Articles Tagged with review
- Making and Breaking the Grid Book Review
- While I have no formal education in design (graphic or otherwise) I do have a strong interest. I try to read as much as I can in an effort to self-educate myself on the subject. The latest piece I’ve completed is Making and Breaking the Grid, A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara.
- Being a Starving Graphic Artist Sucks Book Review
- I think Being a Starving Graphic Artist Sucks by Jeremy Tuber is a fantastic resource for both new as well as seasoned graphic artists. There are many lessons taught which can really save you from having to learn them the hard way; which can be devastating to a new freelancer and his or her career.
- Designing Web Navigation Book Review
- The navigation design for a website is a big deal. I surf the Internet, and it seems to me that everyone would be quite a bit better off had more Web designers taken the time to read a book like this. Site navigation is the primary way readers are able to interact with information presented in a website. Therefore, a site navigation deserves to have some serious thought behind it. Designing Web Navigation by James Kalbach is an extensive resource on this very subject.
- Year in Review: Highlights from 2007
- As another year rolls to completion, I wanted to take the time to outline some articles I’ve published in the last 12 months and existing readers may have missed or new readers have not been exposed to quite yet.
- Future of Web Design NYC 2007 Recap
- A couple co-workers and I were able to attend the Future of Web Design 2007 in New York City. Here’s a bit of a recap of the day as a whole.
- Web Standards Creativity Book Review
- Web Standards Creativity is a great book put together by 10 of the most known Web designers and developers in the industry.
- Accelerated DOM Scripting Book Review
- What’s great about Accelerated DOM Scripting by Jonathan Snook, is that in the end, there is no doubt about it that JavaScript libraries aren’t what make the magic happen; the JavaScript does. I’m really thrilled to have read this book and absolutely recommend you add it to your library.
- Mobile Web Design Book Review
- I would absolutely recommend this book to any Web developer who is currently building websites. The mobile Web will continue to grow and it is important that professionals have a grasp on the pros and cons of the environment. This book is one of the few which focuses specifically on this subject, and in my opinion will become a staple read.
- Designing the Obvious - Book Review
- Designing the Obvious can be put in same ring as the excellent resource Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug, Defensive Design for the Web by Matthew Linderman with Jason Fried, as well as Prioritizing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger.
- Textpattern Solutions Book Review
- As an introduction to Textpattern, Textpattern Solutions by Kevin Potts, Robert Sable, and Nathan Smith with Mary Fredborg & Cody Lindley is a fantastic way to learn how to use Textpattern. I’m very glad I was able to use this book as a guide. The language used is very easy to read, and the book was well thought out and detailed.
- The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Book Review
- I think The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Jason Beaird is a great book to read for those who wish to start off on the right foot when it comes to Web design. It’s also a good read for designers who would like to research improving their current methods by reading a book written by someone who has excelled in the medium.
- Thinking with Type Book Review
- Effectively working with type is a craft in and of itself. Having the ability to use typography to solidify a design is something I hold in high regard as an admirable talent. There is a rich history behind the art of type and Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton goes to great lengths to describe much of that history.
- Bulletproof Ajax Book Review
- There’s a lot more to Ajax than the buzzword it has become recently. It has generated some serious usability and accessibility discussion to go along with all of the innovative applications it’s been involved with. Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith aims to start you off right with best practices surrounding this new technique.
- DOM Scripting - Book Review
- DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith is a great resource for any Web designer/developer.
- Prioritizing Web Usability: Book Review
- Prioritizing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger is a really valuable resource for anyone in the business of Web. The statistical data backing up the entire book really gets their message across and I definitely recommend this book.
- Sumo Lounge Omni Chair Review
- Andrew Milligan wrote and asked if I’d be willing to review his Sumo Lounge Omni bean bag chair. The thing is huge and here’s my review.
- Defensive Design for the Web Review
- Oct 16, 2006 by Jonathan Christopher product ★★★★ Personally, I’m a big fan of the thought process behind Bulletproof Web Design. The idea of creating a design that can withstand virtually any change — within reason — seems great to me. Beyond making your site design bulletproof, you can also do quite a bit […]
- Don’t Make Me Think - Book Review
- Usability is a subject, for one reason or another, that is often avoided by designers and developers. It is something that can’t be taught, or achieved by following a certain syntax, so many times it is looked at as an obstacle. In reality, it has a lot to do with common sense and looking at the bigger picture. Usability his highly subjective so it is important to be in the right frame of mind when analyzing it.
- Book Review: Sams JavaScript
- If you haven’t ever come across any of the books in the Sams Teach Yourself <Insert Technology> in 24 Hours, the idea behind them is this: Each chapter can be read in one hour, and there are 24 chapters in the book. Therefore you can theoretically complete the book in a total of 24 hours. While some people may be misled into thinking that they’ll learn what they want in a day, it’s really just a clever gimmick — and for the most part, it works.
