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Paul Boag - When Business Objectives And User Experience Clash

Here’s a question for you: would you agree that creating a great user experience should be the primary aim of any Web designer? I know what your answer is… and youʼre wrong! Okay, I admit that not

ux , Opinion Column

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David Bushell - How To Bring Interactivity To Your Website With Web Standards

Adding interactivity and animations to a design doesn’t have to be complicated or make the website inaccessible when you use modern Web standards. In this article, we’ll explore several examples and

animation , Techniques , coding

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Vitaly Friedman - The Smashing Book 2 Is Available: Get Yours Now!

What didn’t work the first time with the Smashing Book 1 has been hopefully accomplished this time. We’ve worked very hard to produce a high quality, valuable book for you, guys. So here it is, the

Events , Smashing Books

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Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2011

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a m

Wallpapers , Graphics , Downloads , Freebies

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Dan Redding - The Overlooked Importance of Professional Journalism

The Web is a galaxy of information that is rapidly expanding. Blogs and online magazines are helping shape the future of this Information Age that we live in. Those of us who read, write and design

Inspiration , Content , Business

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Vitaly Friedman - Free Minimal, Swiss Design WordPress Themes (4 Themes)

In this post we release yet another freebie: an original set of four exclusive minimal, clean WordPress themes designed by Marios Lublinski and released for web design community. As usual, the theme

wordpress , Freebies , Themes

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Kim Pimmel - Making It a Mobile Web App

Ask any interactive agency nowadays what their clients are asking for when they need a mobile experience — the answer will inevitably be “an iPhone and/or an iPad app.” Native Apple apps are a hot c

mobile , Apps , Android , Opinion Column

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Scotty Vernon - Showcase of Beautiful (Or Creative) E-Commerce Websites

Designers are constantly striving to create eye-catching designs without losing the usability features that add significant importance to the experience of online shopping. Today’s showcase presents

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design , E-Commerce

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Sam Barnes - Guidelines For Successful Communication With Clients

OK, so this is a yet another article about dealing with clients. But let’s face it — it doesn’t matter how well you can design or code; as a freelancer or if you’re running a digital agency, if you

workflow , Productivity , Clients , Communication , Business

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Louis Lazaris - The HTML5 Logo: What Do You Think?

This has been an interesting week for the web design community, to say the least. The W3C revealed a new HTML5 logo to help designers and developers ‘tell the world’ that they’re using HTML5. The lo

Discussions , Opinion Column , Logo Design , html5

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Felicity Evans - Falling for HTML5: Finding Love in the Little Things

I’ve lost count of the number of posts that have been written about the big features of HTML5: amongst the most anticipated being rich media (video, audio, canvas) and JavaScript APIs. However, call

coding , HTML , html5

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Bryan Hoyt - How To Keep Your Coding Workflow Organized

Let’s keep it classy, and imagine we’re building a website for a trendy restaurant/café called “bEat”, catering to the arts community. It’s an atmospheric place with 1920’s art on its interior brick

workflow , coding , Javascript

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Vitaly Friedman - Educational Resources For Web Designers

Web design community is strong and hard-working. We have plenty of useful resources, tools and services created, developed and released every single day: apart from goodies such as free fonts or ico

Education , Tools , Design , Time Savers

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Uzi Shmilovici - How To Identify Good Clients (and Avoid Bad Ones)

Peter Drucker is one of the most influential business writers of the last century. His ideas have shaped the ways we conduct business today. One of Drucker’s main ideas was the notion that without a

workflow , Clients , Business

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Vitaly Friedman - Responsive Web Design: What It Is And How To Use It

Almost every new client these days wants a mobile version of their website. It’s practically essential after all: one design for the BlackBerry, another for the iPhone, the iPad, netbook, Kindle — a

Responsive Design , Media Queries , coding , Css

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Philip Tellis - Keeping Web Users Safe By Sanitizing Input Data

In my last article, I spoke about several common mistakes that show up in web applications. Of these, the one that causes the most trouble is insufficient input validation/sanitization. In this arti

php , Security , coding

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Christian Heilmann - Creating And Distributing Presentations On The Web

What I will talk about is how I (and you, of course) can use the Web to find content for your talks, record them, share them with others and save them for future audiences. I’ll also explain how to

workflow , Techniques , coding

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Aygul Zagidullina - Creative Use of Video in Web Design: Background Videos

A visually appealing video is an excellent way to present a product, service or brand and take user experience to a much more interactive level. For this reason, elegant, creative and professional v

Videos , Showcases , Backgrounds , Inspiration , Web Design

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Vitaly Friedman - New Year, New Book: Smashing Book 2 Is Coming: Pre-Order Now!

Like its predecessor, the Smashing Book 2 is a printed book about best practices in modern Web design. This book shares valuable practical insight into design, usability and coding. It provides prof

Events , Smashing Books

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Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: January 2011

As the new year begins, we will continue to nourish you with a monthly spoon of inspiration for the next 12 months. This post features 65 free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe

Wallpapers , Graphics

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Jeff Gothelf - How to Maintain Your Personal Brand as a Corporate Employee

A strong personal brand is beneficial on many levels. At the core it differentiates the designer, developer, marketer, etc, from the rest of the pack within crowded disciplines. It functions as a se

Branding , Career , Business

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Thomas McGee - Coded: A Gorgeous Free Icon Set for Web Developers

Today we’re excited to present you a new icon set called Coded. Designed with web developers in mind, Coded features 25 high-quality icons ranging from 512×512px to 32×32px. Designed by Thomas McGee

Icons , Freebies , coding

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Mark Cossey - The Designer’s Cross-Training Toolkit

Well, it turns out that they are related in a round-about way. The athlete and his coaches went on to explain that training in other sports and physical activities, as well as regular soccer trainin

workflow , Education , Tools , Inspiration , Opinion Column

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Christian Heilmann - YQL: Using Web Content For Non-Programmers

Delivering great presentations is an art, and preparing the slides for them very much so, too. But we’re not going to talk about that. We’re also not going to get into the debate about whether to us

Content , coding , SQL

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