Google releases new HTML and CSS coding guide

on May 3rd, 2012

On May 2nd, the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog has released an update to their HTML & CSS coding guidelines doc. Several notable recommendations below.

Hijacking Two Trends: A One-Page Vintage Website for Naked Communications

on August 18th, 2010

Not the first contender to run this race – remember Dollar Dreadful and CSS Tinderbox? well, if you don’t just scroll down – Naked is the first Aussie one I’ve come across, and I love the look of it.

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Blackbird Pie: Embed your Tweets in HTML (the nice way)

on May 8th, 2010

No more screenshots and embedding them as images! Twitter has launched Blackbird Pie, a service to create a nice looking embedable tweet code in HTML, nicely making use of your awesome Twitter background. You can try it out here: http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/

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User Interface principles in web design

on October 21st, 2009

There is much hype surrounding website UI design, and a large variety of tools claiming to help optimise the said interface; however, the most useful piece of theory I have found on the topic is dated 1998 and was written by somebody called Talin, whose home page now returns a 404.

It was written with reference to program design rather than website design, but I think these 14 principles apply cross-topic.

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Designing with Psychology in Mind

on October 1st, 2009

Another presentation by Joshua Porter – part of a talk given at An Event Apart Boston on June 22, 2009. Great read for mobile and web designers. Designing with Psychology in Mind View more documents from Joshua Porter.

Recent work: Web design concept

on November 5th, 2008

Unused concept for a web application.

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One hundred free RSS icons / badges

on November 2nd, 2008

Finally got the time to do these – just some RSS icons in a few different colours and sizes. You can just right-click and save image to your computer. Alternatively there is a link to a zip archive containing all the icons at the bottom of the page. All the images are transparent png files [...]

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Web design – ANRA

on October 23rd, 2008

Website design and development for Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA). Built on the Business Catalyst platform with custom web apps.

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