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Joshua Johnson — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:52:14 +0000

Chris Coyier posted some slides from a recent take he gave in London. Check them out!

7 Photoshop Tips for Designing Clean and Modern Websites

Joshua Johnson — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:52:08 +0000

You need only a handful of these tools to infuse the qualities of modern design into a layout. By mastering them, you can create clean designs that express functionality clearly and effectively.

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Mobile Apps Must Die!

Joshua Johnson — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:56:32 +0000

Frog’s creative director Scott Jenson argues that mobile apps must die. He explains why the overall model of native apps is holding us back and that they shouldn’t be the default approach.

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7 Rules to Creating a Professional Portfolio Site

Joshua Johnson — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:54:26 +0000

In order to attract the potential clients, your portfolio should be designed properly according to certain principles which not only impress the clients, but also ensure their smooth user experience.

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Sunni Brown : Doodlers, Unite!

Joshua Johnson — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:02:43 +0000

Speaking at Ted 2011, Sunni makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen.

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13 New Cool and Creative Fonts to Download

Joshua Johnson — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:02:38 +0000

I have been designing for years now and always enjoy the act of finding new fonts that I can use on my latest web projects. Here you have 13 New Cool and Creative Fonts to Download.

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Beyond Task Completion: Flow in Design

Joshua Johnson — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:16:14 +0000

Does the design solve a problem? Can people make it solve their problems? Do people want it to solve their problems? Even if the answers to these questions are all “yes,” now what?

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Create an Underwater, Vector-Style Illustration in Photoshop

Joshua Johnson — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:16:10 +0000

While Photoshop wasn’t originally designed to create these types of illustrations, it does have the capability to produce illustrations that can meet or exceed that of Illustrator. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a fun, underwater, vector-style illustration using Photoshop. Let’s get started!

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Building a Starburst With CSS

Joshua Johnson — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Chris Coyier shows you how to build a nice little price starburst using only CSS.

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Tripping the DOM Fantastic With jQuery

Joshua Johnson — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:00:37 +0000

Jay Blanchard, author of the book Applied jQuery, explains how to work with elements in your markup that are either ancestors or descendants of an HTML element that you have selected. Here he focuses on the DOM tree traversal methods.

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Tribute to Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)

Joshua Johnson — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:56:40 +0000

Today is not an easy day for millions out there who owns an Apple product or two, certainly also a gloomy day for all folks who work at Apple. Steven Paul Jobs, better known as Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, has officially left us on today, 5th of October, 2011.

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Redesign Your Portfolio Site in 10 Easy Steps

Joshua Johnson — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:55:24 +0000

Designing for yourself is one of the toughest tasks for a web designer. Grace Smith rounds up 10 vital steps you need to take to pave the way for a successful redesign of your portfolio site.

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6 Steps to Scaling Your Freelance Business

Joshua Johnson — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:50:02 +0000

In this article, I will outline six steps you can take to scale up your freelance business, and grow your income, without sacrificing your leisure time.

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Discover the Power of CSS3 Selectors

Joshua Johnson — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:49:57 +0000

Rich Clark explains how to keep your markup slim and target elements in the DOM without resorting to extra presentational markup or JavaScript by using CSS3 selectors.

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Beginner’s Guide To: Building HTML5/CSS3 Webpages

Joshua Johnson — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:58:01 +0000

I’ll be walking you through the relaxing process to build a standard HTML5/CSS3 web page with comprehensive yet in-depth explanation and tada! Bonuses like learning resources and free HTML5 templates are available for you, so take this chance to kick-start your HTML5 journey!

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