Archive for August, 2008
CSS Sprites2
CSS Sprites have been a staple of modern web development since Dave Shea formally introduced the technique in his A List Apart article from 2004. The concept is simple: if you want the appearance of a link to change when hovered, you put the normal and hover state in the same background image and offset [...]
Easy Whiteboard Prototyping with GUIMagnets
Ahh. The ubiquitous whiteboard. Nothing is quite as “wide open” as an empty whiteboard. When sketching out your next UI, why not reach for something to make your job a bit easier? These magnets represent various form elements without having to draw them. They would also be very helpful when dealing with clients who don’t [...]
August 2008 Meetup
While we normally meet on the last Thursday, we’re making an exception this month for the first Gamecock football game and moving our meetup to Wednesday, August 27th at 6pm. As with last month, we’ll be meeting at The State Newspaper and heading to the Carolina Ale House afterward. This month’s topic: New School Flash [...]
David Airey on The Contract
Contracts are one of the most important things in any designer or developer’s repitoire, yet it is one of the least talked about items. Thankfully, David Airey has taken some time and gathered a few resources about contracts that we can all delight in. You should also subscribe to his blog as he comes out [...]
Making time for talent
Much like we aren’t born with knowledge of programming and design, aptitude, or talent, isn’t born-in either. Until recently, I didn’t quite grok this. Thanks to a fantastic book (Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain) suggested to me by Bob Wertz, the realization that talent isn’t innate, but rather developed was a pretty [...]
