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
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
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
Designing for yourself is one of the toughest tasks for a web designer. Grace Smith rounds up 10 vital steps you need to take to pave the way for a successful redesign of your portfolio site
Long live client services! Carl Smith, founding member of nGen Works, answers Khoi Vinh's post calling for the end of the client services model, explains how it has to evolve and how we can find better clients
It’s every web designer and developer’s dream: a passive income stream that generates cash all by itself. Adii Pienaar explains how to create one of your own
In the last of our .net Awards 2011 profiles, we showcase the 10 websites of the year that you have nominated. They all are rich in visual flair and imagination but which one really pushed the boundaries of the web this year?
Creating your own buttons to get people to Like or tweet your own or your client’s pages isn’t always an option. Matthew Smith takes a look at the right way to integrate social networking into your sites
Robert Hoekman Jr has been speaking at web conferences for six years now. Here he analyses seven things that are wrong with such events and comes up with a few ideas about how to fix them
On a gallery-style website, we tend to look over the whole view to see what suits our artistic palette. Digestible chunks of copy or images can be processed like a great tapas meal, argues Matthew Smith
Another new category in the .net Awards recognises the world's best web designers. Here we profile our shortlist compiled of your nominations. Whose designs rocked your world this year? Make up your mind and cast your vote today!
As more and more graphic designers and illustrators gain web design skills, illustrations can increasingly be found on the web. UK designer Mike Kus showcases his 10 favourite examples of websites using illustration to enhance the user experience.
Voluntary payments are picking up pace on the web. Linus Olsson, the co-founder of social micropayments system Flattr, draws on the lessons the team has learned from their users and explains how you can be funded by your fans, too
This new category in the .net Awards recognises the year's best online games, where timewasting is positively encouraged. Here we profile our shortlist compiled of your nominations. Let the game play begin!
The Brilliant Newcomer Award celebrates the ultimate shooting star in web design and development who really has excelled in their field. Here we profile the top 10 newcomers as nominated by you. May the best one win!
This week we profile the top 10 redesigns that you have nominated in the Redesign of the Year category of the .net Awards 2011. All the entries on our shortlist are examples of sites that went beyond an aesthetic makeover
Loyal clients are immensely valuable. Mike Kapetanovic, founder of Washington DC-based agency Reef Light Interactive, explains how to make your clients do the selling for you
Until you have the user experience for an app right, you shouldn't even be thinking of anything else. Designer and developer Aral Balkan showcases 10 beautiful iPhone app user interfaces that are more than just pretty
Another new category in the .net Awards 2011 honours the Young Developer of the Year. Here we profile the top 10 developers under 21 years of age from both sides of the Atlantic that you’ve nominated. Who knows? The next Mark Zuckerberg might be among them
The logo is one of the most important parts of a business but just how do you create an effective one? In this article you will learn some vital tips from expert logo designer Jacob Cass, who covers the basics, the design process, the pricing of your work and much more, while providing you with some handy resources along the way
