Char at Essential Keystrokes recently posted a really good “Thursday Thirteen” entititled Thirteen Things Every Website Needs. She writes about having an “elevator speech” and where it should be used. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve rewritten elevator speeches about my different sites when listing them in blog directories, etc. [...]
Coolest Workspace Contest: The Treadputer – Lifehacker
It’s hard to imaging typing and walking at the same time- a little like patting your head and rubbing your stomach. It’s a great idea though. Sometimes it seems impossible to get everything done and exercise is the first thing to go, unfortunately.
Now that I have four separate blogs going, I decided to try a blog editor to see if it would make things simpler. Logging in and out of separate blogs, waiting for pages to load, etc. can be tedious, so I thought it might be worth a try. I considered Qumana, because I [...]
I was a latecomer to MyBlogLog. Not being a fan of lots of clutter in sidebars, when I began to see it, I thought maybe it was just a fad and I did not rush to join. I had no idea what a great tool it is. Two things that are great [...]
There are some people for whom it is easiest to learn a complex program by reading a book. For me, the best way to learn to use programs is to do tutorials. Learning by actually walking through a tutorial is not only easier, you’ll retain it longer. I’ve been using Illustrator for [...]
2006 was, according to some, the year that the number of words in the English language reached 1 million. No wonder it’s the most difficult language to learn next to Chinese. Below are some of my favorite new words or phrases. I’m sure they’re not all in the dictionary yet, but it [...]
I’ve recently begun to see the Twitter widget in the sidebar of blogs here and there, and like this post at Lifehack.org, I have wondered why. Why do I need to know that people are doing right now? Why do I need to know that KCtheStickle is watching QVC right now, or that jaydblackman [...]
Once the comp is approved by the client, I start the process of moving the design from Illustrator to code. Sometimes I will use Illustrator’s built-in feature that allows you to break your image into “slices” and then Illustrator will spit it out into an HTML file. This feature alone has saved [...]
Inspiration has struck. Now what?
Before I do anything, I decide on a color scheme. There is a lot of information out there about “color theory”, how color impacts emotion and what colors are best for marketing that is worth reading and considering. I like to visit the Color Schemer Gallery, where users post [...]
Having not been formally trained in graphic design, I am always curious about other designers’ process . Some years ago, I was sure I was actually not a good designer because I had a hard time coming up with ideas and implementing them. Then I read an article by Cameron Moll entitled “Good [...]
