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Vitaly Friedman - Educational Resources For Web Designers

Web design community is strong and hard-working. We have plenty of useful resources, tools and services created, developed and released every single day: apart from goodies such as free fonts or ico

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Uzi Shmilovici - How To Identify Good Clients (and Avoid Bad Ones)

Peter Drucker is one of the most influential business writers of the last century. His ideas have shaped the ways we conduct business today. One of Drucker’s main ideas was the notion that without a

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Vitaly Friedman - Responsive Web Design: What It Is And How To Use It

Almost every new client these days wants a mobile version of their website. It’s practically essential after all: one design for the BlackBerry, another for the iPhone, the iPad, netbook, Kindle — a

Responsive Design , Media Queries , coding , Css

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Philip Tellis - Keeping Web Users Safe By Sanitizing Input Data

In my last article, I spoke about several common mistakes that show up in web applications. Of these, the one that causes the most trouble is insufficient input validation/sanitization. In this arti

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Christian Heilmann - Creating And Distributing Presentations On The Web

What I will talk about is how I (and you, of course) can use the Web to find content for your talks, record them, share them with others and save them for future audiences. I’ll also explain how to

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Aygul Zagidullina - Creative Use of Video in Web Design: Background Videos

A visually appealing video is an excellent way to present a product, service or brand and take user experience to a much more interactive level. For this reason, elegant, creative and professional v

Videos , Showcases , Backgrounds , Inspiration , Web Design

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Vitaly Friedman - New Year, New Book: Smashing Book 2 Is Coming: Pre-Order Now!

Like its predecessor, the Smashing Book 2 is a printed book about best practices in modern Web design. This book shares valuable practical insight into design, usability and coding. It provides prof

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Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: January 2011

As the new year begins, we will continue to nourish you with a monthly spoon of inspiration for the next 12 months. This post features 65 free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe

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Jeff Gothelf - How to Maintain Your Personal Brand as a Corporate Employee

A strong personal brand is beneficial on many levels. At the core it differentiates the designer, developer, marketer, etc, from the rest of the pack within crowded disciplines. It functions as a se

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Thomas McGee - Coded: A Gorgeous Free Icon Set for Web Developers

Today we’re excited to present you a new icon set called Coded. Designed with web developers in mind, Coded features 25 high-quality icons ranging from 512×512px to 32×32px. Designed by Thomas McGee

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Mark Cossey - The Designer’s Cross-Training Toolkit

Well, it turns out that they are related in a round-about way. The athlete and his coaches went on to explain that training in other sports and physical activities, as well as regular soccer trainin

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Christian Heilmann - YQL: Using Web Content For Non-Programmers

Delivering great presentations is an art, and preparing the slides for them very much so, too. But we’re not going to talk about that. We’re also not going to get into the debate about whether to us

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Craig Anderson - E-Commerce Copywriting: The Guide to Selling More

Quality product descriptions can transform e-commerce conversion rates — it’s common to see increases of 30-100%. As well as converting more visitors, search traffic increases drastically when uniqu

Content , Web Design , E-Commerce , Content Strategy , Copywriting , Design , Business

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Vitaly Friedman - 25 Impressive Free High-Quality Fonts

In this selection, we’re pleased to present Pompadour Numeral Set, Lato, Crimson Text, Espinosa Nova, Musa Ornata, Spatha Sans, ColorLines, Roke1984, Neuton, Avro, Baurete and other fonts. Please no

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Daniel Durrans - Compositing in Photoshop: Time-Saving Tips

Compositing is a skill and process that spans the entire spectrum of creative industries. At the high end, compositing boasts its own specialized profession in film and television post production an

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Dan Mayer - What Font Should I Use? 5 Principles for Choosing and Using Typefaces

For many beginners, the task of picking fonts is a mystifying process. There seem to be endless choices — from normal, conventional-looking fonts to novelty candy cane fonts and bunny fonts — with n

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Paul Tero - What To Do When Your Website Goes Down

Have you ever heard a colleague answer the phone like this: “Good afterno… Yes… What? Completely?… When did it go down?… Really, that long?… We’ll look into it right away… Yes, I understand… Of cour

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Vitaly Friedman - Why We Should Start Using CSS3 And HTML5 Today

Just like the elusive character from Beckett’s classic play, this day of full cross-browser support is not ever truly going to find its dawn and deliver us this wonderful new Web where our work look

css3 , coding , Css , HTML , html5

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Andreas Zeitler - Most Common Mistakes in Screencasting

When people think about how to start screencasting, they often forget that screencasting is not only a very interesting way of showing something quickly, comprehensibly and easily; it’s also a way o

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John Rainsford - Preparing Artwork for Screen Printing in Adobe Illustrator

Getting t-shirts printed is an ideal way to promote your business, organization or event. They are a promotional item that people can actually use, and they have the added bonus of being an advertis

Illustrator , Tutorials , CMYK , Graphics

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Dmitry Fadeyev - How To Use The LESS CSS Preprocessor For Smarter Style Sheets

Enter the LESS CSS preprocessor. You see, while the simple design of CSS makes it very accessible to beginners, it also poses limitations on what you can do with it. These limitations, like the ina

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Roland Peelen - Post-Production Trends in 3D Visualizations

Post-production might well be the most underappreciated part of creating 3D visualizations. It gives you the power to easily make some changes; put in the sky you like, add some dirt, make the color

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Alexander Dawson - A Study of Trends in Mobile Design

This article is a part of our new eBook Mobile Design For iPhone And iPad (just $9.90). The eBook presents articles on professional design for the iPhone and iPad, including guidelines for the devel

Design Patterns , mobile , Studies , Android

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Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: December 2010

Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use a specific wallpaper for a longer period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why

Wallpapers , Christmas , Graphics

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