mindgraffiti

mindgraffiti - noun; musings on creative work, publicly posted.

About

I am a web developer for the API Web Services dept., where I learn a little more about cows and PHP every day.

Archive for January, 2007

Graphic Design Hero: Tells off Craigslist

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Required reading for all designers:
This disgruntled designer puts the God’s honest truth down for all to read.
Read the original post, removed from Craigslist, below:
————————————-
Every day, there are more and more Craigs List posts seeking “artists” for everything from auto graphics to comic books to corporate logo designs. More people are finding themselves in need of [...]

Popularity: 35% [?]

Read the rest of this entry »

Evolution of Design

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

I’m elbows-deep in web updates and new site design work orders at the moment, but I came across some good reading I thought I’d share:

Real hackers don’t use CSS, a post on Friendly Bit - pretty much encompasses the learning curve and thinking process I went through while learning web design.

Popularity: 47% [?]
Tags: web design

Popularity: 47% [?]

Read the rest of this entry »

References and Resources

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Today’s post is some of my favorite links I regulary visit.
TWiT - This Week in Tech web site. TWiT podcasts brought to you by Leo Laporte and on occasion Screen Savers/TechTV vets as guests. A great way to keep up with tech industry news.
A List Apart - Articles about web design, web development, and tips [...]

Popularity: 30% [?]

Read the rest of this entry »

The Headaches and Triumphs of Hybrids

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

I have been working on Branch View Angus all week. It was left to me as a hybrid template - part tables, part CSS for the layout. This is all part of our plan to transition in to pure CSS sites. All I had to do was plug the content into it. Or so I [...]

Popularity: 28% [?]

Read the rest of this entry »

The IDM Major and Why it Worked for Me

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

I recently stumbled across this post on A List Apart. It advocates using a big-picture approach to implementing web standards in harmony with a web site’s intended design. The three major mindsets ALA named are The Writer, The Engineer, and The Artist. A short summary of the article:
Start by thinking like a writer. Outline the [...]

Popularity: 28% [?]

Read the rest of this entry »