How to harness Yahoo!’s weather API
In 2006, while working at a design agency in Cardiff, Wales, I conceived of an idea to feature on our…
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…
Check out Adobe Creative Cloud’s latest updates live on Facebook
One of the biggest advantages to Adobe’s Creative Cloud membership is the regular updates Adobe offers to Cloud members. Those…
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…
How to get started with Sass
There is one persistent problem with CSS; it doesn’t support variables. Each time you specify a color, for a block…
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…
How to go viral
Going viral is the holy grail of advertising these days. Mom and Pop run businesses can become global names overnight…
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…
How to create a simple CSS3 tooltip
Tooltips are a great way to show your user more information by simply hovering over an image or text. They…
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…
Iconbench: for styling your icons
When creating website designs, it’s almost impossible to leave out icons. They help visualize pieces of copy and are absolutely…
Our favorite tweets of the week: November 19 – November 25, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
WPMU DEV: Extraordinary WordPress plugins
We’re all sold on WordPress, it’s a great solution for anybody who needs to easily manage their site’s content in…
9 vital tools for shoestring startups
For many startup businesses out there, the idea of funding or angel investment is a mere pipe dream. ‘Bootstrapping’ is…
Should you learn to code?
I earned my BFA in ’98. Learned to layout feature pages and create infographics for the local daily paper. I…