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  • Cameron Koczon on Gimme Bar

    Gimme Bar enables you to save bits of the web instead of just bookmarking them. Founder Cameron Koczon tells Tanya Combrinck about the importance of owning the content you’ve collected
    By Tanya Combrinck on
  • Jump from graphic to web design in seven easy steps

    Graphic designers who want to transition from print to web need to stop being scared of the 'tech boogie man' and make the leap. Jose Caballer presents seven steps to help you get off the fence and start making more money
    By Jose Caballer on | 6 comments
  • 2011 in review: the top five failed web launches

    Susan Chadwick, co-founder of Edge Testing Solutions, looks back at her top five, well publicised web launch crashes and offers advice on how you can avoid the indignity of apologising to customers when your website falls over
    By Susan Chadwick on | 3 comments
  • 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
  • Dieter Rams' 10 principles of good web design

    Dieter Rams is one of the most important designers of the 20th century but his famous 10 principles for good design focused on industrial design. Here Lisbon-based designer Nuno Loureiro applies them to web design
    By Nuno Loureiro on | 8 comments
  • Gavin Elliott on web conferences

    Gavin Elliott, who ran the DIBI web conference for Codeworks, talks to Oliver Lindberg about why he has given it up, what he's learned and what we can expect from his own project, next year's Industry Conference
    By Oliver Lindberg 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
  • 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
  • Five skills you need to make AB testing work

    Multivariate and split testing can be crucial for sales conversions but how do you get the most out of it? Matthew Bird, the marketing man at Stinkyink.com, looks at five steps every designer need to go through
    By Matthew Bird on | 1 comment
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ryan Carson on Treehouse, FOWA, startups and more!

    He’s the man who got us networking at The Future of Web Apps and learning online via Treehouse. Tom May meets the American entrepreneur who’s passionate about breathing energy into the UK startup scene
    By Tom May on
  • Getting feedback is crucial

    Hardly anyone likes asking for comments on their work, but the process is critical to career development and good results, says Jonathan Smiley
    By Jonathan Smiley on | 2 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
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