Saturday December 26, 2009
I was reading this article on Inspired CSS:
10 Ways to speed up your website and it really should be called 10 ways to speed up your website using CSS. These are great suggestions, but for most beginners, the number 1 best way to speed up your website is to use smaller images.
Thursday December 24, 2009
Back when I worked at NETCOM, I used to manage the "Homeport" and for Halloween one year I decided to create a "Haunted Homeport". Random customers would see the same content as the normal homeport, but decked out for Halloween. I added all the spooky elements: blood, ghosts, zombies, black cats, and so on. But I admit I was a little afraid to do it for everyone, thus the randomizer. When our Vice President came over to my co-worker's cube demanding to know "what was up with the Homeport" I had to chime in and admit that I was the one who had done it. I thought my job was done for. He turns around and, beaming, says "I LOVE IT! Why didn't you set it up to be 100% of the time rather than having to reload it at random?" And so we started decorating the Homeport every Halloween.
Lots of sites decorate for the holidays. Google is probably best known for their holiday logos - and they decorate for some relatively obscure ones. Do you decorate your site for the holidays? Why or why not? What are your favorite holidays to decorate for? Share your thoughts in the comments. And have a Happy Holidays, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
Wednesday December 23, 2009
Are you ready to spend some time (just a little bit of time) every day to become a better designer? Join me for the next year and design something new every day. Take
the pledge and start designing something every day. And please, hold me accountable to this pledge. If you don't see a post from me (on my
forum every day, feel free to ask me what's up, even if you're not participating in the challenge yourself. It might be hard, but I think it will be worth it. Let's get designing!
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Wednesday December 23, 2009