Raka Creative, a talented interactive studio in Portsmouth, NH, starts the new year off right with a fresh redesign. If you haven’t taken a peek already, check out their inspirational work and read the touching…
Nov 25, 2007 — Code · CSS · Web
Decoy Fix for IE Duplicate Characters Bug
Among the countless IE annoyances, the duplicate character bug is one I’ve ran into more than once. Position Is Everything has a thorough write-up on the puzzling behavior, which seems to be triggered by HTML…
Oct 19, 2007 — Web
Findings From the Web Design Survey
In April 2007, A List Apart and An Event Apart conducted a survey of people who make websites. Close to 33,000 web professionals answered the survey’s 37 questions, providing the first data ever collected on…
Mar 20, 2007 — Web
37 Signals Releases Highrise
Highrise is an online contact manager that helps you keep track of who you talk to, what was said, and what to do next. Excellent tool for organizing contacts. In an age where working off-site…
ExpressionEngine Redesign Explained
Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain has written an excellent article describing the ExpressionEngine website redesign. Not only is the final result a fantastic website but his insights are worth any designer’s time. Great info on the design process…
Feb 14, 2007 — Advice · College and Internships · Freelance
Freelance Advice
January started off with 60 degree weather. Today’s temperature is in the negatives and there is a horizontal interstate of snow outside my window, cruising at thirty mph and piling up between one and two…
Feb 08, 2007 — Design · Inspiration · Web
Happy Cog Anew
Happy Cog releases a beautiful new design, pushing the message that they are not just web designers but authors, speakers, and industry movers as well. More from the man who got the cog rolling, Zeldman…
Jan 31, 2007 — Usability
Gmail Usability Issue
A minor nuisance that I am annoyed with daily: When logged into my Gmail account, the main page shows a “Report Spam” button to the left of the “Delete” button. However, if I navigate to…
Jan 24, 2007 — Web
Semantic Naming Conventions
Andy Clarke‘s recently released, Transcending CSS, has an interesting bit on naming conventions (the labels designers give to elements). Though the subject is not new, it will no doubt be revisited more in the future…
Jan 19, 2007 — Web
Top Firefox Extensions for Web Developers
Firefox being my choice web browser, the following is a list of extensions I’ve found most useful. Each image is linked to the corresponding extension install page. Enjoy and if you have any recommendations, feel…