East Asian Cultural Perception in UX / Interface Design
Considering that my website is in English, I never cease to be amazed when I look at my analytics and note that a fair chunk of my web traffic…
Usability Testing: Win Website Usability Prize Packs from Usertesting.com
Ever wonder what your website users really think? Are your designs easy to use and intuitive? Usertesting.com’s remote usability testing answers these questions and more as everyday people visit…
Animating Colors: Using CSS3 Transitions with jQuery Fallback
Have you ever wanted to animate the color of an element (e.g. font color) on mouse hover? You might think that it can be easily done with jQuery, but…
Why Designers and Developers Shouldn’t Hate Each Other
I always find it odd when I see a job listing under “Graphic Designer” and the job description includes Flash, Dreamweaver, PHP, CSS, Java, coding, modern jazz dance and…
33 Beautiful Uses of Icons in Web Design
Besides textures and patterns, icons, are one of the most important small elements that can make big changes to the over-all look of any site. While they are really…
Build Your Own QR Code Generator with Google Chart API
QR code has become more and more popular since it enables us to grab information instantly using a smart phone. It saves us time from typing a long reluctant…
Future of Web Design (FOWD) NYC 2011 is Back
Are you familiar with FOWD? Have you ever attended one of their events before? If you have not, you should really consider doing it once in your lifetime. Why…
Readability: Who Are You Writing For?
Readability is how well your text can be understood on first reading and is an important factor in how well your site will be received. As a skill within…
All About Steve: The Amazing Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)
If you aren’t aware that Steve Jobs died on Wednesday 5th October, you must have been living under a stone – it has been on worldwide news broadcasts, it…
