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  • Create awesome retro designs  with Photoshop and CSS

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    Create awesome retro designs with Photoshop and CSS

    Naomi Atkinson reveals some quirky Photoshop and CSS tricks

    18 Oct 2011

    By Naomi Atkinson on | 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
  • The insider’s guide to a successful website: build (part 2)

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    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
    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
  • Stop banning Lorem Ipsum: a rebuttal

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    Stop banning Lorem Ipsum: a rebuttal

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

    17 Oct 2011

    By Robert Hoekman Jr on | 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
  • The .net strip #1: The Fold

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    The .net strip #1: The Fold

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

    14 Oct 2011

    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
  • Create a 3D gamepad icon with Photoshop and Illustrator

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    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 | 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
  • The developer's guide to browser adoption rates

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

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    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 | 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
  • Scaling on the cloud (part 3)

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    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
    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
  • Build a job listings website with Drupal

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

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    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 | 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?
  • Ethan Marcotte's 20 favourite responsive sites

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    Ethan Marcotte's 20 favourite responsive sites

    Ethan Marcotte rounds up 20 of his favourite responsive sites

    11 Oct 2011

    By Ethan Marcotte on | 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
  • The insider’s guide to a successful website: design (part 1)

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    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 | 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
  • Mobile apps must die!

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    Mobile apps must die!

    Scott Jenson explains why the native apps model is holding us back

    10 Oct 2011

    Frog's creative director Scott Jenson argues that mobile apps must die. He explains why the overall model of native apps is holding us back and that they shouldn't be the default approach
  • Graham Linehan on Twitter

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    Graham Linehan on Twitter

    Comedy writer and avid Twitterer on his love for the service

    7 Oct 2011

    By Craig Grannell on | 2 comments
    Graham Linehan, comedy writer and creator of The IT Crowd, Black Books and Father Ted, is an avid Twitterer. Here he talks to Craig Grannell on his love for the service and what it got wrong
  • Tripping the DOM fantastic with jQuery

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    Tripping the DOM fantastic with jQuery

    Jay Blanchard explains jQuery's DOM tree traversal methods

    7 Oct 2011

    By Jay Blanchard on | 1 comment
    Jay Blanchard, author of the book Applied jQuery, explains how to work with elements in your markup that are either ancestors or descendants of an HTML element that you have selected. Here he focuses on the DOM tree traversal methods
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