Archive for October, 2009

Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Oct 25-Oct 31, 2009

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.
The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the [...]

Delphi isn’t dying

Every 3-6 months or, more frequently it seems, someone has the urge to post some attention grabbing headline such as “Is Delphi Dying” or “Is Delphi a Dead language?”. Enough is enough, I thought, I am utterly bored with this discussion.

Give Meaning To Your Work

The most difficult part in the search for significance of your work is the transition process. It is difficult to navigate unknown waters, leaving something secure behind.

Coding Horror: Revisiting “The Fold”

the one bit of advice I hadn’t anticipated was that we were not making good use of the area “above the fold”. This surprised me. Does the fold still matter?

Create RESTful URLs with Wicket

howto create RESTful urls with the webframework Wicket

10 Dependable Money Management Tools for Freelance Designers

Whether you are a freelance designer or a big company in itself, money management plays a crucial role for you. For freelance designers, managing money is essentially required for them because they might not perform their job on a regular basis. They may get overloaded with designing projects in a month while in the next [...]

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: November 2009

Smashing Magazine’s Redesign and Smashing Network

The Framework that Helped Me Enjoy Web UI Programming

If you hate the tag soup and extra code that comes with UI programming, consider Apache Wicket. A developer gives his review.

78+ Awesome Gradient Resources for Web Design

It is unevitable to use gradients for web designers. The links above is a huge collection for you to find or make the best gradient effects for your website. They are not only about photoshop, illustrator or gimp, but also tools, generators and inspiration. If you still not using gradients, I think after this post [...]