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How to sell just about anything

You might create spectacular websites, but your efforts can be wasted if your client's sales pitch doesn't feature a…

Do we really need another HTML5 authoring app?

Yesterday Google released the beta version of its newest project: Web Designer. Announced earlier this year, Web…

Introducing CSS Regions

Building complex, flexible layouts has never been easy, but CSS3 has certainly taken away a lot of the headaches. CSS3…

3 ways a keyboard can enhance mobile UX

When it comes down to it, user experience should be the number-one priority for mobile developers. Really successful…

Sound in user experience design

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works...and sounds. The web is home to…

Is Google finished?

Google, the omnipresent search engine, is celebrating its 15th birthday today. Which means it can now drive a car and…

Deal of the week: Ultimatum WP theme builder

WordPress is one of the best ways of deploying content. But we're not all about using templates. Most designers want to…

Lootback gives you cash back

Web design resources are often cheap, but they add up: stock photography, fonts, a sound file or two; before you know…

Why a portfolio is called “your book”

I’ve traveled to many art schools, being asked to review senior student portfolios, and speak on professional practices…

How to get the low-poly look

You may have noticed a common look in many images, not only in graphics and animations online, but also in magazines,…

Inspiring typography from Typewolf

If you're looking for a quick fix of typographic inspiration then boy, do I have a treat for you. It comes in the form…

Disastrous logo redesigns

Logos are a different kind of design. They're tricky. They have to encompass an entire company, brand and attitude in…

50+ fantastic free tools for designers

One of the very best things about the Web is the great tools that the community keeps on delivering. We love…

Deal of the week: Huge savings on stock photography

We all know that the best photos are the ones we take ourselves — or at least the ones we pay a photographer to take…

.net pulls the plug

The blogosphere exploded today at the news that .net magazine, the publication that many of us began our careers…

How to design news sites

Recently, a friend suggested that I write an analysis of news websites: what they're doing right, and what they're…

The secret of success: self-branding

When I speak to senior students at art schools, there is one major thing I try to impress upon them: to freelance is to…

Incredible voice control for the Web

Browsing the Web is usually an endless round of clicks, taps and scrolling. That's changed with Annyang, an incredibly…