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You’re a freelance creative. You’re lucky enough to work from home, or out of your own office. You can spend the day working in your underwear if you so desire. At the very least you’re pretty free to choose your own clothes on a day to day basis. No suits, no ties, no uncomfortable shoes. (Read More)
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I don’t spend much time online over the weekend. It’s my break period, to be with family and friends and away from a keyboard. When Monday morning comes around, one of the first things I do is check Google Reader and catch up on blog articles. I read a good article today on ProBlogger about writing outlines for blog posts. (Read More)
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Most of the many millions of websites that exist are terrible. A large proportion of the rest are merely competent. It’s rare to find something that genuinely pushes the boundaries. It’s amazing how such a young artistic discipline as web design can become so generic and derivative so easily. Earlier this week I criticized (Read More)
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Websites have to be accessible. You need to follow the WCAG guidelines, make sure that any user can fully access your site, through a screen reader and a Braille keyboard. People who are unable to use a mouse with precision need to be catered for. Video needs close captioning to cater to the hard of hearing. Given the focus (Read More)
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Web designers are all about self congratulation. We talk about our work, we tell others how awesome they are. We link to work that we think is awesome……no, wait. We *should* link to work that we think is awesome. Actually we link to work that we think is kinda good. See that big list of “great dark websites” that someone po (Read More)
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If you read this blog regularly, chances are that you have at least a passing interest in social media. I use the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed and other networks on a daily basis, they’re invaluable to me for making contacts, promoting my work and finding resources. “Social media” is a bit of a catch-all though, a (Read More)
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There was a lot of excitement last week about the release of 37Signals new Haystack website. It’s touted as an effective advertising tool for web design agencies and freelancers, and an easy way for a client to find a good designer. Designers with a free account can display a single screenshot, contact information and a lin (Read More)
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I’m not much of a celebrity watcher, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Tila Tequila. She seems to be one of the more genuine celebrities around, open about herself rather than continually pushing a public relations agenda. I’ve been particularly impressed with the way in which she uses Twitter, her @officialTila account i (Read More)
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Every day we come across cool websites, nicely designed, well put together, good code. Sometimes we come across a site that we LOVE. A site we wish was in our own portfolio, a site that we’ll probably steal a few ideas from in the future. Better than just good, it’s a site that we look at and think “I wish I’d designed tha (Read More)
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I talked last week about JomSocial, which was a pain to style because of all the unnecessary layout HTML and inline styling in the code. It’s far from the only application to suffer from this drawback. There’s a divide between the way developers and designers work, and it’s a gap that needs to be closed. If developers learn (Read More)
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I got annoyed today at the attitude some web designers seem to take to a large section of potential web users. Yes, I’m talking about that whole Internet Explorer 6 issue. I’m also talking about the patronising attitude that some designers seem to take to the end user. The idea that users who aren’t using the latest technol (Read More)
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Many business owners and marketing professionals respond to the social media buzz with what Olivier Blanchard calls the “Social Media Terror Syndrome“—a wait and see approach. The next barrier is often a lack of time. And the focus becomes “how do I avoid the social media time suck?”. (Read More)
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One of my long term freelance gigs has involved a lot of work in recent months with the JomSocial plugin for Joomla! It adds Facebook style functionality to a Joomla! site, allowing users to create profiles, upload content, swap messages etc. It’s a great piece of kit from Azrul, far better than the clunky Community Builder (Read More)
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There’s hundreds of plugins out there to increase the functionality of WordPress. Some of them are must-haves for any WordPress site, others are site-specific and cover functions that I need on that site but wouldn’t incorporate into all my website designs. There are a few plugins which just make life easier for anyone usin (Read More)
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Hope everyone’s had a good week and isn’t suffering too much from TGIF syndrome! It’s been a productive week here at fog of eternity, with work going well and some significant improvements made to this site (check out the portfolio in particular!). I’ve still had time to find some great content online though, so here’s a se (Read More)
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