Developing a Successful Design Blog: Lessons from Web Designer Depot

Design blogs are the new in, everybody who is interested in making money online and knows any amount about web design is starting their own blog. Granted only a few have made it and gained star-status in the blogosphere, but there are thousands of others who struggle to build their way to the top. ...

December 13, 2009 · 3 min · 627 words · Jake

Mobile Device Applications from a Development Perspective

Limitations and opportunities explored Mobile devices have many positive aspects including opening up networking channels and increasing the accessibility of information, but as with any new technology, potential pitfalls must be researched, remedied and cautiously provided for. This literature review discusses several potential pitfalls of mobile technologies as well as potential opportunities faced by developers of software as well as mobile device manufacturers. More specifically, several themes are highlighted through existing literature on areas concerned with the development of mobile applications. These themes include context awareness, mobile security, usability and accessibility. By focusing on these themes and researching the literature available, the developer will be better equipped to face the challenges and opportunities ahead in order to create practical and usable applications. ...

October 22, 2009 · 13 min · 2560 words · icarnaghan

Interview with PSDFan's Designer and Blogger Tom Ross

Finding good tutorials on web design and development can be tough these days. Although so many people have and use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and all of the creative suite, there are very few that know how to utilize the tools properly and create astounding designs. ...

October 12, 2009 · 4 min · 714 words · Jake

Interview with CollegeHumor's Designer Anna Hiort

I’ve gotten my fair share of laughs from all of the hilarious content on the internet today. Photoshopped photos and amazing/retarded videos are spread like wildfire through forums and social networking sites. However, one of the best sites I’ve ever run across for generally hilarious content has to be Collegehumor. ...

October 9, 2009 · 5 min · 923 words · Jake

CrazyLeaf Design Blog - Inspiration and Resources for Web Designers

Web designers can spend hours looking for inspiration. We’ve all been there, up at 1 in the morning trying to work out a project you’ve got lined up but nothing seems to be hitting you. Whenever I’m at a design roadblock I usually turn to typical web design blogs to get the juices flowing again. ...

October 5, 2009 · 4 min · 728 words · Jake

Inside FudgeGraphics: Web Design Freebies and Tutorials

Let’s face it: we all love free stuff. As web designers, graphic designers, PHP programmers, or AJAX gurus we all love finding free code snippits or templates to work with. I have recently found a great new web design and development-focused blog Fudgegraphics which is full of all the freebies any web designer could want! ...

September 1, 2009 · 5 min · 962 words · Jake

Inside Blog.SpoonGraphics with Creator Chris Spooner

Personally one of my favorite graphic design blogs on the web, Blog.Spoongraphics provides amazing resources, tutorials, and tips for graphic and web designers everywhere. The creator and designer of the blog Chris Spooner is also a freelance web designer himself, and I landed a great interview with him. ...

July 30, 2009 · 5 min · 917 words · Jake

Graphic Designer and Blogger Andrew Houle of MyInkBlog

Graphic and web designers, lend me your ears! We have another great graphic design blog to add to our list today, MyInkBlog. Featuring all sorts of free goodies to download, amazing tutorials, inspiring articles, and a whole lot more! MyInkBlog is one of the premiere graphic and web design blogs on the web, with over 3,000 Twitter followers and almost 4,000 RSS followers. ...

July 27, 2009 · 5 min · 878 words · Jake

Getting Inside Colorburned with Designer Grant Friedman

Having a large collection of design blogs leaves your options open to so much. You can find original content very quickly, learn a lot more through tutorials and freebies, and also get to know a lot of people in the design community. Colorburned is another very popular and well-respected graphic design blog which features some of the best design news, resources, and tutorials from around the web. This can include free textures, patterns, Photoshop brushes, tutorials, and a whole lot more. ...

July 22, 2009 · 4 min · 655 words · Jake

Getting Inside Web Design Dev with Creator Michael Dunlop

Michael Dunlop is what you could call an “internet marketer”, making enough money online to provide a livable income since he was in college. Since he has started in internet marketing, Michael has created a slew of websites, one of which is a very popular website design blog. Web Design Dev posts up large collections of lists, tools, tricks, and tutorials to help beginning and professional web designers alike to find the best resources on the web. ...

July 19, 2009 · 5 min · 961 words · Jake