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02:52 pm GMT - Sun, December 30, 2012
Web Designer Depot Our favorite tweets of the week: December 24 December 30, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...
02:14 pm GMT - Sat, December 29, 2012
Web Designer Depot Comics of the week #162
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...
07:15 pm GMT - Fri, December 28, 2012
Web Designer Depot Illusion meets reality
Its not uncommon for those who find themselves working in the creative arts to be thought of as magicians. After all, starting with nothing and winding up with brilliance (after pulling an all-nighter...
02:15 pm GMT - Fri, December 28, 2012
Web Designer Depot The best of 2012 for designers
In 2012, we covered a ton of new apps, resources, and more for designers and developers. In fact, we covered nearly 500 such resources! So rather than yhou having to go back through our archive of pos...
07:15 pm GMT - Thu, December 27, 2012
Web Designer Depot Logo land: a terrain of twists and turns
An apple with a bite out of it is instantly recognizable but delivering a logo with such iconic potential is more complicated than simply going from A to B. In fact, the road to a killer logo is ofte...
02:15 pm GMT - Thu, December 27, 2012
Web Designer Depot 9 smart ways for designers to save money
Any time you choose an artistic career path, such as web design, you are in for a mix of triumphs and challenges. One of these challenges is bound to be financial. But if you find ways to operate with...
02:15 pm GMT - Wed, December 26, 2012
Web Designer Depot Copyright hell: toy and packaging design ripoffs
When I walk into a design studio, there are several things I know I’ll see; tattoos, piercings and toys… lots and lots of each. Why do designers, as well as non-creatives, love toys? We lo...
02:15 pm GMT - Tue, December 25, 2012
Web Designer Depot 20 creative and inspiring event websites
Some promotional strategies start and end with Facebook or Eventbrite. Most event planners don’t go far beyond posting the event and maybe asking a couple sources to do the same. Sometimes peopl...
07:15 pm GMT - Mon, December 24, 2012
Web Designer Depot New York mapped by hand
Cartography (aka mapmaking) dates back to, quite literally, the cave man. The earliest maps consisted of cave paintings, rock carvings, and clay-tablet etchings before ever evolving into to two-dimens...
02:15 pm GMT - Mon, December 24, 2012
Web Designer Depot Barry Blotter and the iCurse
“Barry, wake up!” screamed Winny but he just groaned and pulled up the old comforter over his head. It was his first day off from the magical ministry and the last thing he wanted was some...
02:12 pm GMT - Sun, December 23, 2012
Web Designer Depot Our favorite tweets of the week: December 17 December 23, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...
02:19 pm GMT - Sat, December 22, 2012
Web Designer Depot Comics of the week #161
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...
07:15 pm GMT - Fri, December 21, 2012
Web Designer Depot Astounding topographic portraits
Artists can do a lot with a blank canvas. But UK-basedEd Fairburn demonstrates that a canvas with lines, words, and markers works just as wellor maybe even better. Take for instance the figurative wor...
02:15 pm GMT - Fri, December 21, 2012
Web Designer Depot 15+ highly responsive mobile WordPress themes
With the ever increasing accessibility of smart phones, coupled with the rapid advancement of mobile internet technology, more and more people are reaching for their phones and tablets to carry out th...
07:15 pm GMT - Thu, December 20, 2012
Web Designer Depot New York in the movies
Who could forget the iconic image of Audrey Hepburn peering through the shop window in Breakfast at Tiffanys or Streisand and Redfords goodbye scene in The Way We Were. Both were shot 40-plus years ag...
02:15 pm GMT - Thu, December 20, 2012
Web Designer Depot How to use QR codes for the holidays (and other celebrations)
The wonders of the QR code have been proved over and over for marketing and customer engagement. You see them all over, read about them in countless articles and have probably used them for a client&#...
07:15 pm GMT - Wed, December 19, 2012
Web Designer Depot Review: the mobile web is Smashing!
Since the dawn of the mobile web, the design and development landscape has changed drastically. Today, no one working in the field can argue with the lasting impact that this market will have on the f...
