A Designer's Life

Google+ Pages are Here!

Google+ pages has launched. This article from Search Engine Land will give you a quick overview of the set up. They’re a lot like Facebook pages, but I think the “Hangouts” feature is very attractive, especially for service-oriented businesses like mine. I can envision using that for tutorials or training sessions – lots of possibilities. [...]

Adobe Edge, a new HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript Animation Tool

Adobe has announced Adobe Edge – a new tool for creating web animation with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. One of the nice features is the ability to import SVG, PNG, JPG or GIF files. It looks like an easy learning curve if you’re used to working in Flash with the timeline. This will definitely help [...]

E-Books: EPUB, PDF, and using InDesign to create a TOC

This is just a quick post to share a couple of good resources. I’m working on an e-book using InDesign (you need CS5 for this), and while looking for the best way to create the table of contents, I found this Lynda.com video. It covers it very well: This one also has some good info [...]

CSS Refresher: Selectors You May Have Forgotten

While working through a code rework on an old site last week, I remembered a few CSS tricks I hadn’t had to use for a while. I thought I’d post a little refresher to share these tips that might help you out of a coding bind. The child selector: Let’s say you have an unordered [...]

Google’s SEO Starter Guide

Just a short post to let you know that Google has updated their SEO Starter Guide. This guide covers the basics of search engine optimization. The items covered, like page titles, effective content, url structure and image optimization, should be on every web developer’s checklist of basic SEO for each website they launch. The information [...]