Creative Freedom or Strict Guidelines?

Projects come and projects go. Some are quick and some are never-ending. Some clients want a design to be constructed based on a plan that they have in mind, while others want us as designers to decide the best plan of attack. I think there are both pluses and minuses in either situation and recently…

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A Few Updates After Being Critiqued

I recently submitted my site to be critiqued by the fine folks over at Please Critique Me. After receiving some great feedback from Chris Wallace, I decided to make a couple of updates around here. While most of the updates this time are mainly visual, I have a few ideas in the works to help…

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Sexy Web Design Book Review

I have just finished reading a great new book called Sexy Web Design by the awesome web designer Elliot Jay Stocks. Although I read a lot of web design-related books, I usually don't write reviews about them but I thought this one deserved a mention.

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Prototyping with HTML & jQuery

I was recently tasked with creating a prototype for a web application and it has turned out to be a much better experience than I expected. The project started off a bit different than usual due to the lack of creating a concept in Photoshop or Fireworks. I almost always begin designing with graphics that…

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Interview with Spicy Web Designers

This is just a quick post to let everyone know that a new interview with yours truly is now live on the interweb. I was contacted by Spicy Web Designers recently and I am honored they chose me to be interviewed on their site.