The creative software company Adobe has cornered a large portion of the market. Designers always have alternatives, but many of the largest firms still rely on Adobe software to this day. Continue reading
Author: Jake Rocheleau
Browserdiet – The Web Designer’s Guide to Slimming your Site
There are many ways to minify the size of a website. First is to obviously minify the files themselves. Then comes database consolidation/clean-up, JS request minimaization, image optimization, etc. Continue reading
LayoutIt! Interface Builder for Bootstrap
The open source Bootstrap framework has grown precipitously over just a few years. This framework allows developers to craft websites built on a codebase that pre-styles elements, grids, and typography. Continue reading
Workbench is a Free Frontend Boilerplate for Web Projects
Modern open source frameworks remove a lot of the grunt work from web development. No need to manually reset all elements or give custom defined styles for all typefaces. Continue reading
Dark Patterns – UI Designed to Trick People
How many times have you landed on a form where the “opt-in” checkbox was already checked? Well that’s recently been termed a dark UI pattern and it’s heavily discouraged among the UI/UX community. Continue reading
Learn Design online with Method of Action
If you’ve ever wanted to learn specific design techniques free of charge, then Method of Action is the site for you.
It’s a collection of resources for learning specific skills related to digital design. Since everything is online you can practice these little games & tools from any computer with Internet access – no Adobe software required. Continue reading
SmartIcons: A Large SVG Icon Catalog for Designers
Free and premium icons are some of the most prominent freebies currently on the web. But what about combining iconsets into one location for easy-access?
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Build Custom Vector Visualizations from d3.js with Raw
The folks at DensityDesign Research Lab created an interesting web tool for generating vectors straight from documents & spreadsheets. This tool was created to fill a certain void with transferring information into the visual field without having to do so manually via InkScape or Adobe Illustrator. Continue reading
Devmag.io is a Social Network for Developers & Programmers
Facebook has turned into the largest social network to day & supports profiles from all around the world. But other smaller networks have popped up over time with a specific focus on niche areas of interest. Continue reading
Simple & Readable iOS Design Guidelines
Apple’s HIG documentation has all the info a designer could ever need. Too bad it’s mostly scattered between pages of not-so-intuitive links and complex nav menus. Continue reading