KISS is a general circulated term, whether in the blogosphere or in the journalistic circles from whens it first emerged. But I believe & trust the reader. And I especially trust the reader to NOT be stupid. This is my argument that users do come first
Letter from a coder to a (bad) designer
In my work as a web designer I’ve come across designers that are able to work in a team & others that have no consideration for the front end coder. I decided to develop on the subject and point out some of the most common
Being inspired 101
I recently came across an article on Web designer depot called “Great Designers Steal?” and it got me thinking. Are designers really just thieves in disguise? Are we that incapable of artistic inspiration that we…
What grinds my gears #3
This week fonts grind my gears. Fonts on the web that is.
Between the CSS @font-face selector & the myriad of font replacement tools available the futureis looking quite bleak.
What grinds my gears #2
You know what grinds my gears? This week browsers grind my gears. All of them.
I’m not just one of those regular IE haters. Neah, I hate them all. I hate the competition, the diversity, the…
What grinds my gears #1
This week clients grind my gears. Not all of them though. The stupid, unreasonable, know-it-all, slave driving corporate hogs are what drive me bananas. And don’t even pretend you’ve never experienced the likes of these morons as a web designer.
Friends of the sickness
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Bill Chambers
Bill runs his own design agency based in Citrus Heights, California. A great father & friend, guitar afficionado & rock god.
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Alex Charchar
A great Australian designer. He's passionate about typography & runs Retinart.net, a blog which you absolutely must read.
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David Cristian
A freelance graphic/web design also based in Cluj-Napoca. Big Twitter guy & drummer. \m/
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Vitaly Friedman
Founder of the legendary Smashing Magazine, Vitaly is a great guy with a huge heart.
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Adit Gupta
A soon to be doctor of Astrophysics, math geek, designer & programmer. You may call him Dr. Gupta.
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Rich Hemsley
Designer, Community Manager at Designmoo, funny man and musician. This guy does a lot of things. And he does them right.
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Anthony Hortin
Anthony makes things pretty. Or so he says. He also makes things work. A proper good designer/developer.
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Polly Ivanova
Polly is a rockin' Bulgarian web designer with a heart of gold and a backpack always ready for a hike.
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Jad Limcaco
Jad is the man behind the famous Design Informer. A great guy and a great blogger from San Francisco.
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Janko Jovanovic
Better known as Janko at warp speed, he's a world renowed web designer with super solid UX skills.
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Nikola Lazarevic
Nikola is a Serbian web designer, an avid twitterer & he posts great articles on his blog, WebExpedition18.
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Steph Nash
A true Aussie girl, Steph is a talented student with a bright future in web development.
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Brian Purkiss
This mild mannered Texas based designer also runs a small web agency called Bold Perspective.
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Shawn Ramsey
Shawn is another Texas based web designer who also runs BlueFAQs, an inspiration & resource blog for developers & designers.
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Becs Rivett
With a passion for both cooking & code, this UK based designer will win you over with great humor & pics of yummy cupcakes.
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Milos Sutanovac
Milos is a young Serbian web designer living & studying in Germany. A talented designer & future JS codemaster.
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