In a recent article of mine describing how to effectively design a website I brought up the parallel of asking an architect to build you a house with no clear instructions. I recently ran across this:
Dear Mr. Architect:
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you […]

There are a lot of ways to get rid of red eye from photos, and in Photoshop you can be a little more particular about it to get a natural looking result. Here is a quick tutorial of one way to go about it.
Here is the image we will work with:

To start, create a new […]

I am planning on having a full fledged store soon, but for now you can purchase my Geek Test Shirt on the marketplace at SpreadShirt here.
The shirt says:
Geek test:
if ($computers_owned > $girlfriends_had) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}

Usually when building a dynamic website (such as a social networking site), you want to makes as many things as possible be automatically generated with as few inputs from the user.
Usually.
While the above remains true, there are some things that you may want to be optionally manual. Especially for the pieces of information that enable […]

I’ve been looking around for some good places to get my blog exposed. In my travels, I came across RSSHugger.com. Coincidentally you have to write a review before they will post your blog’s RSS into their system…
I feel there is a certain irony in that. How can I write a review until I have used […]

Now that I have been at the freelance web-design business for the last several years, I have had some experience with a variety different programs. Some of them are very expensive, others are free. Here I have tried to make it easy for you and compiled a list with links to their respective locations:
Design & […]

People - especially people of business - want websites. If you asked them why, most would say that they want to “Attract more clients”, “Generate customers”, or “Show off my business”.
Imagine that you are an architect. Someone asks you to build them an office. You ask, well, what do you want in an office? The […]

As a designer and developer myself, I am very compassionate with the efforts of SavetheDevelopers.org - you really should check out their site and consider implementing their nifty script as soon as possible.

Now that I am working for a company in the mobile industry, I am slowly becoming much more into the whole mobile phone world. Since my Motorola RZR which has served me well over the last couple of years died yesterday, I went in to AT&T to get a new one today. Guess which one? […]

I wanted to spread the word about the new WYSIWYG editor I found that you can be assured will be found in all my future website developments.
This tool is very handy, easy to use, and lightweight to top it all off.
Help spread their awareness on Digg or visit the official site at www.nicedit.com
This tool will […]