In a post earlier this week, I shared with you some tips on moving from one web host to another. Today, I’ve got more advice for you. Altogether, it should make this tricky process more than manageable. 5) Prepare for the propagation period. When I make a switch, I always change a few things on my home page. For...
If you’ve been paying attention to the current US presidential campaigns, you’ve probably aware that “47 million Americans are living without health insurance.” If you’re a freelance designer, you may very well be one of those people. I know lots of freelancers who take their chances and go without health insurance. One of them now owes $30,000 in hospital...
Recently, the company that hosts my website charged my credit card for a full year of service. It was the result of a glitch in their software, and it affected a great number of their customers. Some people’s accounts were overdrawn, and there were many other financial mishaps. I’d been considering a move to new web host for a...
“Primary Voting in Sanford, FL” Photographer: Nathan Clark Are you voting in one of tomorrow’s 24 caucuses or primaries? If so, why not also take part in The Polling Place Photo Project? The Polling Place Photo Project is a nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that encourages voters to capture, post and share photographs of this year’s primaries, caucuses and...
Introduction Web and interface designers are in a unique and powerful position to serve as user advocates. By incorporating usability and conversion principles into design from the beginning of the process, designers can help ensure the user-friendliness and effectiveness of the end product. It sounds great, right? But how (you may ask) can designers do this? Classes and reading...
Figure drawing is as much a science as it is an art. In art schools, students spend hour upon hour sketching live models. Eventually, most develop an acute sense of the anatomical details that give the human body its shape. Students also learn how these features interact with light and shadow and affect contour and form. In Complete Anatomy...
