Design
I Hope I Can Outlive Internet Explorer 6
What is so great about Internet Explorer 6? I can’t really see anything. It was released in 2001, it doesn’t offer PNG support, and it has buggy CSS rendering. For some reason many have not upgraded to Internet Explorer 7. I recall when IE7 was first released there was a fair amount of pushback from [...]
Does Your Agency Have a Personality? Does it Need One?
In the last few weeks I have been reviewing a lot of agency websites in preparation for a total re-development of the Zipline Interactive website. Our current website is actually not that old and has been showcased on a number of CSS Galleries including: CSS Drive, CSS Elite, and Design Shack. Even though the design [...]
It Takes Lots of Water and Steroids to Grow a Web Developer
I had a conversation with a programmer friend yesterday morning that got me thinking about what it takes to be a successful programmer. Programming, whether it be for the web or software, is a unique and difficult business. The tough thing about being a programmer is that it is impossible to know everything you will [...]
My Agency has a Bigger Penis than Yours
Advertising agencies have always fascinated me. I don’t think there is any industry that spends more money trying to impress their competitors. Can you think of any other industry, other than the Hollywood film industry where there are so many meaningless awards? Many advertising agencies spend fortunes creating huge, lavish offices filled with $1500 desk [...]
Design of a Website Effects How Children Process Information
Sorry to those of you who read my blog regularly each morning, some extenuating circumstances kept me making my usual morning post. I know how frustrating it is when my paperboy doesn’t get my paper to my house prior to Cheerios time so I am sure all of you loyal fans were distraught. Moving on [...]
We’re Commercial Artists, Not Fine Artists
I stole this concept from my business partner Shawn Davis. It is really a fantastic way of distilling how we feel about the true objective of a design firm. This is a topic Shawn should’ve blogged about on his nearly empty blog biggreenape.com, perhaps he can expand on what I have said when he gets [...]
LinkTogether – A Community for Web Designers
First, I would like to welcome all my new subscribers. I have been getting an abnormally large amount of traffic the last few days and I have also seen a big increase in RSS subscriptions so if you’re new around here, welcome! Yesterday, I saw a press release from Network Solutions announcing a new web [...]
What Agencies Look For When Hiring Entry Level Designers
This post is inspired by a great article written by Chris Brogan titled be the President of your Career. My post goes in a slightly different direction. Whenever Shawn and I talk with students, the question of what we look for when hiring designers seems to come up. I thought I would give a brief [...]
Yahoo Graded Browser Support – Which Browsers Your Website to Support
One of the most frustrating things for a web developer is creating cross-browser compliant websites. According to Yahoo there are over 10,000 browser brands, versions, and configurations and that number is growing. With this many combinations it is virtually impossible to support all variations. At the same time it is important for a website to [...]
How to Design Websites for Mobile Phones
It is officially 2009. I am proud to say I was awake to watch the ball drop. Generally I end up in bed long before it is time to ring in the New Year. In preparation for 2009 I have read about 50, what is coming in 2009 prediction posts. Almost all of them had [...]