Things We Write
By Joshua on September 01 2009
Does your code support IE6?
With the news that Digg, YouTube, and other social media sites are beginning to drop support for IE6, there has been a flood of articles discussing whether web designers should stop supporting it as well. Unfortunately, neither "full IE6 …
By Joshua on August 03 2009
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By Joshua on April 13 2009
As web designers, sometimes we get stuck in our own little world, rarely looking outside. And if we do look outside of web design, it's probably print or package design. But the interactive nature of websites, especially feature-rich "web 2.0″ sites, means that …
By Joshua on March 09 2009
Even if the only thing you've ever designed is a mashed potato volcano with gravy lava, you're a designer. We all design in some way or other. The best of us get paychecks for their designs. The worst of us have to appreciate our elegant disasters for free. The best designs …
By Seth on February 19 2009
If you've ever seen the movie, The Princess Bride, then it's not entirely inconceivable that you'd remember Vizzini for his ill humor and intent focus on starting a war. Vizzini wasn't all bad though. In spite of his patronizing tendencies and snappy remarks, he …
By Seth on February 11 2009
If you happened to watch the Grammy Awards this year, you may have noted that Bela Fleck and his Flecktones won yet another award. Bela is a world-renowned banjo player who, in his 20 years with the Flecktones, has been nominated for Grammy's in jazz, bluegrass, pop, country, …
By Joshua on January 30 2009
The Ultimate List of Freelancing Resources is back with 25 more great links to help you launch or improve your freelance career.
Coffee Break: Your Best Piece of Advice
This article from FreelanceSwitch is a simple question: What's your best piece of freelancing advice? …
By Seth on January 28 2009
The last time you were in a restaurant that had crayons available, did you use them?
I admit to using crayons, markers, pencils, soft rocks, anything to give my fidgeting fingers something creative to do. I'm the first to grab the "forest green" and start planting …
By Joshua on January 21 2009
The problem for a lot of web workers is that we need focus, but we work with computers that allow us to program a steady stream of distractions into our day. The following steps assume that you've already turned off email and Twitter notifications (and any other incoming …
By Joshua on January 02 2009
Those of you subscribed to my RSS feed probably haven't noticed, but I've moved to a new site. I'd love to get your thoughts on the design (though I'll probably be tweaking things for a while).
There are more changes in the works as well. Thanks for …
By Joshua on December 12 2008
I slowly sipped the cool liquid energy from a can of Mountain Dew. It would only be a matter of minutes before it joined the school of empty cans surrounding my workspace as a reminder that I was out of creative juice. Caffeine does a pretty good job of keeping me awake. Exercise …
By Joshua on December 10 2008
Have you ever wondered how to deal with people who leave blatantly self-promoting comments? Try replacing their links with this.
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By Joshua on October 19 2008
This is the first in a series on a type of website mistakes that I call "unprofessionalisms." But they aren't just any mistakes. To qualify as an unprofessionalism, it must:
Be relatively common.
Detract from the professionalism of a website.
Be something …
By Joshua on September 29 2008
It's been a little while since the first installment of the Ultimate List of Freelancing Resources, but I haven't forgotten it. This time we go from 26 to 50 in the list.
How To Turn a Blank CD Into a Profitable Contract
This post at Create Business Growth talks about …
By Joshua on September 09 2008
If you've been in your feedreader at all this morning, you may have noticed a lot of people talking about a new blogger-run nonprofit called Train for Humanity. I think that's totally awesome, particularly since I had the chance to design their website. :-)
What is Train …