by Simon | Aug 5, 2013 | Design Blog
Put up an intro video explaining the what and how of FlexGrid CSS. It’s a short intro, but FlexGrid CSS is very easy to understand and use. And most, importantly FlexGrid is very light at 4kb. Flex Grid is a percentage based CSS Grid Framework. It’s light,...
by Simon | Jul 30, 2013 | Design Blog
Created some content over on SoundCloud. Here is my first post. A brief overview discussing Information Architecture basics. Then we go into a little more depth with the similarities between building a home for a family and creating a remarkable Information...
by Simon | Jul 24, 2013 | Design Blog
Created a set of 54 Flat Icons. These Flat Icons can be used for app, web, and print. The icons are built with Adobe Illustrator and your are able to scale as large or small as you legibly can. These icons can provide symbolism for many different areas and can...
by Simon | Jul 22, 2013 | Design Blog
This video covers fresh content for small business websites. It covers the basics of why fresh content is important to increasing chances for success. I previously posted a blog with regards to fresh content and you can read that here.
by Simon | Jul 22, 2013 | Design Blog
Simon WP Framework has been updated on WordPress.org. You can check it out here. Some of the most notable changes have been the CSS clean up and adding post formats to the loop of WordPress. Very exciting stuff, we are currently in the process of making huge changes...
by Simon | Jul 21, 2013 | Design Blog
Created a YouTube wallpaper channel or YouTube Channel Art. You can utilize this to create a template for YouTube channel. Here’s how to use it. Download the YouTube wallpaper channel. Open it in Photoshop. Use the guides to create a template for YouTube channel...
by Simon | Jul 20, 2013 | Design Blog
This is a brief intro to my framework. I created Simon WP Framework to help the WordPress community build awesome websites. Coming up shortly we will add YouTube posts that cover how to use Simon WP Framework in all sorts of circumstances. Simon WP Framework:...
by Simon | Jul 19, 2013 | Design Blog
In an ever increasing tech monopoly world there are efforts that are extremely beneficial to both privacy and the user experience starting to take shape and here’s one. I am not a big fan of Facebook and in that vein Instagram. I think that commercializing the...
by Simon | Jul 18, 2013 | Design Blog
Good stuff. Flat web design tutorial from Designmodo. Used pack: Free: http://designmodo.com/flat-free/ Paid: http://designmodo.com/flat/ First, you make a new document… First, you make a new document, 1200 wide and 2900 high. It is easier to design the main...
by Simon | Jul 18, 2013 | Design Blog
The Small Business Content Crisis We’ve all heard how “content is king”, and how fresh content can improve not only usage but even propensity to increase rev. So what gives? It seems many small businesses talk the talk, but at the end of the day do...
by Simon | Jul 17, 2013 | Design Blog
If you read the entire report you’ll find “that no vulnerabilities in WordPress were used to carry out these attacks. This report shows that cloud services such as Dropbox and websites such as WordPress.com which are usually whitelisted are being used as...
by Simon | Jul 17, 2013 | Design Blog
Simon WP Framework is updated and ready for download. We just got notified that WordPress accepted the latest version 2.1.2. In this version we added Post Format changes to the loop itself. So for example, a status update wouldn’t have a title or date etc etc....
by Simon | Jul 17, 2013 | Design Blog
Is There Any More Privacy in the World? Privacy talk with principal technologist of the speech, privacy, and technology project at the American Civil Liberties Union. The VICE Podcast is a weekly discussion which delves inside the minds of some of the most...
by Simon | Jul 16, 2013 | Design Blog
Big things on tap for August. Pressgram is going to challenge Instagram for the hearts and minds of users that want to take pics and share it online. Can’t wait. We are a publishing product. We publish your great work. It’s yours. Always and forever and...
by Simon | Jul 14, 2013 | Design Blog
A must watch, Elon has an excellent mind. Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric...
by Simon | Jul 10, 2013 | Design Blog
Disney created beautiful posters for July, August and September from the Disney Design Group. With the start of summer, I’m turning the spotlight on the next series of 2013 posters from the Disney Design Group. This talented art department of Disney Theme Park...
by Simon | Jul 6, 2013 | Design Blog
Very cool when you consider there really isn’t a standard product for interaction design or wireframing. I would even say Omni Graffle isn’t really a standard and I don’t use for wires. Speaking of which will have some cool stencil vectors for IA...
by Simon | Jul 4, 2013 | Design Blog
What Independence Day is all about: here