How to use QR codes for the holidays (and other celebrations)
The wonders of the QR code have been proved over and over for marketing and customer engagement. You see them…
New York in the movies
Who could forget the iconic image of Audrey Hepburn peering through the shop window in Breakfast at Tiffany’s or Streisand…
Review: the mobile web is Smashing!
Since the dawn of the mobile web, the design and development landscape has changed drastically. Today, no one working in…
How to send clients some Christmas cheer
The first question to ask, is do you really need to send Christmas cards to your clients and business contacts,…
Instagram’s suicide note?
Not a lot keeps Mark Zuckerberg up at night. When he slips between his — presumably luxury — sheets, rests…
Why HTML5 is more semantic
Anyone involved in Web design or development will have come across the term “semantic” with reference to HTML5 and the…
Classic film posters reimagined
Taking an entire movie and translating it into a single image is not an easy job. Identifying the elements which…
Our favorite tweets of the week: December 10 – December 16, 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 #160
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
30+ inspiring sites to spark your creativity
New site designs pop up every week, all over the web. Sometimes they fly under the radar for weeks before…
Is Windows 8 dysfunctional?
In a recently published article Jakob Nielsen thoroughly trashes Windows 8. This is not your typical Windows vs. Mac vs….
Holiday gifts for designers
There are just 12 days until Christmas! If you’re still struggling to find that perfect gift for the designer/developer in…
Giveaway: Treehouse’s 12 days of holiday cheer
At this time of year, there’s no better way to start the day than opening up a new window on…
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…
Freakish visions of kidulthood
It happens to all of us: that rude awakening when we realize Santa is just a department store employee and…
Adobe announce new features for Creative Cloud
Today, Adobe announced some exciting new features in Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Muse. Of particular interest to a lot…
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…
Amazing digitized digits
Finger painting is sooo 20th Century. This millennium, it’s all about the finger portrait — at least according to the…