Posts Tagged ‘Design’

Miracles Do Happen »

Dec. 24th, 2008

I’m going to do something that is very uncharacteristic of me: I’m going to bare my personal life to the world at large (at least briefly).  I really feel that my conscience commands me in this case to share a little bit.  You see, I’ve been witness to a miracle. There was this guy.  He…

Project: Aardvark Brigade – Twisted Records »

Dec. 17th, 2008

As of late I’ve been fortunate enough to have some very fun freelance projects come across my what-passes-for-a-desk.  One such project that I just recently complete was for an interesting company based out of Massachussetsand New Jersey, called The Aardvark Brigade, for the website of UK-based Twisted Records. Aardvark (henceforth to be notated as “AB”)…

The Making of a Not-So-Boring Search/RSS Widget (Part 2) »

Dec. 1st, 2008

In my previous post, I decided I would share my rough methodology on how I went about sprucing up my search widget in WordPress. If you’re just tuning in, here’s a quick update on what I described in The Making of a Not-So-Boring Search/RSS Widget: We downloaded some cool Photoshop brushes featured in Smashing Magazine,…

The Making of a Not-So-Boring Search/RSS Widget »

Nov. 28th, 2008

Maintaining your own site can be a real chore.  That’s one of the many reasons why I like WordPress so much: it makes updating and adding new content easy. But what about non-content updates?  I’m talking about tweaking something that doesn’t look exactly the way you’d like it to visually.  A lot of people seem…

Solace From The Pros »

Nov. 21st, 2008

It’s always a good idea to try and learn from your peers.  I try and follow the articles from industry experts and other people influential in web design and development on a regular basis.  And in doing so the other day, I found this post by Jason Santa Maria.  Cameron Moll left an interesting comment…

Web Design as Sculpting »

Nov. 18th, 2008

In my travels as of late trying to get this site tuned to how I want it, I’ve spent a lot of time over at WordPress going through documentation, looking at plugins, etc.  One of the things that I kept noticing was their little slogan/stylish saying in the bottom right corner of the page: This…