DevTools For Designers: What The Font?
If you’re design savvy (or even just design curious), you might have seen a nice font being used on a website, but not known it’s name. Good news. With DevTools,...
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DevTools For Designers: Download Any Image From A Website
We’ve all been there… You’re browsing a website, maybe on the hunt for a reference image for a moodboard, and want to drag an image off onto your desktop. But...
Want to get your head around HTML and CSS? Forget “learn to code” and embrace “code to learn”
The whole “Should designers should learn to code?” thing is such a tired ole’ topic that I’ve been avoiding writing about it for months now. It’s a shame, because learning...
A rough framework for figuring out what the hell to do with you life
What do you want from life? What's good for you in the long run? Are you helping other people, or just yourself? Big questions which can help you find your...
If you can do it, do it now
Life is short, but the days are long, and it’s easy to justify putting things off.
Why You Should Write
Writing is like flossing... even though we know the health benefits, we make excuses not to do it. Here are some tips and tricks to get you started with the...
Less stuff, more energy
I’m skipping New Year’s resolutions this year, and trying a different approach instead, inspired by an episode of the 10xTalk podcast.
6 Ways to Get Your Funk On in 2016.
Earlier in the week I couldn’t sleep, so I did my usual thing of picking something at random to read.
What should I ask my client in advance to make their website build go more smoothly?
So you’ve just landed a new web design client. Awesome! But you could have a problem right off the bat… Your client might think that because they’re paying you to...