Mezzoblue designer Dave Shea speaks about the pleasures and pain of running a huge event like Web Directions North.
After the first year in 2007 I had suspicions, then the frenzy of activity leading up to the second year in early 2008 really confirmed it: running an event of this size is a full time job, and it’s not the sort of work I want to be doing long term.
Dave also includes a $50 off code if you are planning on hitting the event next year in Denver.
Smashing Magazine is offering another great free wordpress theme: Color Paper. Most of these free themes make great building blocks for modifying and customizing a wordpress blog. Enjoy!
Chris Coyer from CSS-Tricks has a great article on his site asking world class web designers what is on their CSS wish list (part 1 and 2) . Veerle Pieters, Jonathan Snook and Cameron Moll are among those who chimed in.
Featuring over 750 webmasters and a large number of Googlers from around the world, hundreds of questions, and over one hundred answers over the course of nearly two hours.
Google gives a short wrap up of their recent webmasters event. Check out their slideshow presentations on “Frightening Webmastering Myths”, “Using the Not Found errors report in Webmaster Tools”, and “Where We’re Coming From.”
Foliostars is a CSS and flash gallery showcasing the best portfolios from around the world. We make our selection focusing on design quality and W3C standards compliance. We hope this gallery will become a place of inspiration for designers as well as a database of talented professionals.
Improper letter spacing is a visual assault. Serif or sans serif, all text must be sans chaos. Fulfillment can be found in a clean font.
Max Kerning may seem like an enigma: but make no mistake, he is a designer of the highest order. In fact, he upholds order, cleanliness and proper letter spacing at all costs.
Hilarious flash based website about kerning and type! (totally worth the load time) Visit MaxKerning.com or follow Max on twitter.
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Script & Style by Chris Coyer & David Walsh.
Script & Style was created with the goal of helping to improve Web Designers and Developers. By creating a website where users may submit interesting articles, Script & Style aims to bring users the latest and greatest in XHTML, CSS, and javascript.
Designer Veerle Pieters business site Duoh! has just undergone a redesign overhaul. It’s been in the works for almost a year now – kind of like the mechanics car that never gets fixed :)
The new design really grabs, but what is almost as interesting is Veerle’s blog post about how they ended up with the final design. It’s worth checking out.
Maybe I’m a bit biased, but this is a great post about designers shoes and color schemes! Go check it out: Just For Kicks: Color Inspiration.
