Over the course of the past 6 months or so, there’s been a lot of buzz regarding theme frameworks. It’s no wonder, with the influx of framework releases and their rising popularity. Suddenly more developers (and some users) are taking notice and trying to determine what they are exactly, how they should be used and [...]
If you follow design related blogs, it seems you can’t click a mouse anymore without Coda’s icon making an appearance. I heard about this software long before buying my Mac, but because it’s exclusive to that platform, I was never able to give it a test run. Now eight months after making the switch, [...]
One of my readers asked a good question today about how to differentiate author comments from those made by readers. It never occurred to me to write a tutorial on something like that, so thanks goes out to Chris Coyier for the idea. He has a nice looking blog and also writes about CSS [...]
If you spend a lot of time working with different style sheets, it’s easy to get them mixed up or lose familiarity if there’s one you haven’t cracked open in a long time. One of the most useful habits I picked up was that of labeling (or commenting) my CSS. This gets me reacquainted with [...]
If you work for yourself, outsourcing has no doubt crossed your mind. It’s something that requires a decision sooner or later. Whether your preference is to defer to another designer, outsource entirely, or simply turn work away – the question remains.
One option designers now have is that of partial outsourcing to any one of a [...]