2010 | Webdesigner Depot

31 Dec
Comics of the Week #58
Comics, Funny, Humor
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Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.
Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own… Read more
29 Dec
Our Most Popular Posts of 2010
Best Of, Compilation
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As 2010 draws to an end, we’re taking a moment to look back at some of our most popular posts of the year.
2011 will finally see a much overdue redesign of WDD and we also have another great website for designers that will be released in early 2011, which is something to get excited about!
On behalf of myself and the entire WDD team, I’d like to thank each of you for your ongoing support and loyalty. You truly helped us build an amazing WDD with all your emails, your ideas, comments and suggestions. Big thanks!
Now let’s revisit the top 20 WDD posts that made a big splash in 2010. The most popular post appears at the top of the list, with the other posts being sorted chronologically.
Wishing you all a happy and successful 2011! Read more
Popular Posts
14 Applications for Project Management and Collaboration 50 Inspirational Website Introductions How to Create a Professional Logo
27 Dec
Are You a Comic Sans Criminal?
Fonts, Interviews, Typography
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Who knew that a college graphic design project could turn into an overnight viral sensation?
On Tuesday, December 22nd, UK-based graphic design student Matt Dempsey, 21, launched a cute primer called Comic Sans Criminal.
The elegant site instructs amateur designers how to use the most juvenile-looking typeface in a designer’s toolbox.
His cheeky project caught on, causing “Comic Sans” to trend on Twitter on Wednesday and gaining nearly 200,000 unique viewers in the first 30 hours of its launch.
Grace Bello interviewed Dempsey on behalf of WDD, about his design background, the popularity of Comic Sans Criminal, and the typeface personalities with which he’d like to go out for a beer. Read more
26 Dec
Our Favorite Tweets of the Week
Dec 20-Dec 26, 2010
Best Of, Compilation, Twitter
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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 best tweets that we sent out this past week.
Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.
To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot Read more
25 Dec
Comics of the Week #57
Comics, Funny, Humor
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Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.
Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own… Read more
22 Dec
Amazing Holiday Brushes from BrushLovers
Compilation, Photoshop, Web Design
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Our new website, BrushLovers, was just launched last month and is already becoming immensely popular, with thousands of free downloads every day of our unique designer collection of Photoshop Brushes.
Over the past few weeks we’ve been adding loads of exciting new brushes, just in time for the holidays.
As usual, most of the brushes are completely free, and to make the premium sets even more worthwhile, we’ve introduced very attractive lower priced premium packs.
Today, we’re showcasing a few of our most popular Photoshop holiday brushes.
Click on any of the images below to go to the respective pages on BrushLovers.com to download the brushes.
Wishing you all Happy Holidays!
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20 Dec
What to Do When a Client Relationship Goes South
Business, Clients, Web Design
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Client relationships almost always start out really well. You’re both excited to be working together, they’re looking forward to a new site and you’re looking forward to creating something really amazing.
Sometimes it stays this way throughout the process and the working relationship between web designer and client goes smoothly. Other times… not so much.
One of the most frustrating things about client relationships going south is that you often feel like there was absolutely no way to have anticipated it.
Sometimes this is absolutely true but the majority of the time there are little warning signs which you can pick up on very early and use to your advantage.
Today we’re going to be looking at how to deal with the difficult situations which arise when the project doesn’t go quite as smoothly as everyone anticipated.
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