Category Archives: Web design

Resources for web design

I use a load of different resources for web design everyday. Here’s a list of some of the stuff I use. Some of the tools may not be strictly resources for web design, but most are. Have a look and you’ll see what I mean. I’ve also marked the very best with an asterisks.
Blogs
Smashing magazine*
Think [...]

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Why I hate drop shadows and rounded corners

When we look back at the era of design that we are currently in, what will we be remembered for? Will it be for the colours we use. Our creative typography? Or will it be for our use of drop shadows and rounded corners?
Now I know that calling an article ‘Why I hate…’ may sound [...]

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Mac text editors review

With my hope to find the perfect text/html editor I’ve looked at a selection of programs. I’ll be reviewing these from the point of view of the web designer/developer. And I’ll only be reviewing Mac editors. Sorry about that Windows and Linux users.

There are a few things I’m looking for personally in a text editor. [...]

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The pen is mightier than the pen tool

In a fight between a pen and the pen tool (bear with me here) who would win? Well it’d be the pen. Its faster, more agile and less predictable.

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My article in Smashing Magazine

As part of a competition Smashing Magazine were doing I wrote a couple of articles for them. The competition winner ends up with a MacBook Air. Nice one. And a couple of days ago one of my articles was published.
Take a look at my article about using Illustrator instead of Photoshop for web design. Its [...]

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Cheers Ian

I just want to say a big thanks to Ian Stewart for his WordPress template. Download Thematic here.
I originally found the theme mentioned in .net magazine (issue 178). So thanks to Elliot Jay Stocks for the recommendation. He also convinced me through his great article to ditch TextPattern and use WordPress instead.

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