Archive for September, 2010
9 Ways to Instantly Code Faster
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Jeffrey Way.
Doesn’t the title say it all? There are a wide variety of tools and techniques which can drastically improve the speed at which we code. Particularly during time-sensitive settings, even a savings of a few seconds per iteration can add up subst…
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5 Advanced Google Tricks to Help You Become a Better Web Designer
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Darren.
You can use some simple Google tools in very creative ways, as well as use some more advanced ones to:
find high-quality tutorials for any web design software tool, and find them easier and faster
find decent alternatives for the current web design software you’re using
search for what Spanish (or <insert your favorite nation here>) web designers are [...]
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UI Pattern Ideas: List With Functions
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Design Shack.
“Last week I asked people to participate in a group design project on a specific design pattern: a list with functions. The response was amazing. Tons of you submitted ideas.”
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Create an Elegant Patterned Vector Owl in Illustrator
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Design Shack.
“Follow this step by step Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a stylized vector owl illustration with simple shapes and patterns.”
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27 Websites Leveraging jQuery Masonry
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Design Shack.
“Think of it as the flip side of CSS floats. Whereas floating arranges elements horizontally then vertically, Masonry arranges elements vertically then horizontally according to a grid.”
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Adorable Work of illustrator Jeanette Salvesen – I.D. 58
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by SloDive Admin.
Jeanette Salvesen is a twenty-one year old girl from Norway. She had fixed a goal for her professional career and that is to become a children book illustrator and she is fast moving to reach this goal. Today we are showcasing her utterly cute artworks to brighten up your day. Enjoy!
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Create Complex Layouts in Minutes With EZ-CSS
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Design Shack.
If you’re like many developers, you’ve had your fill of grid-based CSS frameworks. Well you’re in luck because today we’re going to look at a fresh take on the concept of a CSS framework. EZ-CSS seeks to address many of the things you hate about grid-based frameworks while retaining the functionality of aiding in the [...]
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Don’t rely on one hit wonder marketing.
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Lawn Care Business Marketing Tips - GopherHaul Blog.
As we have seen in many discussions on the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, don’t put all your eggs in one basket and rely on one hit wonder marketing. If you have tried this, rest assured you are not alone, we have ALL done this. We put out a great …
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How to Make a Succesful Transition from Employee to Freelancer
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Hilde Torbjornsen.
Taking the step from being a regular employee with a safe and stable income and to becoming a freelancer with all the challenges that come with it can be hard. In this article we’ll give you some tips on how to make the transition as painless as possible. There are many things you should consider [...]
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CSS Design: Third Culture
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Design Shack.
This site features an awesome chameleon graphic to convey the idea that the designer is adaptable.
I love the artwork, typography and colors used here. Definitely a great site design! This design was featured on the 30th September 2010 . It falls u…
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CSS Design: Birdie Birdie
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Design Shack.
This website has a wonderfully simple layout that reminds of of really classy design in the 90s.
I like the centered focal point with the stylish typography and abstract shapes. This design was featured on the 30th September 2010 . It falls under t…
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65 Free Social Networking Icon Sets
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Lilian Rigo.
In today’s round-up there is plenty of free stuff to be helpful for designers searching beautiful free icons for their websites.
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Welcome Email Design Showcase
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Smiley Cat: Christian Watson's Web Design Blog.
First impressions are hugely important; no less so than when a visitor to your website decides to deepen their relationship with your business by joining your mailing list. How you welcome them is a key first step in establishing that relationship.He…
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Writing Modular JavaScript: New Premium Tutorial
Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by Andrew Burgess.
When writing an entire web application in JavaScript, it’s very important to have well-organized code; maintaining a spaghetti-coded project will only cause you headaches and nightmares. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to modularize your code to make it easier to manage large JavaScript projects.
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45 Creative Examples of Illustrated Characters in Website Design
Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by Nikunj Tamboli.
I am huge fan of website with character illustration, Using characters in your website design not only improves your website visually but also easily connects with the audience in one way or the other. Now-a-days use of character illustration is not limited to just gaming website, people from various background like cooperates, individual & bloggers [...]
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Webfonts.info
Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by Alex.
Webfonts.info. A nice resource dedicated to webfonts & @font-face embedding. Handy.
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20 Excellent Coda Tips
Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by Design Shack.
“Here are 20 excellent Coda tips to increase productivity that I’ve gathered during my use of Coda so far.”
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ASP.NET from Scratch: Routing in MVC
Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by Jeremy McPeak.
In today’s episode of ASP.NET from Scratch, we’ll look into URL routing in the MVC framework, and examine how a request can be routed to a controller and action method. You’ll learn how to use constraints to gain better control over …
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11 Useful jQuery Tab Navigation Solutions
Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by Design Shack.
“If you’ve yet to build a tab navigation with jQuery, here are 11 tutorials and plugins to help you get going.”
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Interview: Arfandi Hutasuhut (aka Fandy), A Web/Graphic Designer and owner of ArtFanDesign
Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by Holly Lamarche.
One of my favorite thing about having a blog is getting to know all of these amazing people through our interview series here at Admix Web, where we are publishing interviews of fellow web designers, web developers and graphic designers. We are continuing with the series and are still looking for fresh minds to pick [...]