Worldwide conferences 2012 – 2013
After a packed summer of seminars, inspirational talks, and crowd-pleasing predictions, we’ve reached the tail end of the conference season….
When pages are not paper: the designer’s guide to layout code
InDesign boxes are as simple as click-and-drag. Photoshop’s layers let painters color pixels anywhere they please. But layout with HTML…
Adobe “Create the Web”
Yesterday, Adobe used the keynote slot of their ‘Create the Web’ event in San Francisco to preview what they hope,…
35+ awesome and free @font-face kits
With the right fonts, we can do anything, and create anything. Fonts help portray a mood or emotion. Your font…
Our favorite tweets of the week: September 17 – September 23, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Best practices for mobile e-commerce
The web design field has gone through immense advancements and in some cases overhauls over the last decade. These advancements…
Vintage effects for your images with HTML5
I’m not sure whether it’s Instagram, Hipstamatic, or some other smartphone photography app that should be thanked (blamed?) for the…
The right size of legalese: 5 design contracts for diverse needs
The law: stuffy, complex and boring. You’re a designer; you’re bleeding edge; you laugh in the face of ‘the rules’;…
Image styling with canvas
It’s hard to identify universally accepted rules in web design, but if there is one that the whole community agrees…
9 mistakes designers make when creating a logo
Every now and then I’m approached by design students and clients asking me to critique their logos. While I’m not…
Our favorite tweets of the week: September 10 – September 16, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
iPhone 5: the future of the mobile web?
At last, the much anticipated iPhone 5 was finally announced on Wednesday. After the disappointment of the iPhone 4S, which…
Win an iPhone 5 from @MightyDeals
It’s time for another great giveaway! This comes courtesy of our sister site MightyDeals.com where you can find the best…
Building your first WordPress plugin (part 1)
One of the primary reasons for WordPress’ continued popularity is the ease with which it can be extended and customized…
A roundup of great icon fonts
Icon fonts are incredibly useful when designing a site, and have a huge number of advantages over regular icons. Because…
What’s new for designers, September 2012
The September edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, JavaScript and jQuery tools, plugins…
Our favorite tweets of the week: September 3 – September 9, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Leading online payment services to help your design business flourish
The success of a business often depends on how easy the shopping mechanism is for the end user. Whether you…