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Card Observer: A New Site for Business Card Design Inspiration

Published February 1st, 2009 in Links - 8 Comments

Henry Jones of Web Design Ledger, and formerly of Design Reviver, has recently launched a new site to showcase excellent business card designs. Card Observer is a gallery site that provides inspiration to designers and a platform for others to showcase their own work.

December’s Best: This Month in Web Design

Published December 28th, 2008 in Links - 10 Comments

2009 is almost hear, and that means it’s time for the last monthly roundup in 2008. This month’s edition includes links to a wide variety of design and development-related blog posts, and some inspirational resources as well. if you’re looking for a good roundup of all of the best content from the past year, see Noupe’s 2008 Most Popular Design Posts, Tutorials and Resources.

Web Design and Development:

10 Ways to Cut Down Web Development Time – Six Revisions

How to Make Your WordPress Title Tag SEO Friendly – WP Recipes

8 Useful WordPress SQL Hacks – Smashing Magazine

Top 29 Free UX Tools and Extensions – UX Booth

This Month in Web Design: Best Links of November

Published November 28th, 2008 in Links - 16 Comments

Now that November is winding down it’s time to take a look at the best items from the month. I hope this re-cap provides you with some new and helpful content that you hadn’t seen before. Web Design and Development: CSS Tip #1: Resetting Your Styles with CSS Reset – Six Revisions Getting Ready for [...]

October’s Best: This Month in Web Design

Published October 29th, 2008 in Links - 19 Comments

It seems like each month there is more and more design-related content available. That means there are plenty of opportunities to learn and be inspired, but it also gets hard to sort through everything to find what you really want. Hopefully this collection of the best posts from October will help.

Web Design and Development:

50 Stunning Examples of a Great Redesign: My Top Picks – Function

10 Tips to Avoid Designer’s Block – GoMediaZine

How Much Should You Charge for a Website? – CSS-Tricks

How to Use sIFR 3 (Screencast) – CSS-Tricks

37 Ways to Design the Comment Form – Blog Design Blog

13 Awesome JavaScript Animated Flash Like Menus – DevSnippets

A Few Items of Interest

Published October 9th, 2008 in Links - 2 Comments

I’ve recently been notified of a few items that I thought were worth mentioning. There are two design contests (with nice prizes) and a new site launch.

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Best of September: This Month in Web Design

Published September 28th, 2008 in Links - 12 Comments

As always, it’s been a busy month for design blogs. Here is my collection of the best articles and resources I’ve come across this month.

Web Design and Development:

How Do Cheaters Redesign and Still Win? – Pro Blog Design

Body Border 2: Fade in with Gradient – CSS-Tricks

75 Really Useful JavaScript Techniques – Smashing Magazine

30 More Must See Comment Designs for Blog Designers – Blog Design Blog

CSS Typography: Contrast Techniques, Tutorials and Best Practices – Noupe

2 Great Web-Based Alternatives to PHPMyAdmin – Primal Skill Blog

Best of August: This Month in Web Design

Published August 31st, 2008 in Links - 10 Comments

In case you missed any of the best posts of the month, here is a round up to keep you busy for a while.

Web Design and Development:

7 Principles of Clean and Optimized CSS Code – Smashing Magazine

Top 10 Web Typography Sins – Smashing Magazine

10 Adobe AIR Apps for Web Designers – Six Revisions

10 Tools for Evaluating Web Design Accessibility – Six Revisions

Label Placement on Forms – CSS Tricks

11 Reasons Why a Web CMS Will Make Your Life Easier and Your Wallet Fatter – Chromatic Sites

Best of July, 2008: This Month in Web Design

Published July 29th, 2008 in Links - 11 Comments

Since July is winding down, here is a quick recap of some of the best blog posts of the month. As always, there’s plenty of reading to keep you busy/distracted.