Archive for the ‘CSS’ Category

Postcards from Berlin Beta Launch

After some months of working in my spare time, the switch on the Postcards from Berlin beta website has finally been switched to the on position. The idea for the site is the brain child of Gabriel Shalom & Patrizia Kommerell, who were nice enough to ask me to collaborate and help out with a bit of design & front-end development.

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Handcrafted CSS Book Review

I have just finished reading Handcrafted CSS by Dan Cederholm and all I can really say is WOW! As a fan of Mr. Cederholm’s work, I have read and enjoyed each of his books and I had high expectations for his latest release.

Of course, my expectations were proceeded and I wasn’t let down!

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A Few Updates After Being Critiqued

I recently submitted my site to be critiqued by the fine folks over at Please Critique Me. After receiving some great feedback from Chris Wallace, I decided to make a couple updates around here.

While most of the updates this time are mainly visual, I have a few ideas in the works to help clean up my site even more. Stay tuned for a few more tweaks and updates that I will be adding as time permits.

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Prototyping with HTML & jQuery

I was recently tasked with creating a prototype for a web application and it has turned out to be a much better experience than I expected. The project started off a bit different than usual due to the lack of creating a concept in Photoshop or Fireworks. I almost always begin designing with graphics that can then be approved or modified based on feedback from clients or coworkers.

So with that said, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts on how my experience with leaving Photoshop at bay and only working with a text editor has worked out.

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Pixelflips Relaunched

After designing a little here and a little there for the past few months the new version of my website is finally up and going. Its taken a bit of time due to my general lack of time for a personal site but overall I am pleased with the final result.

Of course there is still quite a bit to be done but I just couldn’t wait any longer to get the site up. It’s such an improvement over previous versions of my website and includes a lot of new features, capabilities, and general information. Keep on reading for more details and a bit on what’s to come.

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