Google have announced that they are forking WebKit into a new rendering engine called Blink. Just when we thought the web was coming together and working together for the good of the internet, Google decide they want to be in … Continue reading
In my experience of working in the web design industry, one thing has really bothered me over the years. I like to call it the speed mentality. Continue reading
For my new book, Photography for Designers, I wanted to do something interesting with the image of the book itself on the website. My first thought was to perfectly render a physical book in Photoshop, right down to the very … Continue reading
While working my day job, I came across the need to make a background image responsive, keeping the same aspect ratio at different widths. The limitation was that we couldn’t change any HTML or back end code so changing it … Continue reading
For Designers and Developers
I get it. We don’t like the “door slams”, urging us to download an app before we can actually use the website. Unfortunately, they seem to be effective or they wouldn’t be doing it. Sometimes, “business” decisions come first, no … Continue reading
It’s a bit shameful of Kent Web Host to be stealing a design like this but the situation is expertly handled by Jeremy Keith who calls up Kent Web Host and basically ridicules the owner. He does apologise at the … Continue reading
Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs is a beautiful two-color book that features candid conversations with 30 leading designers who have founded startups, channeled personal passions into self-made careers and taken risks to do what they love. In this … Continue reading
The CSS Zen Garden was created by Dave Shea as a way to promote and showcase the use of CSS. You aren’t allowed to alter the HTML but you can do whatever you like with the CSS. Now it’s 10 … Continue reading
David DeSandro’s latest incarnation of his original Masonry layout engine is out and it is very impressive. I’ve been using it to create a concept prototype recently which really helped for me to quickly demonstrate an idea directly to my … Continue reading
Adobe certainly have been active lately. One thing I like about Adobe now, is their commitment to helping make the web a better place to design and develop for. I’m glad they’ve given up on proprietary formats like Flash and … Continue reading
We all knew it was coming. Not much of a loss to me as I didn’t use it. I did try to use it once a few years ago because it did seem better suited for web design but I … Continue reading
It’s good to see Adobe finally add the ability to edit rounded corners, even it it is years overdue but the biggest improvement I’m looking forward to is the font rendering. You can now match the font rendering of Mac … Continue reading
By syncing fonts from Typekit to desktop for use in apps like Photoshop (fonts are installed on an OS level, so you can use them in any app), Adobe are finally acknowledging Photoshop as web design tool. I’ll definitely be … Continue reading
People are alive — they behave and respond. Creations within the computer can also live, behave, and respond… if they are allowed to. The message of this talk is that computer-based art tools should embrace both forms of life — … Continue reading