02:15 pm GMT - Wed, December 19, 2012
Web Designer Depot Express yourself: 25+ amazing portfolio sites
For some web designers, the process of creating a website for someone comes easy. You get a chance to really visualize how you feel about a company or client. However, one of the hardest things for al...
07:15 pm GMT - Tue, December 18, 2012
Web Designer Depot Instagrams suicide note?
Not a lot keeps Mark Zuckerberg up at night. When he slips between his presumably luxury sheets, rests his head and closes his weary eyes, it’s unlikely his sleep will be disturbed by worries ...
02:15 pm GMT - Tue, December 18, 2012
Web Designer Depot How to send clients some Christmas cheer
The first question to ask, is do you really need to send Christmas cards to your clients and business contacts, and if so why? The answer is ‘yes’, and for very good reasons. Leaving aside...
07:15 pm GMT - Mon, December 17, 2012
Web Designer Depot Classic film posters reimagined
Taking an entire movie and translating it into a single image is not an easy job. Identifying the elements which best represent 90 to 160 minutes of dialogue, action, character development and photogr...
02:15 pm GMT - Mon, December 17, 2012
Web Designer Depot Why HTML5 is more semantic
Anyone involved in Web design or development will have come across the term “semantic” with reference to HTML5 and the Web in general.This often problematic term is understandably confusin...
02:56 pm GMT - Sun, December 16, 2012
Web Designer Depot Our favorite tweets of the week: December 10 December 16, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...
02:42 pm GMT - Sat, December 15, 2012
Web Designer Depot Comics of the week #160
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...
07:15 pm GMT - Fri, December 14, 2012
Web Designer Depot Is Windows 8 dysfunctional?
In a recently published article Jakob Nielsen thoroughly trashes Windows 8. This is not your typical Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux argument. There are no attacks on the security flaws, stability or even c...
02:15 pm GMT - Fri, December 14, 2012
Web Designer Depot 30+ inspiring sites to spark your creativity
New site designs pop up every week, all over the web. Sometimes they fly under the radar for weeks before being found, and other times they’re broadcast all over the place almost immediately; wh...
07:15 pm GMT - Thu, December 13, 2012
Web Designer Depot Giveaway: Treehouses 12 days of holiday cheer
At this time of year, there’s no better way to start the day than opening up a new window on your advent calendar and munching on some chocolate goodness. Well, maybe one better way… In th...
02:15 pm GMT - Thu, December 13, 2012
Web Designer Depot Holiday gifts for designers
There are just 12 days until Christmas! If you’re still struggling to find that perfect gift for the designer/developer in your life, or if your loved ones could do with a few helpful hints, her...
07:15 pm GMT - Wed, December 12, 2012
Web Designer Depot Freakish visions of kidulthood
It happens to all of us: that rude awakening when we realize Santa is just a department store employee and the Tooth Fairy is really our parents. And when that fateful day arrives, a little wide-eyed ...
02:15 pm GMT - Wed, December 12, 2012
Web Designer Depot How to design forms that convert
Whether as part of a registration form, a payment form, or a contact form, it seems were always asking our users to give us information. Unfortunately, a portion of visitors will see our form and, for...
12:00 am GMT - Wed, December 12, 2012
Web Designer Depot Adobe announce new features for Creative Cloud
Today, Adobe announced some exciting new features in Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Muse. Of particular interest to a lot of designers are the updates to Photoshop, while teams and agenci...
07:15 pm GMT - Tue, December 11, 2012
Web Designer Depot Amazing digitized digits
Finger painting is sooo 20thCentury. This millennium, its all about the finger portrait at least according to the Italian artist named Dito Von Tease. Also known as Il Dito (The Finger in Italian), V...
02:15 pm GMT - Tue, December 11, 2012
Web Designer Depot 4 tricks for designing data-heavy applications
While big data makes for useful applications, it can also stand in the way of clean, usable interface designs. With more and more web applications built upon mountains of data collected in the cloud, ...
10:15 pm GMT - Mon, December 10, 2012
Web Designer Depot How to make an animated thumbnail
Thumbnails are one of the purest pieces of usability the digital age has created.In essence a thumbnail is a preview, a promise of what you’ll see if you click the link. A small glimpse with les...
