Articles by Spyre Studios from February 2011

Mobile applications are important for providing users with an alternate means of accessing your web page, as well as keeping connected anywhere and at any time. The programs are an integral part of st...

There's probably hundreds of community and networking sites out there but only a few focus on the design and creative community. We went ahead and selected 15 of the best sites for designers and creat...

I love Photoshop. I guess we all do. But I believe Fireworks is better suited for web-design work and I usually prefer it over Photoshop. After all Fireworks was created with web-designers in mind and...

All PHP developers working with user-based content face similar challenges with security. What methods to take, how to avoid certain vulnerabilities, all these elements resulted in innovation of new s...

An effective mobile office is essential for productive traveling designers. There are plenty of reasons why you need a mobile office: besides introducing more traveling into your life, you have easier...

Wireframing is a very important part of the design process and there's a plethora of wireframing tools available out there. But for the serious web or software designers and developers, free tools pro...

Did you know that a small, purposeful workflow change can make your life significantly better? Yep, that change is having a mobile office, and there are 10 reasons why a mobile office can improve ...

Choosing the right host for your personal or business website can be tricky. While there's literally thousands of hosting companies out there, here at SpyreStudios we've been very happy with the servi...

In this tutorial we're going to be creating a gorgeous and modern user interface button suitable for the web or a mobile interface design. We'll be using a handful of Photoshop techniques that are bou...

As someone who works at a web design company running a usability tool, I get many questions from interested parties on how we use usability in our design process. Many people seem to see usability as ...

Want to simplify and improve your designs? As is often the case, sometimes the best design inspiration comes from outside of the design field. In this case, you can look to an ancient Japanese art...