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iPhone 4 Lands June 24th, 2010

Jun 22, 2010 No Comments

I tell you, the last few months have been crazy over this new device! First of all, we caught a glimpse into the world of Apple when a man by the name of Gray Powell left a prototype device at a bar in Redwood City after celebrating his birthday. Shortly after he left the bar, [...]

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Visual Design – Image Slicing

Jun 22, 2010 1 Comment

Back in the days, the Internet was fresh and new and connections to it were rather slow. This caused quite a problem for the first websites that actually had images on them because these sites would take forever to load. A neat little trick that was invented was called image slicing and originally, it was [...]

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Visual Design – Color Pallets

Jun 21, 2010 Comments Off

As equally important as whitespace is the choice of colors throughout your site. These colors can represent your company’s existing logo properties, a particular color scheme used throughout the products you sell or simply just a series of colors that are pleasing to the eye.
If you’re just starting out a business, choosing the color scheme [...]

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Visual Design – White Space

Jun 08, 2010 1 Comment

White space is the most literal concept you’ll find in this section. It is the actual space between design elements such as paragraphs, images, text, graphs, etc. The purpose of this space can vary depending on your desired results. One reason for using it might be to create a specific flow to your design. You [...]

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Visual Design – Layout

Jun 03, 2010 No Comments

A crucial design element of your website is the layout. Believe it or not, there are phycological studies on the layouts of other media such as magazines and newspapers. Small, but important details including where certain text is, how big the titles of pages are and what colors are used are all attributed to the [...]

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Visual Design – Stock Images and Graphics

Jun 01, 2010 1 Comment

Naturally you need images to help add to the design of your website and in the case of managing a blog site, you also need them to help sell your point. There are millions of images all over the Internet, but the problem is that you have to contend with copyright laws and trademark issues.
So [...]

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Visual Design – Software

May 28, 2010 1 Comment

There is a plethora of web design software out there! It’s no joke. And nobody knows where to start! In fact, web design is such a special niche, that people are turning to hiring designers to take care of all the loose ends. The problem with this is that the costs can go through the [...]

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