02:15 pm GMT - Mon, December 10, 2012
Web Designer Depot Whats new for designers, December 2012
The December edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins, productivity tools, design tools, video editing tools, CSS and HTML frameworks, Photosh...
02:26 pm GMT - Sun, December 9, 2012
Web Designer Depot Our favorite tweets of the week: December 3 December 9, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...
02:30 pm GMT - Sat, December 8, 2012
Web Designer Depot Comics of the week #159
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...
07:15 pm GMT - Fri, December 7, 2012
Web Designer Depot Stop designing for screen width, design for content
320, 768 and 1024. Do these numbers mean anything to you? No, its not the Da Vinci code, they are the widths in pixels that many designers associate with mobile, tablet and desktop screen widths. The ...
02:15 pm GMT - Fri, December 7, 2012
Web Designer Depot 40+ Friday freebies
Every once in a while we all run out of ideas. It’s a stressful and frustrating experience. And it’s no coincidence that it often comes at the end of a long working week. However, Friday i...
07:15 pm GMT - Thu, December 6, 2012
Web Designer Depot How to use the CSS3 transition property
Along with the introduction of CSS3 comes many new features that are available for use in creating great effects; one of the most useful is the transition property. The transition property is an impor...
02:15 pm GMT - Thu, December 6, 2012
Web Designer Depot How to harness Yahoo!s weather API
In 2006, while working at a design agency in Cardiff, Wales, I conceived of an idea to feature on our website the current weather conditions outside our office. I wanted to make our website fully enga...
07:15 pm GMT - Wed, December 5, 2012
Web Designer Depot The BRICKS: Incredible deal on an amazing UI kit
We’re excited to report that for our sister site, mightydeals.com, we’ve managed to put together a very special deal with DesignModo, bringing you huge savings on their legendaryThe Bricks...
02:15 pm GMT - Wed, December 5, 2012
Web Designer Depot What designers want
“Whew!” exclaimed a recent client when he finally agreed to pay his entire fee, “I didn’t know artistic-types were such tough businessmen.” “Oh, we are,” I sa...
07:15 pm GMT - Tue, December 4, 2012
Web Designer Depot Europe joins the U.S. in condemning U.N. power-grab
As we reported two weeks ago, a closed-door meeting opened yesterday in Dubai that is debating control of the internet. For the next two weeks, members of the United Nations’ International Telec...
02:15 pm GMT - Tue, December 4, 2012
Web Designer Depot 85+ new WordPress themes to inspire you
Whether you’re a WordPress theme creator or just a consumer, it’s important to stay abreast of what’s going on in the wild world of WP theme development. One of the best ways to do j...
07:15 pm GMT - Mon, December 3, 2012
Web Designer Depot Check out Adobe Creative Clouds latest updates live on Facebook
One of the biggest advantages to Adobe’s Creative Cloud membership is the regular updates Adobe offers to Cloud members. Those updates mean that you no longer have to wait a year or more for a m...
02:15 pm GMT - Mon, December 3, 2012
Web Designer Depot Stop chasing screen resolutions
We live in such an exciting time in the world of the web. Technology and standards are moving forward at a rate that’s perhaps both faster and more exciting than ever. As things change, so do ou...
02:18 pm GMT - Sun, December 2, 2012
Web Designer Depot Our favorite tweets of the week: November 26 December 2, 2012
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow...
02:47 pm GMT - Sat, December 1, 2012
Web Designer Depot Comics of the week #158
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...
07:15 pm GMT - Fri, November 30, 2012
Web Designer Depot 6 free mobile device emulators for testing your site
The percentage of all web usage that comes from smartphones and other mobile devices is growing, and it wont be long before mobile internet users overtake desktop and laptop users in terms of web traf...
02:15 pm GMT - Fri, November 30, 2012
Web Designer Depot How to get started with Sass
There is one persistent problem with CSS; it doesn’t support variables. Each time you specify a color, for a block of text, or an image border, you have to repeat the hex code. When you want to ...