Category: Design

Since I use a computer at work, I’m the resident computer guy in my family. Yes, simply using a computer on a regular basis makes me the go-to guy for anything computer related. While I am a web developer, and know a decent amount about computers, I don’t know everything about every computer, far from… Continue reading USB Hub Guy

A tip I picked up years ago, the source escapes me at this point in time, is alphabetize your CSS style properties. It makes it much easier to jump to the specific property later. Take the following 2 examples, and find the margin in each. p {     width: 75%;     border: 1px solid #000;     overflow: hidden;… Continue reading A Quick Tip for Easier CSS Editing

This is a great tool for placeholder images for wireframing a project. A while back, a service called Placehold.it was posted to reddit. It received mixed reviews, most of the criticism being that the site owners themselves, or a hacker could replace all your placeholder images with something much less work appropriate. I decided to… Continue reading Placeholder Image Generator

Flash receives a great deal of hate from the web development community, myself included. Common complaints include load times, performance, unnecessary animations/transitions, forcing users to watch (long) intro movies, inability to bookmark content or specific pages, inaccessibility (especially to mobile users), auto play audio, and that it is bad for SEO. The thing is, most… Continue reading Misplaced Hate on Flash Based Websites

I am more of a developer than a designer. However, web development does not allow me the luxury of focusing only on development. My work constantly forces me to make design decisions, big and small. One of the best resources that I have found is “The Non-Designer’s Design Book”. It is a great book and… Continue reading Book Review: The Non-Designer’s Design Book