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Wrote a blog post regarding grids and their historical value on WDS's blog. There are designers that use grids and some that don't. I use grids as well as Golden Section to layout pages and design interesting user experiences. This isn't to say that a...
Recently there was a security flaw discovered in bash. It's called "Shellshock". I colleague circulated how to fix so I am posting it. This is for folks on a Mac. If you are unsure if you are vulnerable to begin with follow these steps: 1. Open Terminal 2. Paste this...
Google's mission is to track us, market us, store our info, and then pretend they do no evil by monetizing it all. I am not sure I buy it, but Tim Cook talks privacy they way most people think privacy now works - it's kind of a back hand to Google. Via Tim Cook,...
Clean it up with this snippet. Sometimes you need a sidebar to just behave like a sidebar and span the page from top to bottom even if nothing is in the content area. Yes, really. Try this snippet. If doesn't work or is outdated you didn't get it here: #sidebar {...
wp_trim_words() Sometimes you need quick solutions for different WP needs. I am sure you have library full of reusable and codex quality snippets. Came across this which came through in a pinch. Do you need to shorten that string of text in your WordPress theme?...
TiVo has been a great addition to my family's entertainment center for about 2 years now. Especially being able to record the all important Daniel Tiger episodes for my 2 year old. Yet, just recently TiVo rolled out "improvements" that make the menu very hard to read...
A business is like a jewel with many different facets or sides. Each side is part of the business. There are small sides like HR and very large sides like executive strategy. Yet, it is one jewel. I have a point so just bare with me. As a designer and illustrator I am...
This is for the non-SEO people and a quick blog post about something that is probably flying beneath the radar of most designers. In case you missed it back in June Yoast explained how blocking access to these files in robots.txt can possibly harm SEO. At the very...
After listening Greg Rickaby's Sass talk months ago and using Sass daily I am completely won over. At this point as a late adopter I really wonder why it took so long, but I guess not knowing something in itself can cause a person to not want to learn new processes...
Below is a group of mac command keys that are useful. (H/T Adobe) Start Help Help key Undo or Redo F1 Cut F2 Copy F3 Paste F4 ShoworHide Brush panel F5 ShoworHide Colorpanel F6 ShoworHide Layers panel F7 ShoworHide Info panel F8 Show or Hide Actions panel Option + F9...
Note: Most designers know about GIMP. This is for the users that do not and need a free image editing tool. First the Differences between GIMP and Photoshop Before posting and sharing an interesting photo to a social media site, some people want to edit their photos...