Design Category
Web Design “Strategy”
Design by itself is meaningless. It’s content that matters. People don’t visit your website because it looks nice. They visit because you have something they want. Your job is to give it to them. Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.
Google's Interface Changes
I’m not really a fan of Google’s latest design changes. Increasing the size of the text-input seems fine, but the new buttons are atrocious. The biggest difference is the font-size on the buttons. But, with Firefox 3.5 on Mac OS X, the default crystal-themed buttons can only get so big.
On WordPress
Well, I finally made the jump. This site is now running completely off of wordpress. It’s hard for me to relinquish control of my HTML/CSS to any platform. I’ve always been a fan of hard-coding everything but my content. And, as I’ve written about in the past, I take great pride in clean source code. [...]
On "Harsh Truths" and Excellent Advice
Sometimes other people can put your thoughts into words better than you can. Jeffrey Zeldman and Smashing Magazine have absolutely nailed this one. Smashing’s latest article, 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites is spot-on and near-flawless. Read it. Learn from it. Heed its advice. Now if we could just get the corporate world to listen [...]
On Designing with a Purpose
All websites have a purpose, even it’s just to appease the ego of the author. Most websites’ purpose is either to sell something, or to provide some relevant information. In both cases, authors and designers need to take a practical approach to their creations, ensuring that their work assists the website accomplish its task and [...]
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