Making extra money as a freelancer, without being cheated

Today I’m going to show you some interesting ways to make money as a web professional. Before I do, let's clarify…

Stop being so square

As a design professional, you are familiar with (and possibly contributing to) the increased use of circles in all…

U.S. election, we decide

In the U.S. election day is finally here. People across the country are heading out to vote, with many U.S. citizens…

The splash strikes back: 40+ splash-like headers

A long time ago, on a website not that far away, you'd be welcomed by a web page that didn't have much on it. It maybe…

Comics of the week #154

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

Best practices for navigation on the mobile web

The way people access information online is evolving. Google reports that by next year (2013) more than half of website…

Striking.ly review: professional websites for everyone

If you're looking to set up a website there are a multitude of options. With no budget or time restrictions the choice…

#instacane

Since the advent of the world wide web, people have been using it to bear witness to the events around them, some…

Sometimes, more is more

If you’ve been involved in today’s conversations about what’s best as far as style goes for websites, and nearly…

Web Revenge! Dirty tricks for Halloween

My therapist says I’m obsessed with revenge. He’ll be sorry he said that! It’s not that I’m paranoid about all of the…

A bright idea from Philips

Now the lights are coming back on in New York, a lot of our regular readers may be feeling a little nostalgic for cosy…

Building your first WordPress plugin (part 2)

In the previous part of our series we created the base for a WordPress plugin recognisible by the core. Today we are…

Google takes on Hurricane Sandy

With Hurricane Sandy still lashing the North East of America, Google was forced to modify its launch event for the…

What's old is new again when it comes to SEO essentials

With at least 13 updates to its algorithms since April’s Penguin update targeted sites that violate Google’s webmaster…

Comics of the week #153

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

10 jaw dropping responsive landing pages

‘Responsive’ is the latest movement in web-development – and one that’s needed pretty badly. Every day, the number of…

Yahoo considering rebranding?

This is the logo you may be soon looking at whenever you point your browser to yahoo.com The Internet giant have not…

Making the right typographic choices

The internet, after you get past all the coding, is littered with different approaches to typography. There are a…

Windows 8: a tale of two OS

Today, Microsoft will be launching Windows 8, the biggest redesign of its flagship product in nearly two decades;…

Is falling down the career ladder the end?

I fully admit to my days of bastardness, obsessed with success, craving power over others for the sake of revenge and…

Brands from a parallel Comic-Sans dimension

What if we lived in a world where the only available typeface was Comic-Sans? That's the idea, or at least must have…

WebdesignerDepot redesigned!

And here it is... After way too many delays, countless mock ups and ideas, the new WebdesignerDepot.com is finally…

Redesigns: more help than you might think

Recently, I ran into a client that wanted to redesign their company's website. It was made using Flash, and of course…

Comics of the week #152

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…