Let me start by saying that I am a web designer. I love PhotoShop, HTML, and Web Standards as much as the next guy. I feel I need to say that before I write this because it’s possible that I may be accused of being a poser or agent of “The Man” for saying what I am about to say, or rather, asking the question that’s been on my mind for a long time now. Why does the design community ignore SilverLight? Not only that but why does the design community refuse to acknowledge great tools like SketchFlow and SuperPreview? Just asking… read more…
Tomorrow I am attending Riapalooza for the first time. The event is a platform agnostic one day conference focused on Rich Internet Platforms such as Flash, SilverLight and HTML5. This will be my first time attending and I am looking forward to the experience. read more…
An essential tool in my designers bag of tricks is the humble screen ruler. There are a number of free screen rulers available on the web and throughout my career, there has always been one loaded on my system. In my line of work I build a lot of wireframes and site design mockups and being able to quickly and easily determine the size of various elements in a page layout has been a huge time saver. read more…
