14 Free Mac Apps for Web Designers on a Budget
Great article at http://webdesignledger.com/tools/14-free-mac-apps-for-web-designers-on-a-budget about free tools for Web Designers using Macs. I use at least half of them nearly every day!
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Neue Webdesign-Referenz: Rechtsanwalt Ulrich Dost (Berlin)
Seit heute ist die neue Website des Strafverteidigers Ulrich Dost online: Die Seiten unter http://www.dost-rechtsanwalt.de informieren über die Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte und das Beratungsangebot des Berliner Anwalts.
Bei der Realisierung der Website stand für mich eine einfache Benutzerführung sowie eine klare, zum Kunden und Umfeld passende Gestaltung im Vordergrund. Die Website besteht aus "statischen" HTML-Seiten, einzelne Bereiche können jedoch über ein kleines Redaktionssystem vom Kunden selbst gepflegt bzw. aktualisiert werden.
Screenshots der neuen Website unter http://www.dost-rechtsanwalt.de
75 PSD to HTML Resources for Web Designers | Vandelay Design Blog
Nice resource, but they forgot to add http://www.xhtmlme.com/ which is great also!
45 Favorite Designers and Developers you must follow on Twitter
I was browsing through TutorialFeed.com and came across "45 Favorite Designers and Developers you must follow on Twitter." Thank you TutorialFeed for including me in the graphic design section of this list. Much appreciated. :)
Coding - Keep It Clean, Keep It Lean
Coding websites is as much an art as type or graphic design. But yet so many code their sites or client sites in such a way that no one is ever able to update them except the initial person who put it all together. Why do we do this to each other? Do we subconsciously want to make the next person’s life hell when they are updating a site or wanting to learn from your cool site?
I spent the better part of this past week banging my head against my screens at work trying to update some basic html and CSS code. The designer, who was in my position before me, left this site in absolute chaos. However, it worked so the client was happy. But of course, like any good client, 6 months down the road they had changes and updates. Well, that designer is no longer with the agency so the task fell onto my shoulders, which is usually fine. I’m more than happy to make those changes. They all seemed easy and within reason for the new budget.
But then I opened the files. I think I actually puked in my mouth a little. There were div tags calling things that weren’t even visible or listed in the CSS code then others were duplicated but not in a way that made these particular changes easy to make.
In order to make all the revisions I needed I had to completely rewrite the html and the CSS to make sense of it all. In doing this, I have learnt a few things.
1. It is all best to use shorthand CSS. It keeps things together and makes changes easier as everything is listed in one nice package.
2. Delete the tags that you initially were testing but then never used.
3. Document where tags are being used. This makes it easier for anyone to come in to your files and say “hey I need to edit the container div class…oh look there it is…that was easy”.
These and probably more things will help make every designers or developers job a lot easier. These will also help make you faster and more productivity.
Rapid Prototyping: 3D-Modelle aus dem Online-Shop
Im November 2007 berichtete ich im "Deutschen Architektenblatt" über die Möglichkeiten des "Rapid Prototypings" für Architekten (siehe http://www.baufachinformation.de/zeitschriftenartikel.jsp?z=2007129005807). Aus dreidimensionalen CAD-Dateien werden dabei in Spezialmaschinen Modelle erzeugt ("3D-Printing") bzw. gefräst. Meist handelt es sich um recht aufwändige und teure Verfahren.
Heute bin ich über eine interessante Möglichkeit des "Rapid Prototypings" gestolpert: ein Online-Shop aus den Niederlanden bietet 3D-Prints quasi "für jedermann" an: zu Preisen von 20 EUR aufwärts können CAD-Dateien hochgeladen und als Kunststoffmodell "gedruckt" werden. Wer möchte, kann seine Modelle sogar über den eingebauten Online-Shop verkaufen ... http://www.shapeways.com/about/
Screenshot von shapeways.com: ein Möbelentwurf als 3D-Modell
Website Intros Examined
via bryanconnor.com
Besucher erwarten zu erfahren, um was es geht. Es ist auch nicht ganz leicht die passenden Worte zu finden. Es reicht nicht aus zu erzählen, dass man z.B. ein kreativer Webdesigner ist, der schöne Websites macht.
