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Responsive Web Design: Remembering What We’ve Already Learned 29 Apr 2011 | 09:15 am
If you haven’t heard much about “Responsive Web Design” yet, you should get reading. The original article was published on A List Apart almost a year ago, and the movement has slowly been building sin...
Into the Wild: Working With DuroCast 10 Nov 2009 | 10:16 am
I am well aware that it has been quite a while since I’ve last written anything here. I’ve basically been a slacker in that regard—but luckily, I have something to show for it. Where have I been? Si...
Will Social Media Commit Suicide (And Kill Good Writing in the Process)? 7 Aug 2009 | 07:48 am
As I was sitting at a local coffee shop looking at my long Things list of blog article ideas, I subconsciously started evaluating which ones had the most Social Media Optimization (SMO) potential. It...
9 CSS3 Properties You Can Use Now 28 Jul 2009 | 07:25 am
If you’ve looked at any of the stuff to be included in CSS3, you were no doubt bouncing off the walls in excitement until you remembered how long it tends to take some browsers to support that kind of...
Words Matter: Copywriting for the Web 24 Jun 2009 | 01:16 pm
In a world where everything–including your competition–is just a click away, grabbing and keeping my attention is the first step to making me buy your stuff, subscribe to your content, or whatever els...
That’s a Lot of Legal Copy. 9 Jun 2009 | 09:35 am
Now, I’m quite the Apple fan, and just as big a fan of the iPhone. So needless to say, this morning’s keynote and the announcement of the iPhone 3G S was pretty awesome… Sort of. MMS? Awesome. Oh, wa...
Quit the Day Job 20 May 2009 | 12:36 pm
While I’ve been freelancing on the side for the past couple years, it often took a backseat. Freelancing was certainly more fun and more profitable when I had work, but I simply did not have the time ...
The Shadow World: CSS3 Text-Shadow and Reality 6 Apr 2009 | 03:07 pm
The CSS text-shadow property is now supported by Safari 3+, Opera 9.5+, and FireFox 3.1 (currently in beta). So when is the time to start using it? Now. Certainly not everybody will see it, but bett...
The Redesign: The Design Process 26 Mar 2009 | 06:43 am
It all started with a Moleskine. I’m a big fan of brainstorming, so naturally I got to thinking. I wrote down what I wanted to communicate, what elements and pages I needed to have, etc. Next came t...
Redesign Launched 24 Mar 2009 | 10:58 am
If you’re viewing this via your favorite web browser, you’ve probably noticed that things look very different than last time. If you’re reading this from your favorite RSS reader, come on over and che...
