean, usable interface designs. With…
What’s new for designers, December 2012
The December edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins, productivity tools, design…
Our favorite tweets of the week: December 3 – December 9, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #159
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Stop designing for screen width, design for content
320, 768 and 1024. Do these numbers mean anything to you? No, it’s not the Da Vinci code, they are…
40+ Friday freebies
Every once in a while we all run out of ideas. It’s a stressful and frustrating experience. And it’s no…
What designers want
“Whew!” exclaimed a recent client when he finally agreed to pay his entire fee, “I didn’t know artistic-types were such…
85+ new WordPress themes to inspire you
Whether you’re a WordPress theme creator or just a consumer, it’s important to stay abreast of what’s going on in…
Our favorite tweets of the week: November 26 – December 2, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #158
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
6 free mobile device emulators for testing your site
The percentage of all web usage that comes from smartphones and other mobile devices is growing, and it won’t be…
What makes a good logo designer?
As strange as this may sound for some, not every designer is a good logo designer. I’ve met many highly…
20 Kid’s WordPress themes
W.C. Fields famously said ‘Never work with children or animals’ and there are numerous blooper reels around to show just…
To HTML5 or not to HTML5, that is the mobile question
Mark Zuckerberg opened up recently about HTML5 and the difficulties that Facebook has faced in developing mobile apps. In a…
Introduce brainstorming to your creative arsenal
Creative thinking is an integral part of design and all art-related professions. Hyper-creative people appear to conceive of brilliant ideas…