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Thanks to their excellent articles in 24 Ways, Meagan Fisher and Andy Clarke have kicked off another round of controversy about designing in the browser. While many web designers are excited about this "new" way of working, others seem to fear an invasion of blocky, boring …

Selected from our ever growing stack of RSS feeds, here are three great articles we came across this week. In Defense of Lorem Ipsum Good old lorem ipsum text has been taking quite a thrashing in the design community lately. But Karen McGrane argues that it's not all bad, …

In a recent article, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov reflected on an experiment designed to create the most competitive chess games ever played. In 2005, the online chess-playing site Playchess.com hosted what it called a "freestyle" chess tournament in which anyone …

One of my favorite things about the new Design Pepper site is the background images. What's so special about the background images? They rotate every hour. While the concept isn't particularly groundbreaking I think the different images add a touch of freshness for returning visitors. …

As I've mentioned before, the Design Pepper site recently switched from WordPress to Expression Engine. So I thought that I'd put together a high level overview of the differences between the two systems. 1. EE requires a lot more configuration With a typical WordPress …

If you've visited the Design Pepper website in the past couple of weeks, you probably noticed that it's sporting a new look. It's also been updated under the hood. Here are a few of the highlights. (If you're using a feedreader, you might want to click through to …

We'd be lying if we said we scoured the web on our hands and knees for these links. With more than 900 RSS feeds pouring content into the Design Pepper monitors, it takes highly skilled technicians working around the clock to snatch the best fish from the stream for your …

The end of this article has something remarkable in it. Scroll down to see what I mean.  Did you see it? There's nothing there. No pleading for you to make us go viral or begging you to be our RSS homie. There's a simple choice: Leave a comment or bounce. This makes …

I was recently introduced to thesixtyone, which is a great way to discover interesting new music, especially if you appreciate indie efforts. They have a great user interface. But what most intrigued me was the way they had built a reward system into the site. As you explore, you …

Confession: If you want to see me respond in a dramatic and possibly amusing way, drop a few ice cubes on my kitchen floor and watch my face when I place a sock-covered foot in one of the resulting icy puddles. Actual Content: What makes my admission of eccentricity useful and …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …