Posted 7 April 2008, by Aaron
Wow, it seems ages ago that I first mentioned that I was thinking about launching a new site. It’s been almost three months since the idea popped in to my head, and about six weeks ago that I first started sketching ideas, but the day has finally come.
I’m delighted to announce my new blog, the [...]
Posted 7 February 2008, by Aaron
An unfortunate truth for any of us who buy web hosting is that there are a lot more bad hosts than there are good ones. Running a website can be a complicated affair at the best of times but when your site is down more often than it’s up, customer support takes days to respond [...]
Posted 18 September 2007, by Aaron
So, you downloaded Internet Explorer 7 when it was released, huh? Then banged your head against the wall when you realised you had overwritten IE6 and there was no way to reinstall it? Since that moment you’ve been building websites without thoroughly testing them in IE6 haven’t you? Either that or you’ve had to dust [...]
Posted 17 September 2007, by Justin Kistner
Guest article: This article is written by Justin Kistner.
Starting a site’s design before the content for that site is fully developed can be a costly mistake. It often leads to designs that are sub par or that don’t fit with the final content. Knowing that is only half of the battle. The other battle [...]
Posted 4 September 2007, by Aaron
You may have noticed a new funky little ‘Share the love’ icon appear at the bottom of every article over the last few days. Go on, hover the mouse over it and see what happens.
I’ve got absolutely no evidence that anyone has ever used the social bookmarking icons or the Share This plugin that I’ve [...]
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 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 29 July 2007, by Aaron
Is design art?
You can’t design without some kind of artistic vision or ability. Many designers would make great artists. But is design art? This is one of those fascinating perpetual questions and is discussed in great detail over at Design Sojurn. Is good design is art?
“Design has intent and often has a functional purpose and [...]
Posted 26 July 2007, by Aaron
My life has been moving incredibly quickly recently. As you probably know I graduated last month after two years of Multimedia Design study, and since then I’ve had quite a bit of interest from prospective employers.
In fact, I’ve been gagging to tell you all about my recent job interviews (I’ve had four of them for [...]
Aaron Russell is a multimedia creative designer and miLienzo.com is his creative canvas.
