I was reading this great article about the future of web design galleries over at Vandelay design (a great blog by the way) and decided to react here.
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My two cents on the future of design galleries
5 bookmarklets that will make your job easier
Here’s a question for you: what do you get if, instead of bookmarking a link, you bookmark a snippet of javascript code ? If you answered “browser crash”, you’re wrong (hopefully). The right answer is “a bookmarklet”. (more…)
New Résumé
I finally designed a better résumé for myself. Each of the tools I use are presented on a graph according to how much I use them, and how well I’ve mastered them. (more…)
Real Life Examples of Japanese Design
As someone with an interest in design (I’m not sure I’ve earned the right to call myself a “designer” just yet), I find it interesting to compare design in different fields and different cultures. Some of the same principles that apply to designing a subway map might very well apply to web design, and what’s more two different cultures usually have different approaches for both of these tasks.
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A little bit of self-googling
Lately, thanks to the success of the Design Resources Search Engine, I’ve been obsessing about my stats. I don’t know if you noticed it, but WordPress’s stats uses google blog search to display your incoming links. Don’t ask me why blog search returns 45 results linking here, while the regular search only finds 24 links. I’m far from being a Search Engine Optimization expert.
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Design Ressources Search Engine
I’ve set up a Google Custom Search Engine for designer ressources. What’s a Custom Search Engine (CSE) you ask ? Basically it’s a set of guidelines that tell Google which websites to search through and what to look for. Ever wanted a way to search for that perfect photoshop brush across multiple websites at once, but not waste time sifting through paint supplies websites ?
Well now you can ! Go take a look at the Designer Ressources Search Engine and tell me what you think !
Vote for… umm… me ?
You see, originally this was supposed to be a post encouraging you to vote for my website in the Vandelay Design Blog Design Madness competition. This is a tournament-style competition where website get paired one against the other until only one remains, and is crowned the new design king of blogs. I was lucky enough to be selected, and I can’t wait to see how far this blogs goes.
Featured on SmashingMagazine !!
I’m always thrilled when Google Reader tells me there’s a new blog post over at Smashing Magazine. They always showcase the best and latest tendancies in webdesign. Case in point, their recently featured article on grunge style webdesign which was full of great ressources and inspiration.
January roundup: my personal selection
Reading through Smashing Magazine’s roundups can be a little overwhelming. To help you digest all this info, here are my own personal favorites, taken from their list as well as the sites they linked to
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Stealing vs sharing, a big difference
I think it’s easy enough to tell the difference. If the thing that you’re giving away belongs to you it’s sharing, if not it’s stealing. (more…)