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  • The evolution of client services

    Carl Smith, founding member of nGen Works, argues that the current model of client services is dead and explains how it's evolving

  • Eight advent calendars for web designers and developers

    24 ways is not the only advent calendar for web geeks. There's one for everyone, covering topics as diverse as web fonts, performance, PHP and Perl. We compile the best ones for you to check out and talk to their creators, too
    By Oliver Lindberg on | 2 comments

  • Applying micro-level design criteria

    Writing micro-level design criteria for individual features can help you invent better solutions. In this example leading user experience specialist Robert Hoekman Jr explains how he established design criteria for Myspace and applied them
    By Robert Hoekman Jr on

  • Die a designer: 10 steps to a long career

    Designers need to be planning for career longevity, says Christopher Cashdollar, creative director for Happy Cog. His 10 tips will get you thinking beyond the pixel and on a path towards long-term professional relevance
    By Christopher Cashdollar on | 11 comments

  • The web designers' gift guide 2011

    We've asked some of the industry's leading designers to recommend their favourite Christmas gifts. So if you're still stuck and don't know what to get for your geek friends, here are more than 50 gift ideas for your inspiration
    By Oliver Lindberg on | 10 comments

  • 10 things your clients need to know

    Clients sometimes need a little push in the right direction and be taught about the mysteries of web design. Paddy Donnelly and Jack Osborne, the brains behind Wee Nudge, address 10 touchy subjects to show you how to do it
    By Jack Osborne And Paddy Donnelly on | 10 comments

  • The top 25 books for web designers and developers

    As Christmas is just over a month away, Craig Grannell quizzes the web industry’s finest about the essential books you should be giving to that special web designer or developer in your life or devour yourself this holiday season

  • Behind the scenes of 'Lights': the latest WebGL sensation!

    Interactive studio HelloEnjoy has built a mind-blowing 3D music video for Ellie Goulding's song 'Lights'. Here creative director Carlos Ulloa explains how the team chose WebGL and created various immersive graphic effects
    By Carlos Ulloa on

  • Make serious cash from web templates: 10 insider tips

    Looking for ways to make some extra money? Here WordPress themes designer Brandon Jones examines 10 practical tips for turning your web design by-products into some serious cash flow each month by selling them online
    By Brandon Jones on | 2 comments

  • The birth of the HUGE UX school

    Michal Pasternak, partner (user experience) at HUGE, explains how the agency developed a training program for prospective interaction designers and how it changed the company
    By Michel Pasternak on

  • The 10 principles of interaction design

    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
    By Chad Vavra on | 1 comment

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

    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
    By Laurence Mccahill on
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