Cant We All Just Get Along, Collaboration Techniques

Collaboration happens with every web project no matter what. Where is this collaboration coming from you may ask? Well you and the client. Now I know sometimes this doesn’t happen all of the time as some clients are very flaky with constructive communication.

Most of us designers work far away from our clients or other team members most of the time. So phone meetings and emails are usually our own way of collaboration. But there are other methods, such as the ones listed below. (more…)

Double Decaf Mocha? Espresso Gets An Update

The much talked about Espresso, a powerful Text Editor built by the team at MacRabbit, who also brought the world renowned CSSedit, has finally received some major updates. (more…)

Surfing the Wave…Googles Wave

Well after a couple months of waiting, I finally got an invite to the Google Wave preview. Its quite an interesting concept and could be quite useful.
Heres a little info from Google:

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Drupal Essential Modules

So I was sitting here thinking to myself about when I am going to do my Drupal Screencast Series. I cant really talk to well at the moment due to having my wisdom teeth out, they don’t seem very wise anymore, so I thought I would do up a list of some of the key modules that you should be looking to use.

If you dont know about Drupal, it is mostly known as a Content Management System, but it is actually a Content Management Framework. (more…)

Say Goodbye To Using JavaScript or Flash Replacement For Custom Fonts

Tired of learning all those different techniques for using non standard websafe fonts? Want to reap the performance rewards of loading a real font? Then look no further than the all css @font-face rule.
The @font-face rule has been around for quite some time, even Internet Explorer 4 supports it. But different browsers need different font file formats. In this article we will show you exactly what css to use, how to get the right fonts for each browser and which ones to use for which browser. (more…)