When I was a student there, Art Center College of Design offered the first web design class in the country. It was taught by Lynda Weinman, who is now a world-renowned web design expert. I was blessed to be "in the right place at the right time," so that I took the class the first time it was … [Read more...]
You’ve Got WordPress!
March 31, 2011 by · 1 Comment
I was discussing my work with a potential new client on Tuesday and commented that I have probably built 20 or 30 sites in WordPress at this point, at it occurred to me that I really love WordPress. :) I have been designing web pages for about 16 years. That means I started in the time of … [Read more...]
Checking Out the Online Competition
January 12, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
This morning I was introduced to a site I hadn't seen before, and I've been addicted to it all day. It's called Compete, and gives web designers, online marketing professionals, and regular joes the opportunity to compare the success metrics of competing businesses. For example, I tried the … [Read more...]
Quick Way to Sample Your Fonts
January 6, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Pardon this brief interruption in between my recent trip posts, while I tell the graphic designers among you about a really useful tool I recently came across. Wordmark.it allows you to preview any snippet of text in all of the fonts loaded on your system... wait for it... all at once... through a … [Read more...]
Web Design DeMYSTiFieD
December 4, 2010 by · 4 Comments
My latest book, Web Design DeMYSTiFieD is finally in stores. The book is different from my other books primarily in its target audience. The DeMYSTiFieD series is intended as a "Cliff Notes" type of series, for readers who are learning the topics through some other method (self-study, classroom … [Read more...]
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