Category: Web, Tech & Design

Over the last 5.5 years as a Web developer, I have picked up several “axioms” that have made my job easier. Today I was reminded of two of them while helping a friend work through some layout issues. Josh Cramer’s First Rule Of Web Design: “It only does what you tell it to do.” Josh…

Got this in my inbox today: Turn on your TV. Osama Bin Laden has been captured. While CNN has no pictures at this point of time, the military channel (PPV) released some pictures. I managed to capture a couple of these pictures off my TV. Ive attached a slideshow containing all the pictures I managed…

D. Keith Robinson posted about Web design skills of a successful Web designer. His list: General Communication Interpersonal Communication Problemsolving Patience Adaptibility Information Architecture for the Web Visual Design Programming Web Development Writing Project Management I agree, for the most part, with his list. I wanted to take a crack at my own, from a…

Andy Budd had a pretty good article describing his ideal Web development team. I have decided (mostly for my benefit) to delineate my ideal team for a higher education environment. As I spelled these out, I realized that they fit very closely with Andy’s assessment of the situation. Department Manager: Hires and fires. Develops the…

It appears that Amazon is playing with a redesign currently. It also seems to only show to random visitors. It looks like they have redesigned their tabs a bit. But the coolest part is what they are doing with their “See all categories” tab When you mouse over the categories tab, it pops up a…