CategoryWeb Design

October 30, 2012 — Why can’t design simply be a technical service industry, free from the fussy standards and constraints peculiar to a profession? Andy Rutledge believes that in order to understand the profession’s imperative and place, we must fully understand how nonprofessional services fit into our industry. Read more…

October 18, 2012 — The purpose of this article is not to convince you to stop reading articles that help you learn the techniques of your craft. Its purpose is to make the case for a more balanced information diet, with which we all take the time to nourish the parts of our brain that give us much-needed context to understand and effectively use the techniques that we see in galleries and tutorials. Read more…

September 28, 2012 — At the Smashing Conference, Andy Clarke spoke about the workflow that involves responsive design, the client participation process and how to organize the feedback with your clients. In this article, Clarke shares the expanded notes he made before his talk. Read more…

September 21, 2012 — What do you think about the future of the Web? In this post, Christian Heilmann argues that its future is not as problematic and endangered as a lot of people make it out to be. Read more…

September 14, 2012 — In this essay, Rian van der Merwe weaves a story about the current state of Internet discourse. At the end, tells us how he thinks we can make it better. Read more…

August 29, 2012 — What do real-life UX design processes actually look like? Marcin Treder shares a couple of insights about the real-life UX design process and speaks from his own experience and research. Read more…

August 10, 2012 — Designing for device orientation brings various challenges and requires careful thinking. The experience must be as unobtrusive and transparent as possible, and we must understand the context of use for this functionality. Read more…

August 7, 2012 — Do you think we talk about content a lot like the way we talk about money? Check out an excerpt of the essay “The Strategic Web Designer: How to Confidently Navigate the Web Design Process”, by Christopher Butler. Read more…

July 25, 2012 — For years you have been searching for it. You hear the question being asked in your dreams as you go on an Indiana-Jones-type-crusade to find the answer. When the answer comes to you, you know that the confetti will fall from the ceiling and the band will start playing your favorite song. Read more…

July 12, 2012 — It’s not actually old browsers that are holding back the web, it’s old ways of thinking about the Web that are holding back the Web. Nicholas C. Zakas explains why fixating on circumstances that you can’t change isn’t a recipe for success. Read more…