Web Design
- Responsive Images — Solutions To Our Problems
- What Role Do Ethics Play In Your Choice Of Projects?
- Responsive Images — The Issues We Want To Solve
- The Tension Between Creativity And Productivity
- How Important Is It To Have Always Visible Navigation?
- How To Choose The Best Responsive Table Solution
- Mobile Up, Widescreen Down, or Somewhere In-Between?
- Content Choreography — Why Our Float Based Approach To Layout Should Evolve
- Should Designers Code?
- Responsive Design — Beyond The Minimum
- How Perception Alters Reality And Design Influences Content
- My Design Process — Deployment & Improving The Overall Process
- My Design Process — Design and Development (Prototypes as Deliverables)
- Responsive Design Interview Series — My Answers To Some Responsive Questions
- My Design Process —Defining The Problem And Planning A Solution
- Introducing “Design Fundamentals: Elements, Attributes, & Principles”
- How Does Flat Design Damage and Improve Usability?
- 7 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Confidence the Right Way
- How Much Navigation Can Responsive Patterns Hold?
- How Working in a Browser Shapes Your Design
- What Will We Build on a Foundation of Flat Design?
- So, Don’t Do That
- Swiss (International) Style Of Design: The Guiding Principles That Influence Flat Design
- Learning To Solve Design Problems When They Have No Absolute Solution
- Flat Design As A New Foundation For The Web
- Flat Design Done Wrong
- Why You Shouldn’t Evaluate Your Design Skills Through Comparison With Others
- Why Designers Use And Overuse Skeuomorphism
- HSL Color Tool Now On GitHub
- Grid Construction — How To Choose Constraints From Within Your Content
- Design In The Browser Means An Iterative Workflow
- Developing An Eye For Color Through Exercise
- 4 Reasons Why You Should Design With A Grid
- The Line Between Inspired By And Copied From And How To Stay On Its Right Side
- Develop Better Color Palettes Using Different Aspects Of Color
- A Simple Color Tool Built For Learning [Screencast]
- The Fundamentals of Color: Hue, Saturation, And Lightness
- Are Compressive Images A Good Solution For High Resolution Displays?
- Communication — The Connection Between Graphic Design and Writing
- Responsive Design Is Easier Than You Think
- Visual Design Systems (Maintaining Consistency Across Devices)
- Is A Dedicated Mobile Design Ever Appropriate?
- Become A Better Designer Through Critical Thinking
- How To Learn Design When You Feel Overwhelmed
- SOLID Object Oriented Principles And CSS: Part 2
- How Design Principles Help You Make Design Decisions
- SOLID Object Oriented Principles And CSS: Part 1
- Responsive Design Is Always Appropriate
- Responsive Navigation And Flexbox — Some Articles I’ve Written Elsewhere
- Can Object Oriented Principles Be Applied To Web Design?
- Is Responsive Design Soulless?
- Thoughts On Developing Visual Voice Through Modular Design
- Do HTML And CSS Limit Photoshop Creativity?
- Design Patterns, Components, And Frameworks
- 3 Types of Breakpoints In Responsive Designs
- Reusable Divisions Of Space: Grids And Modular Design
- The Benefits Of Modular Design
- 14 Questions With Smashing Magazine’s Vitaly Friedman
- The Five Elements Of Modular And Adaptive Content
- Does The Web Design Industry Have A Conceptual Core?
- Is Web Design A Noble Profession?
- 4 Principles That Lead To Better Design Decisions
- Thoughts For Turning Vague Descriptions Into A Concept And Context For Your Design
- Statistics Speak — Improved Design Leads To More Visitor Engagement
CSS
- An Introduction to CSS Custom Filters — Shader Basics
- CSS Filter Primitives — SVG Filters on HTML Elements
- CSS Named Filter Effects — Non-Destructive Effects for Images and Elements
- CSS Clipping and Masking: Examples and Observations
- CSS Clipping and Masking — Show and Hide Parts of Images and Elements with Code
- CSS Grids: Examples and Code for Common Layouts
- The CSS Grid Layout Module — Flexible Structures for Content
- The CSS Regions Module — Control Where Content Flows
- When Can You Use New HTML and CSS in Production?
- The CSS Exclusions Module — Letting Your Content Flow
- The CSS Shapes Module — Breaking Out of the Box
- Thoughts For Better Variable Organization In SASS
- Thoughts On Modular Design: Click Events And Depth Of Applicability
- How To Generate CSS Click Events And Thoughts About Whether You Should
- Can I Still Use Px?
- How Does Auto Positioning Work In CSS?
- How To Work With Transparent Colors And Images In CSS
Freelance
- My 2013 Goals — An Unexpectedly Successful Year
- There Are Only 3 Things You Absolutely Must Have
- How To Price Freelance Services — Improving Cash Flow
- How To Price Freelance Services — Reducing Your Costs
- How To Price Freelance Services — What Should You Charge?
- How To Price Freelance Services — Understanding Your Costs
- Finding the Balance Between Craft and Automation
- Why A Sense Of Purpose Motivates Better Work
- How To Recognize When An Opportunity Is Right For You
- Procrastinate Your Way To A Successful Business
- How We Limit Our Chances For Success, And How We Can Stop
- How Do You Find Your Passion?
- What I Want To Achieve In 2013
Blogging
Whatever
- This I Believe — Principles And Values That Guide Me
- Happy Thanksgiving — Images, Art, And Lego In New York
- How Do You Prepare For Inevitable Change?
- The Art of Problem Solving and Learning from Your Effort
- Learning Through Exercise — The Bridge Between Theory And Real World Practice
- Book Review — Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior