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Comment on Nobody said this Social Media marketing stuff was easy by Karen Lewis

Karen Lewis — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:20:19 +0000

So agree with you. I want to wince when I read that someone is using a marketing tool to connect with people. Social media is SOCIAL – it was created to connect people, right?

I love the idea of signing on with the intent of helping someone solve a problem and trying to give back. The design community has been so good to me, I’m glad to offer up what I have learned to help someone else.

Comment on 50 Design Tutorials for Mastering Gimp by Joni

Joni — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:30:07 +0000

Thanks for this – we use GIMP at the day job and I’m getting the hang of it. These will be incredibly useful!

Comment on Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility with WAVE by Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:04:19 +0000

Lovely find, thanks!

Comment on But I didn’t say that! by Design Informer

Design Informer — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:07:04 +0000

Thanks for talking about the article. I appreciate it!

Comment on How To Fully Secure Your WordPress Blog by Ilene

Ilene — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:20:41 +0000

Excellent article. Thanks for posting.

Comment on How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong by Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:41:40 +0000

Great article, worth a complete read. (Skip the comments, though.)

Key reminders are: (a) listen and interpret (b) ditch the arrogance and remember the site demographic (c) always communicate professionally (d) cool idea about A/B testing

Ah, there’s a lot more than that [in the article which I've not listed]. Good find!

Comment on Designer? Stop. Read. Now. by Rhonda Bartlett

Rhonda Bartlett — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:28:05 +0000

Oh this is so true! I am guilty (as I am sure many are).

I have started saving the many useful tuts in a special place and I try to (at least once a month) go back and actually go through them.

Professional development is as important (maybe more so) than actually doing the work.

If we, as designers, don’t continue to grow and learn and hone our craft, we are certainly doomed!

Comment on Coding Clean and Semantic Templates by Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:48:45 +0000

Amen, sister.

I still can’t get over the designers who brag about their perfect code – who are obviously using front page and tables. Tables for pete’s sake. That’s not perfect code… perfectly awful maybe, but certainly not semantic or valid.

Comment on Is wireframing an important step in web design? by Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:48:31 +0000

I use Balsamiq for my mockups. It is super easy.
http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups

Comment on Free eBook: A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Theme Development by Posts about themes as of October 11, 2009 | All About WordPress

Posts about themes as of October 11, 2009 | All About WordPress — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:05:00 +0000

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