I attended a design workshop on Saturday at the Art Institute of Portland. The workshop gave an overview of the school and showcased student work. I came home satisfied and bearing an interesting inquisition about the web development market.
The main lecture was interesting. One of the topics that came up was the migration to new […]

Slashdot has finally announced the winner of their CSS redesign contest. The new look is definitely an improvement.
Overall, the design is just the same old Slashdot with a bit of dusting and desperately needed graphic overhaul. It’s only a wonder that the geekiest of sites manages to get away with such an ugly design for […]

Apparently Google is testing a new homepage design. I understand that Google is trying to organize their site, but this seems to only complicate things further.

Unfortunately Google has a specific selection process for testing design prototypes, so there is no way to test the layout unless you happen to be one of the lucky few. […]

It seems there is an abundance of under qualified web developers out there. Anyone that can plug a code into their MySpace is eager to call themselves a coding expert.
Robin Dindayal, corporate blogger and Lead Software Developer for iUpload, has been conducting interviews for a design position at the company. He has compiled a list […]

Douglas Bowman, an established designer with widely acclaimed designs for sites like Blogger and Wired News, has hopped on the Google bandwagon as Visual Design Lead.
“After a bit of negotiation and a lot of internal debate, I recently accepted an offer to join Google as Visual Design Lead, a position that did not previously exist […]

It was about time Yahoo! got a fresh design. The new look drops the fruity colors and offers an attractive and efficient homepage.
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I am not a Yahoo person myself. Their goal seems to be to own every possible type of web content and tool under the Yahoo brand. When I want to buy a car, […]

How do you juggle ad placement with usability? There are many guides for raking in ad revenue. Horizontal bars, flashy colors, these will get your ads clicked, but are you sacrificing design for placement? Are you losing potential loyal visitors for click probability?
The first thing to keep in mind is product placement. You’ve seen it […]

One topic among webmasters that barely gets any attention is naming websites. Of course, a website’s name is a small piece in the big picture.. But it can make the difference between a well-known site and a dead one. Or if nothing else, put your site on a solid platform from the beginning.
Deciding on a […]

When do you start putting adverts on your website?
A. Steady traffic
When you have a steady flow of traffic coming to your site, you should start considering advertisements.
B. Maintenance is too expensive
If you can no longer afford to keep the website going, advertising is probably the way to go. Some sites are successful with donations alone. […]

Some people have taken CSS beyond layouts - to the point of arranging data. Tables are still a key part of web design and have an important part in arranging data.
According to the W3C: “The HTML table model allows authors to arrange data — text, preformatted text, images, links, forms, form fields, other tables, etc. […]