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Procrastination Hacks for a Better Today (and Tomorrow)
Procrastination makes the whole world dimmer. For posterity, here are the tricks I know of to get the ball rolling.
Web process: Rapid Launch and Iteration
Website projects of many different shapes and sizes can often benefit greatly from a “ready, fire, aim” approach of rapid launch and iteration rather than a traditional print-based process.
Website design mindset: art directing responsive images
Sometimes it's useful to show different images (or image crops) on different screen sizes and shapes. Here’s a quick introduction to the idea.
Make Your Phone or Tablet Screen Better for Reading in the Dark
Let’s say you want to read on your gadget in a dark space (maybe next to a person who wants to sleep). You’ve turned the brightness all the way down and it’s still lighting up the room like a fireworks display. Time for Halloween Mode.
The Morning Habit, Part 1
Early morning is the only time I know I’ll be able to do something consistently every day. Here’s what I've been doing lately.
Website Creation Process: Atomic Design
Do you like saving time and money? Then this process is for you.
Taming the email beast
A few simple but effective ideas on how to make email your servant (rather than the other way around).
Use icon fonts in your next design!
Icon fonts have many advantages over pixel-based images. Here are some reasons and resources to incorporate them in your next design project.
Auto-Forwarding Carousels and Accordions Annoy Users and Reduce Visibility
If you have a website — and especially if you design websites for others — it’s worth paying attention to the Nielson Norman Group’s opinions on website usability. Spoiler: they think auto-advancing carousels are bad (meaning not good).
10 Business Tips From Designer Bill Drenttel
Esteemed designer Bill Drenttel recently passed away, and Michael Beirut shared this text from a 1991 presentation in a post on Design Observer.