November 2010
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U-Turn
I’ve packed up and moved things back to WordPress. As much as I’ve come to love Tumblr, using it as a primary way of hosting your business isn’t a rock solid option right now. Rate limits and downtimes have been on the rise in recent months, and it got to the point where reverting back to owning my own data and setup made more sense. Luckily, I’ve always had a WordPress...
Nov 29th
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Evolution
One of the things I’ve tried to maintain with the branding around here is a building on top of what currently exists. Rather than completely toss out the visuals of designs and previous logos, I like to keep hints to the past. Part of that helps familiarity, but it also maintains a path of evolution rather than revolution. Last week I rolled out an updated SimpleBits mark and simplified...
Nov 24th
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CSS3 For Web Designers
For the fourth time in my life, I’ve written a book. It’s titled, CSS3 For Web Designers and it’s available today in paperback and ebook formats from A Book Apart. I couldn’t be more excited, seeing this little green thing launch after months of planning, writing, editing, fretting. I certainly didn’t do it alone. Photo by Jason Santa Maria I wouldn’t be...
Nov 16th
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“Designing for the web is like building sand sculptures.”
– Dan Rubin
Nov 16th
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Nov 15th
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