Posted 21 August 2007, by Aaron
I just wanted to make an overdue appearance on miLienzo.com to say “Hi” to everyone and apologise for the lack of blog activity this past week.
I’m going to avoid all the usual excuses - the truth of the matter is I wanted some evenings to relax, watch TV and generally forget about emails, RSS feeds, [...]
Posted 15 August 2007, by Aaron
Over on Devlounge there is an excellent list of 15 design decisions that annoy readers. The article is written by Ronald Huereca and is based on informal feedback received at his personal blog the Reader Appreciation Project.
The 15 annoyances are:
Pop-ups (link hovers)
Turning off the timestamp on posts
Pop-up windows
Snap preview pop-ups
Positioning the subscribe box above the [...]
Posted 12 August 2007, by Aaron
Back to the basics of design
Are you looking for inspiration for your latest design project? Well, look no further: Stuart Brown from Modern Life talks about the basics of design, and how they form the foundation of inspiration. I particularly liked Stuarts take on simplicity:
“Effective design is never gimmicky. If you wish to design something [...]
Posted 9 August 2007, by Aaron
Last month I featured an innovative long-exposure photography technique from an individual/group going by the name of Lichtfaktor. Now the people behind this unique urban visual style have released a new video.
Star Wars vs Star Trek appears to be a viral marketing attempt by Sky Movies to promote they upcoming Star Wars vs Star Trek [...]
Posted 7 August 2007, by Aaron
Have you ever inherited someone else’s website and not had a clue what half the CSS selectors are doing? Or tried to rehash someone else’s WordPress theme but been afraid to remove any of the CSS selectors in case you break something?
Fortunately the kind chaps at Sitepoint have developed a nifty Firefox extension called Dust-Me [...]
Posted 6 August 2007, by Aaron
Over at Web Designer Wall, there’s an interesting discussion rolling after Nick La put a case together for why web designers and developers should stop using Internet Explorer CSS hacks on their websites.
The logic of his argument is built on the belief that by stopping support for IE6 users (currently 50 per cent of Internet [...]
Posted 5 August 2007, by Aaron
You may have noticed a few design tweaks going on around here, namely how comments are being presented. I’ve tweaked the design of comments and allowed space for including the MyAvatars plugin, so I can see your faces and marvel at how beautiful we designers are.
In addition I’ve added the AJAX Edit Comments [...]
Posted 4 August 2007, by Aaron
Here’s a video I found over at Design Sojourn (one of my latest favourite blogs, check them out). If you’re an aspiring designer then sit down, click play and think outside the pyramid…
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Posted 2 August 2007, by Aaron
I’ve been wanting to ask you, my readers, for some honest feedback for a while now. I decided to wait until today as it’s the site’s six-month birthday, and I figured you might go easy on me…
Actually I don’t want you to go easy on me - I want you to be honest and let [...]
Posted 1 August 2007, by Aaron
Tomorrow miLienzo.com reaches the grand old age of six months. This week will be one of reflection and realisation for me, and with your help I will make decisions for the future direction of this site.
Three months ago I set myself a series of blogging goals and targets for this six month birthday. So how [...]
Aaron Russell is a multimedia creative designer and miLienzo.com is his creative canvas.
