Posts tagged web design
As part of a new initiative on Tumblr which I first mentioned in February, Tumblr has launched a new program called Storyboard. Storyboard is a regular collection of featured Tumblr content found in the community. One of the first posts on Storyboard is about the Tumblr Dashboard, which is very interesting.
Being a freelance designer can be a rocky road to go down. Outside of having the appropriate skills to get the job done; you have to take the idea of some stranger who may or may not know what they want, who probably has little to no design ability and turn it into a masterpiece that they have always dreamed of, for the lowest possible cost — with that cost being free of charge of course. Not to mention quite often you have to deal with not-so-smart individuals.
The United States and North Korean relationship has been tumultuous, with a recent and big flare up when North Korea decided to launch a ‘satellite’ into space. The U.S. firmly suspected that N. Korea was launching a missile into space, which could be positioned to hit many countries including the U.S., saying the launch was a direct threat to the U.S. North Korea, not really giving an eff, launched anyways, and failed miserably.
For years it has been debated that code can be stolen, therefore if it can be stolen, you can be prosecuted for stealing other peoples code or work in a court of law. Also in a similar token, if you can steal code, then it should be able to be copyrighted. In a recent court ruling, this may have all changed.
After the changes Google made yesterday to Google+, it appears there was one more change that I just noticed. It looks like Google has gone the way of Myspace, Facebook and Twitter and is now allowing users to add a banner image to the top of their profile.
Google has made a big announcement today saying that they are overhauling Google+, to make it a better user experience with design in mind. The new design changes are rolling out in phases world wide, so if you don’t see it yet you may see it in the next few days.
If you’re looking for a great way to enhance the fonts on your website, animated typography may be a great option for you. Typically in the past, animations have been accomplished through Flash, but as Flash is slowly dying off, and alternatives to achieve similar results are coming up. Animated typography is one of them.
Facebook is pushing out a new photo viewer that many may have seen recently, maybe not, as it’s still pretty new. If you use Google Plus, the wider view photo viewer may look familiar to you.
When creating your business website, you want to make sure it’s not like other sites. You don’t want to create something generic that will be forgotten as soon as the viewer leaves the site. Instead, you should make sure they see something interesting that will keep them coming back and encourage them to tell others about the site. With the right strategy, you can easily create a website that promotes your business and generates positive word of mouth that will draw in many new customers.
Coding is always something I have been interested in. I am not a very good programmer in the least, but I like to write HTML and CSS codes. If I could improve my JavaScript and learn more coding languages, it would be something I would really be interested in. Part of the issue is finding the time to learn, and taking classes can be costly.
I just discovered an amazing website that has an endless supply of background images for use with public licenses, as well as other types of Creative Commons licenses for use.
In modern design, less often times is more. Minimalism is finally making it’s mark and showing that simple and smart design will get you better results rather than being bombarded with clutter. Sean Nelson takes us back 15 years through all the versions of Apple’s website, since Apple is one of the leader’s in design and looked to by many for inspiration, to see how much their web designs have changed over the years.
Earlier I posted about the new Google site GoMo. After checking it out some more, I found a PDF that gives 10 mobile best practices for optimizing your website for the mobile web. I thought I would share it here as it has some good tips that every web designer should consider when designing for mobile devices.
Google just launched a brand new website called How to Go Mo. The purpose is to educate why mobile is important to your website and also provide resources on getting your site mobilized. I just checked it out and you can see the kinks are still being worked out as I got some errors here and there, but overall the project delivers as promises. My favorite part of the site is the mobile emulator. If you plug in your site’s URL, it will show you how it looks on an Android mobile device, as shown below.
Twitter launched back in 2006, but wasn’t always known as Twitter. It actually started out as “Twttr” which was a shortened way for Twitter to be used for SMS text messaging. Twitter.com didn’t always look the way it does either.
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