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Treehouse – Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development

Brent Sordyl — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:21:08 +0000

What do you want to learn today?

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“How much does a website cost?”

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:23:06 +0000

a $10000 design budget for a web-app is nothing out of the ordinary.

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Backfire – Save CSS changes made in Firebug

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:00:02 +0000

Backfire is a full client-server roundtrip solution that gathers your CSS changes, sends them to the server and saves them. We’ve made it available in all Quplo prototypes from the Goodies page, but we’ve also made the Backfire engine open source with full documentation and including a server-side example.
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Concerning Fidelity in Design | UX Booth

Brent Sordyl — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:00:02 +0000

Using a method too high in fidelity wastes resources (both time and material) and risks a mediocre path being selected because better options were never given a chance. Working at too low a fidelity, on the other hand, means that the details never get filled in, yielding a half-baked result.
(Link: Concerning Fidelity in Design | UX Booth)

Open Source Design Pattern Library

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:00:02 +0000

Open Source Design Pattern Library
Open Source UI Design Patterns
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The Escapers – Flux

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:00:02 +0000

Flux is an advanced Web design application, capable of creating stunning sites from scratch. Flux isn’t a template based solution, it’s a creative design environment.
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Lumzy is a Quick Mockup creation and Prototyping tool.

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:02 +0000

From creating your Mockup to sending it to Clients, everything is seamless, infact Lumzy doesn’t have a file extension so your client needs not bother downloading a player to open Mockup files. A link is all they need.
(Link: Lumzy is a Quick Mockup creation and Prototyping tool.)

500 Free Icons for your web apps | TCA inspired design

Brent Sordyl — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:00:02 +0000

Creating icons is a lot of work, but today you can download more than 500!
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Ultimate guide to table UI patterns

Brent Sordyl — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:00:02 +0000

The article covered the basics of the most common table patterns and some live examples. If I missed something please let me know! I also recommend you reading two more articles about tables: Big Table issue that tries to find an solution for tables that are so big they no longer fit in the viewport, and 15 Tips for Designing Terrific Tables that shows many different contexts in which tables can be used.
(Link: Ultimate guide to table UI patterns)

ScreenSketcher – create enlightened user interface mock-ups

Brent Sordyl — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:00:02 +0000

ScreenSketcher is a tool for creating quick mock-ups, or wireframes, of a computer user interface, such as a window, a web page, or anything that can appear on a computer screen.
(Link: ScreenSketcher – create enlightened user interface mock-ups)