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…
From Design to Live: 15 Must-Do Steps after Installing Drupal
I’ve used Drupal for a lot of different sites, each using different layouts and different features. Some sites needed multi-user blogs while others were being built for ecommerce. Portfolio…
Why a Freelance Designer should know SEO
Before starting as a freelance web designer I worked for 8 years at a couple of web agencies. My “only” job, as a web designer, was to make the…
Waking the Sleeping Genius Within a Designer
Creativity is an unteachable gift that exists in many who don’t know how to express it. Designers are artists and the motivation and inspiration has to be constant for…
40 Inspiring Responsive Websites
So this ‘responsive web design‘ lark is proving rather popular isn’t it? Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last 12 months you’ll know that the trend…
Cacoo Design Competition: Send In Your Designs Today
Creating charts, wire frames and various diagrams can be a struggle for some of us who are not good at illustrating or breaking down information into graphics. With the…
Designing Websites to Increase Traffic and Conversion
Generating traffic and turning it into conversions is at the forefront of a businesses’ online marketing strategy. In an era where they may fight for clicks and spend an…
