The best thing about web design, at least in my humble opinion, is that unlike other design ventures, you don’t need to purchase expensive software to create it. All you really need is a simple code editor which is basically just a text editor on steroids. There are many options out there that are open-source (free […]
Wireframe Tools for Mobile Devices
For each new web or app project I begin by making lists, writing, and drawing. I start by quickly sketching out as many different ideas as I can. Once I’ve exhausted every possibility I can think of, I choose the best of those ideas and start fleshing out those ideas into tight plans for how […]
Setting Up Dreamweaver CC for Clean and Simple Coding
For those of you who subscribe to Adobe’s Creative Cloud, you may want to use Dreamweaver as your code editing tool and that’s cool. Dreamweaver can be a great tool to use especially if you are already familiar with other Adobe products and are used to the Adobe interface. However, Dreamweaver right out of the […]
Tiny Highways, a hand-lettered alphabet print
Today I’m excited to share Tiny Highways, a hand-lettered alphabet print, a project that has been in the works for me for quite some time. A set of tiny cars works their way around each lowercase letter in a fun series of loops, on-ramps, and overpasses. The print measures a whooping 18 x 24 inches and is printed on […]
Introducing Burly, a WordPress theme framework
When building websites in WordPress, we don’t like to compromise on the design of the HTML & CSS prototypes we hand crafted during the website design phase of our client meetings. Transitioning these hand crafted website prototypes to a functioning WordPress installation always required an in depth understanding of the WordPress template hierarchy which was […]
We’ve started a WordPress Meetup Group!
Much of the web design and development work we do around here, including this website, is developed using WordPress. We often find ourselves discussing the pros and cons, the quirks, how-to’s, and other WP related stuff around the office, and sometimes with our close friends and family. The latter, we are starting to realize, probably […]