July 2010
42 posts
Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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Web Design feedback request
If it’s not too much trouble we’d appreciate some feedback on our new homepage comp, we’re looking to go up-market and expand our reach from regional (Southeastern US) to national and any opinions, good or bad, are welcome.  http://stage.discovertecweb.com/dt11/ So what do you think?
Jul 30th
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can...”
–  Arthur Schopenhauer, courtesy of Read Print’s Facebook page
Jul 29th
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5 reasons potential customers can’t find your...
Here’s a good way to tell the economy is (finally) rebounding: more and more people are calling us wanting to get their websites ranked better on search engines. Regardless of your marketing budget, not having a strong presence on search engines is no longer an option. When your website doesn’t rank well, not only is it your loss, but to make matters worse it’s your...
Jul 28th
Trend report: The year in logo design
lookingforawesome: Some thoughts, trends, and samples on logo design in 2010  read it at creativereview.co.uk
Jul 27th
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A Real Web Design Application →
cameronmoll: This is a very thorough overview by Jason Santa Maria of the current tools available to web designers, their shortcomings, and the friction and waste created by transferring work from tool to browser. Jason’s argument toward the end of his article will certainly continue a debate that’s already raging: A web designer jumping into the browser before tackling the creative and...
Jul 26th
RT @smashingmag: Animated table sort with jQuery (Regexp-friendly) - http://bit.ly/d3wMh8
Jul 25th
Design The Experience →
Great post over at Drawar on how the success of a web app can depend on the UX it provides. 
Jul 25th
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Jul 23rd
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20+ Demos Showing Advanced jQuery Effects |... →
Really nice collection, you can do some pretty badass stuff with jQuery now.
Jul 23rd
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Tron trailer
Jul 23rd
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IM Chat: Client revisions on a comp
Me: so you think that comp we did will work?
Designer: IMO this looks ok. Maybe we should even make it the same size as the comp
Me: what all would that take?
Designer: an act of god and the sacrifice of a small goat
Me: k
Me: I got a goat in the truck
Designer: we could make it as a graphic instead of text, is that worth a try?
Designer: roflmao
Me: this shit is going on tumblr
Jul 22nd
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UsabilityPost - The Laws of Simplicity →
Jul 22nd
Jul 22nd
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Abuduzeedo site re-designed →
One of my favorite design websites, I really dig the new look and enjoyed reading the case study.
Jul 22nd
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Tenfold Collective Branding Process →
Great post documenting the process behind creating a brand for a microbrewery. Wait a minute, that’s 2 beer-related posts for me in less then a week…
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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IM Chat: Out of scope
Email from a Client: I am in the process of making the latest copy edits and a few subpage additions (don’t worry, it’s just a few)
Lead Designer: are we allowing "Don't worry" as justification to do out of scope work now?
Me: not sure
Lead Designer: maybe we should reply with "We're going to add some additional charges to our contract for this (don't worry, it's just a few)"
Me: haha
Jul 19th
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40 Excellent Examples of Single Page Websites →
designnewssource: Single page websites are still a big hit this year, and we see new examples of this trend popping up everyday. To put this list together I was able to find many great examples on One Page Love, which is a great source for those who like to stay tuned in on the single page world.
Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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WatchWatch
Trailer for the David Fincher-directed Facebook movie The Social Network, looks like it just got released today.
Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Photogenic Web Design
I’ve noticed a trend lately of websites that incorporate some pretty incredible photography as a central part of their design. We all know the cliche “A picture is worth a thousand words”, and not only is it true, but I’ve realized it’s especially accurate when it comes to current web design. When photography is used well on a website it just naturally...
Jul 17th
“I want the text to grab you by the face.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
Jul 16th
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Jul 15th
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“Great user experience is having a good conversation with your users. What...”
–  Happy Cog on Twitter http://twitter.com/happycog
Jul 15th
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Pure, unadulterated marketing genius →
Shirtless dude withstanding, whoever thought this up over at Old Spice is getting a ginormous raise,  just brilliant
Jul 14th
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9 More Useful and Free Downloadable Web Design... →
designnewssource: With the help of readers and authors we have discovered another 9 free web design books we felt were worthy enough to bring to your attention, you will find these book below.
Jul 14th
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Extremely funny email exchange →
I’m almost embarrassed at how much this made me chuckle. Almost.
Jul 13th
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“I make it a rule never to criticize something unless I can offer a solution”
– Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
Jul 13th
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Jul 10th
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The Dirtiest Word in UX: Complexity →
Interesting look at practical uses of simplicity and complexity in interface design.         
Jul 8th
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Basecamp homepage re-design →
Great post on SVN, I always liked how the homepage used multiple folds but kinda thought it was a tad too busy. This is much cleaner and intuitive and I like the illustrated top fold better then old screenshot-based version. Pretty cool how they annotated the re-design process too.
Jul 7th
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Clients say the darnedest things #1
I’ve been kicking around the idea of creating an ongoing series of posts that chronicle my interactions with our customers. I’ve seen these types of posts on other design/tech blogs and by and large they’re cynical, smarmy and downright negative. So I’m going to start up a nice one. I’m sure there’s some exceptions out there but as far as I know, every...
Jul 6th
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“People Ignore Design That Ignores People”
– http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank-sparrow/2596218817/
Jul 6th
Dubai Inspiration: Burj Al Arab Hotel | Design You... →
Jul 4th
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Apple fixin' to fix the new iPhone (Mashable) →
My life revolves around building website applications as that’s how I make a living. Because of that I know how prone to error they are so I’m naturally inclined to take up for Apple with all the issues they’re having with the new iPhone. Having said that, it’s becoming hard for me to be cool with how they’re handling all these issues.  We build stuff all the time...
Jul 2nd
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Decoupling Usability and Visuals I UX Booth →
Great UX Booth post, really insightful look at designing creatively with the user in mind. 
Jul 1st