Author Archive
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 [...]
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 [...]
Industry Survey
The annual A List Apart Survey is out again. They ask questions related to working conditions, compensation, benefits and competency in order to show trends in the web industry. The survey is slanted slightly towards designers but there is still a benefit for those of us in development. Head over to their website to help [...]
Web design, blogs and statistics
This is a great rundown of statistics on design decisions for the top 50 blogs. It takes into account typography & layout and provides statistics such as placement of the content rail, number of characters displayed per line, and lots of other fine-grained detail. While the data involved may be a bit too fine-grained, it [...]
