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Archive for April, 2008

If architects had to work like web designers…

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

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 […]

Photoshop Tutorial: Getting rid of red eye

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

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 […]

Ultimate Geek Test: T-Shirt

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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;
}

Automation deteriorating the quality of dynamic websites

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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 […]

RSS Hugger for Bloggers

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

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 […]

Must-have tools for the freelance web designer (PC and Mac)

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

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 & […]