You build websites. It is a passion. You have taught yourself everything and continue to do so because the industry demands it. You wrangle code with the best of them. You design user interfaces to help users get things done. You document sitemaps, wireframes and workflows that will take the clients site to the next level and beyond. You know your craft well and you love it… (more…)
I few months ago I developed a simple but effective little web page with some javascipt and jQuery that would allow me to determine, based on a width, a 16:9 aspect ratio. I found myself always having a specific width from a content area and I wanted to determine the video size I could fit in there. Problem was, I didnt want to waste time calculating the all important aspect ratio from the width I had. (more…)
It seems, or, should I say, still seems that many people consider themselves web designers just because they can hook up a downloaded template to blog software. This is fine if you want to be heard and share content with the world, but it DOES NOT make you a web designer (I’ll use the generic term “web designer” to encompass a spectrum of web design, including the front-end developer). (more…)
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