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Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Why your web pages print badly and how to fix them

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Too often, web pages print horribly, or not at all. Here are the four most common web printing problems and how to fix them.

12 Cool Ideas from Event Apart Chicago 2009

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Twelve of the most interesting take-aways from the coolest web design conference in 2009

How to Set Up Custom Wordpress Category Templates in Four Easy Steps

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

You want Wordpress to style posts from different categories in different ways, but don’t know how? This tutorial explains how to do it in four simple steps.

8 HTML Email Tips I Wish I’d Known Sooner

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Designing HTML Email can be tricky, ugly, and messy. Here are 8 tips for doing it right.

Eight logos that suck

Friday, May 18th, 2007

A critical look at eight well-known logos that bug the hell out of me

Like Iron Chef, but for web designers

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

“The concept is simple. Web teams take each other on, at the same location, to build a complete website in 24 hours. No excuse, no extensions, no budget overruns…”

One Designer. Five Questions.

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Just think of me as the lost 36th designer…

Monsters, mess-management, and music: How I get things done

Friday, April 20th, 2007

More than you could ever want to know about how your friendly neighborhood poker-playin’, mashup makin’, dog-walking designer gets things done.

Cool ad! You’re fired…

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Phil de Vellis remixed a classic 1984 Macintosh ad with video from Hillary Clinton’s web site. Too bad millions of people liked it so much. Otherwise, he might still have his day job.

Five thoughts about the USA Today redesign

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

USA Today relaunched it’s site with a ton of new interactive, community features. Is that a good or bad thing? Five thoughts on the matter.

Obama’s Logo

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Barack Obama’s logo is one more reason to like the guy.