Category Archives: Tools & Resources

Should You Drop the Drop-Down Menus?

February 6, 2011 – 12:51 am

I was recently on a home improvement web site searching for ideas for renovating my bathroom. After a few minutes on the site I realized that I was not going to find what I was looking for – it certainly could have been there, but I just could not find it. Menu after menu had me [...]

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5 Great Ways to Promote Your Blog

November 5, 2010 – 6:18 pm

What caught your eye in that headline? Was it the number+adjective+message format? That brings us directly to your first tip…
1. Use a great headline. Numbers do catch people’s attention, especially when the subsequent message offers advice or commentary on the best or worst of something (5 Worst Movies, 10 Best Hotels).
2. Link to popular blogs. [...]

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3 Web Design Tips for Small Businesses

October 27, 2010 – 10:51 pm

When small businesses begin to design a website, they may think more about the business aspect than the graphic design. Don’t make that mistake–your web design forms your customers’ first impressions of the quality and professionalism of your business. These three tips may help.

Original Photographs: Don’t use that same boring stock photo of men or [...]

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How to Design an iPhone Application: Part 2

July 15, 2010 – 3:51 pm

So the last post started you down the road to iPhone app stardom. Now let’s talk about how to execute your big idea and actually get it up and running in the iTunes store:
5. Get going on the design work.
While you’re waiting for Mac’s Software Development Kit (SDK)  and Xcode files to download, work on [...]

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Time-saving Tools You Shouldn’t Miss

June 30, 2010 – 3:26 am

Smashing Magazine recently posted an excellent roundup of powerful time savers for web designers–a whopping 50 of them. Funny, trolling through a list of 50 web design tools built to help you save time doesn’t seem very efficient. That’s why you can find a recap of 4 of the most helpful/innovative/time saving ones below. They’re [...]

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