Wallpapers of the Week 21: Stunning Views

October 28th, 2009 1 Comment

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Four Different Ways of Implementing Twitter on your Site

October 26th, 2009 17 Comments

Twitter has become one of the most popular forms of social media in use on the web today and it has been widely adopted by web designers and developers alike. There are many ways of integrating Twitter onto your site.

By integrating Twitter with your site, you can get a community discussing your brand or service which doubles up as a great way of promotion. Here is a look at some of the most useful and interesting methods to get you started.

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Links of the Week 20

October 23rd, 2009 4 Comments

Staying informed about web design, Raindrop, web conferences, preparing and planning for a redesign and ensuring you get paid for your work as a freelancer.

Links of Interest

10 Secrets To Staying Informed About Web Design

styingInformed

While, I wouldn’t call them secrets, they are useful tips for keeping yourself in the know in web design.

Mozilla Raindrop

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Mozilla are releasing an app to try and improve communication. Looks quite interesting.

Web Conferences Roundup: Events from Around the Globe

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I have a New Year’s resolution ready for next year which is to attend at least one web conference. As of yet, I haven’t been to any but they seem a lot of fun judging by the activity on Twitter. Smashing Magazine have compiled a list of all the known current conferences from around the world.

Preparing and Planning for a Redesign

prepareRedesign

Great article on what you need to think about before redesigning a website.

Essential Tips to Ensure You Get Paid For Your Work

webdesignblog

Some good tips for freelancers to make sure they get paid for their work.

Inspiration for the Weekend

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This Week on Inspect Element

8 Simple Tips for Freelancers to Keep Focused

Wallpapers of the Week 20: Planets

Advanced Photoshop Techniques that you may not be aware of

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Advanced Photoshop Techniques that you may not be aware of

October 22nd, 2009 74 Comments

Photoshop is one of the most widely tools used for web design. Most web designers don’t use all of the great things that Photoshop can do. It’s easy to get stuck in your ways but instead you should be looking to further improve your skills and learn new techniques to improve your web design work, work flow and productivity.

The following are advanced Photoshop techniques that can help with your day to day use of Photoshop.

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Wallpapers of the Week 20: Planets

October 21st, 2009 2 Comments

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8 Simple Tips for Freelancers to Keep Focused

October 19th, 2009 12 Comments

One of the difficulties of working for yourself as freelancer is keeping focused on your work. Chances are that if you’re a freelancer, you’re working from home complete with all the distractions that it brings.

Here are a few tips to make sure you get the best out of your work by keeping focused.

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Links of the Week 19

October 16th, 2009 4 Comments

The ultimate icons collection, A/B test results, Lorem Ipsum alternative, funny flowcharts and building a thermometer controlled page with jQuery.

Links of Interest

The Ultimate Icons Collection

ultimateicons

Almost certainly the biggest collection of quality icons on the web. Make sure you check the license before using any of them.

AB Tests

abtests

This site lists a number of A/B testing examples and results that have been made public.

Blind Text Generator

blindtextgenerator

Lorem Ipsum text has been the standard text usage for using in design concepts but the Blind Text Generator creates more natural looking text.

A Collection of Humorous Flowcharts for Web Designers

comics

This goes quite nicely with Inspect Element’s post, Humor in Web Design.

Build a Thermometer Controlled Page with jQuery

thermometer

Another example of the guys at Build Internet doing cool things with jQuery.

Design of the Week

Woork Up

woorkUp

Really like the grid layout for the list of recent posts on the homepage.

This Week on Inspect Element

8 Ways Blogging about Web Design will Improve Your Work

Wallpapers of the Week 19: On the Road

5 Invitations to Typekit to Give Away

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