Design & Dev - Page 3

Downtime for me usually occurs around the time I have just finished a project or right before a new project is about to begin. Over the years I have learned that this time is actually very valuable and can be used to improve myself as a web designer. The following are a few suggestions of…

I have just finished reading Handcrafted CSS by Dan Cederholm and all I can really say is WOW! As a big fan of Mr. Cederholm's work, I have read, re-read, and enjoyed all of his books and I had high expectations for his latest release. Of course, my expectations were blown away and once again…

I do not write about web design industry news or designers. There are plenty of sites out there that supply plenty of web design news along with a plethora of top 10 to 100 lists of everything design related. Today though I wanted to give back a little something to a few designers that have…

Over at unmatchedstyle they have put together a small video review of my site. I really appreciate the honest feedback, suggestions, and ideas. It's really awesome how they took the time to comb over my site and put together a video. Check out the video review at unmatchedstyle.com

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…

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.

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…

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.