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Tickets on sale for Generate, .net's first conference!

by Tanya Combrinck

Feature

Content strategy 101, Part 3: put knowledge into action

by Sandi Wassmer

Feature

Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

by Paul Adams

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Designer says 'stop using Helvetica and Arial'

Instamojo co-founder thinks too many use typefaces without asking why

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Feature

.net comes to iOS 5 Newsstand - grab your free issue now!

To celebrate the launch of iOS 5 Newsstand, enjoy a free issue

19 Oct 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on October 19, 2011 | 4 comments

To celebrate the launch of iOS 5 Newsstand, we're giving away a free copy of our September issue (#219) for a limited time only. Read on to find out how!
Feature

The 10 principles of interaction design

The Barbarian Group's Chad Vavra on what makes good interaction design

19 Oct 2011

By Chad Vavra on October 19, 2011 | 2 comments

Chad Vavra, interaction design director at The Barbarian Group, rounds up 10 key rules that make good interaction designs and designers and that you need to understand before you can break them
Interview

Aarron Walter on designing for emotion

A Book Apart's Mandy Brown grills Aarron Walter about emotional design

18 Oct 2011

By Aarron Walter on October 18, 2011

To mark today's launch of Designing for Emotion, Mandy Brown, co-founder and editor of A Book Apart, talks to Aarron Walter, user experience design lead for MailChimp, about finding the right personality for your product
Tutorial

Create awesome retro designs with Photoshop and CSS

Naomi Atkinson reveals some quirky Photoshop and CSS tricks

18 Oct 2011

By Naomi Atkinson on October 18, 2011 | 1 comment

Vintage fonts and retro designs are all the rage on the web. Illustrator and designer Naomi Atkinson reveals some quirky Photoshop and CSS tricks to give your designs a retrotastic feel
Feature

The insider’s guide to a successful website: build (part 2)

In part 2 Laurence McCahill looks at the nults and bolts of a project

17 Oct 2011

By Laurence McCahill on October 17, 2011

Brighton-based agency Spook Studio has simplified the process of creating a website into three key stages. In part 2 of this series co-founder Laurence McCahill looks at the nuts and bolts of the project and comes up with 10 tips to ensure it runs smoothly
Blog

Stop banning Lorem Ipsum: a rebuttal

Robert Hoekman, Jr, argues that Lorem Ipsum still has value

17 Oct 2011

By Robert Hoekman Jr on October 17, 2011 | 8 comments

User experience specialist Robert Hoekman Jr argues that Latin placeholder text aka Lorem Ipsum is a tool that still has value to the design process. It's up to you to know when and why to use it
Feature

The .net strip #1: The Fold

It's the first of our new, weekly comic strips, created by Brad Colbow

14 Oct 2011

By Brad Colbow on October 14, 2011 | 4 comments

In the first of our new, weekly comic strips - exclusively created by Brad Colbow - we look at the design concept that's been the cause of many a headache since the birth of the web: the fold
Tutorial

Create a 3D gamepad icon with Photoshop and Illustrator

Dmitry Tsozik shows us how to create big 3D vector icons in Photoshop

14 Oct 2011

By Dmitry Tsozik on October 14, 2011 | 1 comment

Dmitry Tsozik, creative director of Russian agency SoftFacade, shows us how to create big 3D vector icons fast and easy in Photoshop, using some techniques that can speed up your work
Feature

The developer's guide to browser adoption rates

Zeh Fernando analyses the adoption rate of new browser versions

13 Oct 2011

By Zeh Fernando on October 13, 2011 | 7 comments

As new platform versions get released more and more quickly, are users keeping up? Zeh Fernando, a senior developer at Firstborn, looks at current adoption rates and points to some intriguing trends
Feature

The biggest freelance mistakes... and how to avoid them!

Matt Schiffman on how to avoid his most glaring freelancing mistakes

13 Oct 2011

By Matthew Darrow Schiffman on October 13, 2011 | 3 comments

Surly bosses, packed mass transit, office politics — all anathema to your self-employed lifestyle. The following tips by Matt Schiffman will teach you how to stay independent and avoid some common mistakes related to freelancing
Feature

Scaling on the cloud (part 3)

Dan Frost of 3EV explores your options when it comes to scaling

12 Oct 2011

By Dan Frost on October 12, 2011

In part 3 of our cloud series, Dan Frost of 3EV (3ev.com) explores your options when it comes to scaling, and how to choose a cloud hosting provider. In his example he's going to use Scalr, a tool for managing cloud scaling either on a single cloud or across clouds
Tutorial

Build a job listings website with Drupal

Tim Millwood on how you can use Drupal to build a job listings site

12 Oct 2011

By Tim Millwood on October 12, 2011 | 2 comments

Its learning curve is notorious but Tim Millwood argues that Drupal is not that fearsome, and demonstrates how you can use it to build a job board
Feature

Big question: what's the key factor affecting web design today?

Which key factors are uppermost in the minds of our experts?

11 Oct 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on October 11, 2011 | 5 comments

We're seeing a revolution in web design and development across many areas, from new techniques to innovative services. But which are uppermost in the minds of our experts?
Feature

Ethan Marcotte's 20 favourite responsive sites

Ethan Marcotte rounds up 20 of his favourite responsive sites

11 Oct 2011

By Ethan Marcotte on October 11, 2011 | 9 comments

Ethan Marcotte, the father of responsive web design, has compiled a whole folder of responsive sites, each as flexible and foxy as the last. Here he rounds up 20 of his favourites
Feature

The insider’s guide to a successful website: design (part 1)

In part 1 of a new series, Laurence McCahill looks at design

10 Oct 2011

By Laurence McCahill on October 10, 2011 | 1 comment

Laurence McCahill, co-founder of Spook Studio, explains how his team has simplified the process of creating a website into three key stages. In part one of this series he looks at design, including research, planning and testing, and breaks down the phase into 10 simple steps