Jul
7
2007
I have finally settled into my hotel room at Web Design World 2007. The conference, and my beautiful hotel room, both reside in the lovely Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel. The hotel sits within spitting distance of the water and most of the rooms offer breathtaking views of the Mt. Ranier and Elliott Bay. The staff is friendly, the dining is first class, the rooms are spacious, the conference facilities seem to be adequate. The hotel seems to offer all of the amenities one would expect when attending a web design conference. EXCEPT FOR WIRELESS INTERNET IN THE ROOMS! Are you kidding me? There are motels in my small town that offer wireless internet. To make matters worse, the archaic ‘wall-tethered’ internet access costs $9.95 a day. Absurd.
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Nov
28
2006
It seems that new stock photography sites are cropping up again. Links to stock photo sites are passed along to me all the time. usually the sites are defunct by the time I pull them up. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
11
2006
Designing for websites nearly always involves the use of icons in the user interface. They can be used for bullets, navigation, buttons, online tests, status indicators, feedback prompts, the list goes on. Rather than including my own feelings about icons (do I actually have
feelings about icons?) I am providing a few links to what others are saying about them.
You can also take a look at my bookmarks for icons. What about you? Do you have any icon links to share?
Dec
2
2005
Finding free stock photogrpahy is a difficult task. Finding good free stock photography is nearly impossible. I have a few decent links to some free sites, but I have since replaced them with one super-link: Yotophoto.
Yotophoto is tapping into many of the well-known free stock photography sites, as well as wikipedia, flickr, and morguefile.
All you need to do is search for an image you would like to use, verify the license or usage conditions for the image, and then you can use it!
Jul
5
2005
Jeffrey Veen has released ‘The Art and Science of Web Design‘ in PDF format. This was the first book in my ever-growing library of web design titles. Although it is now 5 years old, much of what he talks about still holds true today. In fact, as I scan the headings and chapter titles, I would encourage all budding web designers to read this book. Particularly because it is free.
