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The Process

July 19th, 2008

The Process is about taking in the brief and adapting it to fit the client’s ever-changing requirements.

Unit PNG Fix

July 19th, 2008

Unit PNG Fix is a JavaScript script to help you with good old Internet Explorer’s whining about how you should be using an obtuse filter attribute.

Creative 404 Pages

July 15th, 2008

Creative 404 pages that might inspire you to improve your own.

A creative 404 page

Opera Web Standards Curriculum

July 15th, 2008

Opera Web Standards Curriculum is a free online complete course to teach you standards-based web development. Nice. Chris Mills has written the first article in the curriculum which includes the table of contents. More content will be filled out as time progresses.

The Employable Web Designer

July 15th, 2008

Andy Rutledge’s list in his post The Employable Web Designer puts forward a strong list of traits, skills and generic attributes of someone who would be hurriedly hired as a web designer (of course if they were that good it would just piss everyone off anyway, but a great list to work by).

Type is Sexy

July 15th, 2008

We all know type is sexy - oh yeh!

sexy design on a business card

Mad Mimi

July 15th, 2008

Mad Mimi - create, send and track email marketing campaigns in a drag and drop environment.

Life in a Post-Guideline Age

July 12th, 2008

E-Access Blog’s post Life In the Post-Guideline Age relates back to a statement by Joe Clark. As Joe points out in the comments, good developers already know this stuff without tomes of guidelines.

I think of this as a pyramid. Web accessibility is the foundation. Usability by disabled people is the next layer. And both of these underpin the ultimate goal: excellent user experiences by disabled people (and everyone).E-Access Bulletin