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Ideas of March

Shane Carmody — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:15:36 +0000

This post is a contribution to Chris Shiflett’s ‘Ideas of March’ blog revival campaign. Continue reading →

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Speed Up Your Web Design Workflow Tip #4 – HTML Entities

Shane Carmody — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:31:02 +0000

HTML entities are something we must use for different reasons. These reasons could be typographic or simply that a browser can’t render a character so you must replace with an HTML entity which looks something like this …. … is the HTML entity for ellipsis, which is three dots and is used to “denote a thought trailing off”. Continue reading →

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I Lost My Creativity When I Learnt How To Code

Shane Carmody — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:03:47 +0000

Before I knew how to code I would make all my websites in Flash. It was easy because I could place elements wherever I wished and my ‘websites’ would look the same in every browser. It seemed that I had absolutely no constraints so I started creating websites which were a bit off the wall, but allowed me to express my creativity. Continue reading →

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Speed Up Your Web Design Workflow Tip #3 – Great Artists Steal!

Shane Carmody — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:42:32 +0000

Good artists copy; great artists steal. The above is one of Pablo Picasso’s most famous quotes. It’s a quote that Steve Jobs embraces, as he admits that Apple have never been ashamed of stealing great ideas. Don’t be fooled by the title of this post, I’m not going to tell you to copy or steal another designers’ work, as you should only be influenced by another designers’ work. In this post I’m going to give you another quick tip on how you can speed up your workflow by “stealing”. Continue reading →

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Speed Up Your Web Design Workflow Tip #2 – Project Templating

Shane Carmody — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:48:35 +0000

Starting a new project can be exciting for web designers — a fresh canvas on which to create your latest work of art. Unfortunately, it’s never that straightforward. There’s alot more to a web project than just designing. If you’re a freelancer you might be faced with the tasks of brainstorming, creating wireframes and mockups, slicing PSDs, building layouts in HTML/CSS and integrating these with some type of CMS. Continue reading →

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Speed Up Your Web Design Workflow Tip #1 – Lorem Ipsum

Speed Up Your Web Design Workflow Tip #1 – Lorem Ipsum

Shane Carmody — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:44:45 +0000

As a web designer you probably have a bunch of tasks which seem to pop up in every project e.g. download the latest WordPress release, strip down the twentyeleven WordPress theme, create layer folders in your PSD file, download a reset.css file, etc. Continue reading →

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Don’t Make Mockups — Make Prototypes!

Shane Carmody — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:28:07 +0000

2012 is the year you should take part in Code Year, a project by fresh startup Codecademy. Codecademy, as a product, is a free and interactive way to learn programming. It’s gone from strength to strength since the announcement of Code Year and it’s difficult to believe that in just 5 months Codecademy has gained so much traction. Continue reading →

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Stop SOPA Ribbon Plugin

Shane Carmody — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:34:12 +0000

You may have noticed I’ve added a Stop SOPA ribbon on the top right of the header which acts as a link to this site. The Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act are absolutely unacceptable and to be honest, it actually frightens me. What if this Act was passed? I can only begin to imagine. With a multitude of well-known sites protesting today (most notably Wikipedia) it’s hoped that those fuckers at US Congress will take note and realise they are just abusing their power with both SOPA and PIPA… although something tells me they already know. Continue reading →

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Speak a Programming Language from Day One

Shane Carmody — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:38:56 +0000

No, the title of this post is not a typo. It’s to draw your attention. In the web industry people are required to have many skills. You are probably familiar with the following two job titles from the web industry - Web Designer and Web Developer. If you are then you’ll know that each have different skillsets. If you’re a web designer like me you’ll know that having PHP as a skill is a distinct advantage. If you’re a web designer, who has struggled with PHP, like me then you’ll know the frustration of trying to learn a programming language. Continue reading →

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Blog Redesign: Why The Blank Theme? (Part 2)

Shane Carmody — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:04:46 +0000

Last week I posted the first part of this two part series on the redesign of logic52. I talked about what exactly was wrong with the old design and why I decided it was time to redesign. This week I’m going to discuss the new design. Continue reading →

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Blog Redesign: Why The Blank Theme?