Apr 13 2010

Mel Ndiweni - Meeting Your Client for the First Time

When I first started out as a freelancer and got my first client – the prospect of meeting him was daunting to say the least. Over time, my confidence grew which led me to write a short overview of

workflow , Clients , Business

Jan 24 2011

Sam Barnes - Guidelines For Successful Communication With Clients

OK, so this is a yet another article about dealing with clients. But let’s face it — it doesn’t matter how well you can design or code; as a freelancer or if you’re running a digital agency, if you

workflow , Productivity , Clients , Communication , Business

Jul 14 2009

Jeff Gardner - Quality-Price-Ratio in Web Design (Pricing Design Work)

I’m about to make a bold statement. The quality of a design and the monetary cost of producing or procuring that design have absolutely no relationship whatsoever. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, I k

Pricing , Income , Business

Nov 05 2009

Kat Neville - Invoice Like A Pro: Design Examples and Best Practices

Your invoice should be prim and proper, so that you can get paid by your clients efficiently. While invoicing is not a fun task, it’s a necessary one: by keeping clients informed of your expectation

Contracts , Invoicing , Clients , Inspiration , Design , Business

Sep 29 2010

Speider Schneider - Breaking Down Doors: Promoting Yourself To Dream Clients

There’s a saying that the School of Visual Arts in New York City once used in its ads: “To be good is not enough when you dream of being great.” We all have dream clients that we would like to add t

Clients , Business

Mar 19 2010

Cameron Chapman - Showcase of Academic and Higher Education Websites

College and university websites have a lot of roles to fill. They need to provide information for prospective students (both new and transfer), parents of students and prospective students, current

Showcases , Inspiration

Nov 15 2009

Alex Komarov - iPhone Apps Design Mistakes: Disregard Of Context

To better understand the context of these design challenges, we’ll highlight several levels of human and environmental factors. Level 1: You Are Here. To Create An App That Customers Love, Zoom Out

Design Patterns , mobile , Apps , iphone , ios

Nov 17 2025

Joas Pambou - Using Multimodal AI Models For Your Applications (Part 3)

In this third and final part of a three-part series, we’re taking a more streamlined approach to an application that supports vision-language (VLM) and text-to-speech (TTS). This time, we’ll use dif

llm , Techniques , Tools , AI

Nov 17 2025

Atila Fassina - Code Documentation, Streamlined

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Swimm who have built the first code knowledge management tool that helps developers easily understand code. Thank you! Everythi

Techniques , Tools , coding

Nov 17 2025

Vitaly Friedman - A Practical Guide To Designing For Colorblind People

Too often, accessibility is seen as a checklist, but it’s much more complex than that. We might be using a good contrast for our colors, but then, if these colors are perceived very differently by p

Design Patterns , Accessibility , ux , Design