Posts Tagged ‘web’

How to Land Your First Job as a Web Designer/Developer

A few weeks ago I had the great opportunity to travel to my Alma mater to give advice to graduating seniors in the SMAD program. As students are gearing up for graduation and heading out into the workforce, I want to share the advice I was able to share with the graduating SMAD students.
Know What You Want
I was a little bit surprised at how many students responded with “I don’t know” when asked what they were interested in pursuing [...]

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HTML5 Readiness

HTML5 Compatibility Sites

With all the rapid development of HTML5 and CSS3 going on, its difficult to keep track of how far along these hotly-anticipated new features are. Thankfully, there have been some beautiful and/or functional sites popping up to help gauge the feature’s support. Here’s a list of a few great ones.

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CSS Sprite Example

Photoshop Trick for CSS Sprites: Rollover Color with Missing Fonts

As a web developer working with a variety of designers, I often find myself in situations where I need to create rollover states in Photoshop for text assets whose fonts I don’t have installed on my computer. Here’s a technique to bypass that problem entirely.

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Google’s What Is a Browser

Google’s brilliant video explaining what a video so the 92% of people who don’t know what a browser is (OUCH) can begin to understand the benefits of progressing forward.
However, I wouldn’t trust the people in Times Square as they are the same people that travel to the largest city in the country and end up eating at an Applebees.

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