JavaScript is now “Standard”
After participating in a lengthy Twitter discussion with John O’Nolan (twitter @JohnONolan), it has been agreed that JavaScript is “standard.”
So fellow web designers, after a long discussion I put it to you that JS is now “standard” and should be supported like CSS, not like Flash. – @JohnONolan
I wrote a previous article about discontinuing support [...]
5 Funny Videos for Designers
It’s Monday, and we’re all looking for a good way to start off the week. Here are 5 funny videos that should kick start your week off the right way.
Design Coding – Rap
South Park – Mac vs. PC
Font Fight – CollegeHumor
How NOT to use PowerPoint
Graphic Designer Baby
Bonus – Your Business Card is Crap
Maytag Misjudges Social Media
Social media can make or break a brand, a lesson Maytag learned the hard way.
Home appliance giant, Maytag, is facing some tough times ahead after Heather Armstrong (a.k.a. Dooce), number 26 on Forbes’ list of Most Influential Women in Media, had a less than satisfying experience.
You do not want to get on the wrong side [...]
Sites of the Week
I have not been posting enough articles that give you readers some inspiration, so here goes.
Fabio Sasso has become one of my online idols over the last year and a bit, mostly because of his fantastic website, Abduzeedo. The site offers countless tutorials based in Photoshop, Illustrator, Pixelmator and more, along with a ton of [...]
When Will CSS3 Be Practical?
HTML5 and CSS3 look incredible. I’m sure some of you have already been doing a few mock up designs using the new code to test it out. No doubt it can do some incredible things, one of my favorites is the ease at which you can make rounded corners, as seen on in this Smashing [...]
.net magazine: That’s how you write!
Please don’t take the title of this article sarcastically.
.net Magazine, a monthly internet magazine based out of the UK, recently issued an apology for some obscene words used in one of its advertisements. You can view the apology here.
I commend .net for its prompt action taken in response to some of the outcries that echoed [...]
Copyrighting Colours?
In a follow up to my previous post regarding the limit on creativity, I came across a great post about colour in the design world.
Can colour be owned?
In one word, yes. If you have ever taken a look at a colour swatch book you will know there are seemingly endless amounts of options, but those [...]
50 Incredible CSS Websites
With all of the content management systems out there today it seems people are losing a bit of their creativity in order to have a site that is easily updateable.
Sprye Studios has complied a list of 50 great websites based on some creative CSS layouts that have been submitted to the CSS Awards this year.
Be [...]
Is Brandstack a Good Design Tool?
Browse. Buy. Download.
That is Brandstack’s idea of a perfect logo design process. People can go to this popular site to browse logos that are for sale by designers. Many people use this site as a place to put up logos that they have completed for fun or on a whim when an idea came into [...]
How To Prevent Spam in PHP Forms
I decided to include a quick contact form in the footer of my new web page design (seen here). I taught myself the basics of PHP to get the form working and all was well.
A few days ago I started getting a lot of spam through this quick contact form. I searched the web high [...]