December 2009
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abby bernstein site featured on gallery...
my new year's resolution: i will use jquery more...
from a functional standpoint, subtle fades and cool i-can’t-believe-it’s-not-flash effects aren’t really that important. or are they?? because from a “damn this designer is gooood” standpoint …. they are.
my new year’s resolution? i will incorporate more neato jquery effects into everything i do. starting with adding neat jquery fading to my navigational...
effective form layouts
call me a dork, but i can actually recall wondering on more than one occasion if there’d been any research done about most effective form layouts (when i’m not wondering why my layout looks slightly off in ie6, that is). surprisingly … there has been.
czech it out.
the findings?
vertical forms are better
left-aligned labels are clearer
avoid bold labels
color or share...
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Mint
in an effort to be more productive with my time, i successfully wasted a good two hours this evening researching and sampling time management and budgeting tools. my golden find of the evening? mint. it allows you to manage ALL your finances, and like a good pesky, motherly accountant, scolds you when you’ve gone over-budget. aside from the slightly creepy feelings it evokes when i think...
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graphics and textures and fonts, oh my!!!
this blog post is to serve as a resource for me. and for you. i’m keeping a list of links to all my favorite geeky designer resources. have at it!
photos
places to find free photos
textures
collection of wood textures
collection of grunge textures
bokeh textures (perfect for christmas!)
clouds clouds clouds
lotsa photoshop brushes and textures
fonts
20 best free professional...
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after much deliberation ...
after several agonizing hours jumping between firefox tabs from pcmag to cnet to bestbuy to amazon and back again, and making declarative statements like, “i’ve decided on a d-slr!” and then revoking them five minutes later, i finally made a decision on my camera purchase [that i can’t wait to write off as a business expense]. meet my new baby: the canon s90, the camera...