Opinion

Interviewing 9rules ~ A Group Interview

By Andrew Faulkner on January 31st, 2007.

It’s always a pleasure to interview a 9rules member and get their views on current web design issues. It’s even better to interview six at once. So without further ado, I present the 9rulers in question (in alphabetical order.)

Marco Jardim | http://blog.thewhitehawk.com/
Tammie Lister | http://www.diaryofawebsite.com
James Mathias | …

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Interview with Andrew Clemente - Founder of DevLounge

By Matt Davies on January 24th, 2007.

Ok boys, girls and things, I have had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Clemente the founder of DevLounge. Devlounge is a community website like Fadtastic and I thought it would be a good idea to see how its founder views the future, maintaining a community site, design and …

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WordPress books reviewed!

By Johan on January 24th, 2007.

WordPress is one of the most popular open-source blogging engines in the blogsphere. And recently two descent Word Press books have surfaced — this means good news for many bloggers in search of a solid book reference about installing, troubleshooting and managing the Wordpress Engine!! I have reviewed the following …

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The McDonalds Refresh & Fast Food Chains

By Matt Davies on January 16th, 2007.

Ok, before we start I just want to say that this is a purely design and brand related article. I do not want to get into a debate about the terrible deeds that fast food chains have undertaken and how bad, in particular McDonalds is.

Great, now that that’s out of …

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Making Websites Beta

By Andrew Faulkner on January 11th, 2007.

OK. It’s only January and the award for ‘worst pun in title’ has a clear winner.

It had occurred to me that many sites bear the word ‘beta’ in their logo or banner. But today I stumbled across three maybe four in a row. This got me thinking and inspired me …

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Interview with founder of Fadtastic - Andrew Faulkner

By Matt Davies on January 8th, 2007.

I have known Andy Faulkner for a few years now. He is always a pleasure to be with. His eyes glint with excitement whenever we discuss his favourite subject - web design trends. He is a man of enthusiasm, a man obsessed by functionality, usability and aesthetically pleasing websites. A …

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How Do You Lay Out The Layout?

By Abhijit Nadgouda on December 30th, 2006.

One of the tough decisions for web designers is about flow the layout. Should it be fixed or liquid? Wait, there is also elastic! You can also choose hybrid layout which can be a combination of any of these. Of course, there is …

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Don’t make me think - A common sense approach to Web Usability

By Johan on December 25th, 2006.

Steve Krug is a usability expert. Basically he is hired to evaluate websites and see what possible can be improved on usability issues. Web designers normally do not have a budget for usability reports. Therefore we need to do that part in the design process ourselves. Luckily, Mr. Krug just …

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The Many Blessings of Fadtastic

By Phil Renaud on December 23rd, 2006.

Just fifteen short months ago, I wrote my first article here at fadtastic. I’d been blogging for a short time on my own, but for the most part avoiding design topics. After all, I wasn’t a professional designer - I weekended it, in my spare time, for friends-of-friends and the like. I was making more money as a mobile Disc Jockey and trying to scrap together cash for a semester of, not design school, but rather Philosophy. I figured blogging on the topic wouldn’t be my forte, but would certainly be something I could learn to enjoy. And why not? Exposure’s always nice, right?

And then, something clicked. I put down the Sartre and Hegel and picked up Zeldman and Cederholm. I got responses to my articles, email concerning my availability to freelance, and my blog readership shot up. All very nice perks, but never did I expect that one of my articles would lead to a textbook contribution deal, and another to magazine publication …

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Access by design - A guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers

By Johan on December 20th, 2006.

The role of the webdesigner is partially situated around user-centred design. As a designer we need to provide functionality that makes a good user experience.

Sarah Horton, author of the book Access By Design - A guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers (2005) perhaps deliberately mixes up accessibility and usability …

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Designing Interactions

By Johan on December 15th, 2006.

In the book (a turf) Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge, the inventor-designer of the first laptop, and founder of IDEO, a design company one sees a complete overview of all key figures of interaction design from past to present.

42 designers who shaped our interactions with technology

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From Counterculture to cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism

By Johan on December 14th, 2006.

How we evolved to the Internet as we know it today — we all know bits and parts of it. Some think that Tim Berners-Lee from WWW started the Internet, others say ARPANET, the military communication network during the Cold War made the Internet happen. In fact, there is a …

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