Propaganda Party: The Pop Stalin Design Manifesto

01-08-07 ‹› Design

New Blog Layout Is in Place

I took me about 24 hours, some frustration and some help from my friend Lorissa but it’s done—I’ve ported the new design over to Wordpress. Thanks for the help Lor and all the encouragement from everyone else.

I’m gonna go watch the idiot box now.

…

01-04-07 ‹› Design

UPDATED: The Inevitable Has Happened

The main site for my freelance company, Pop Stalin Design, has indeed been updated. I’ve finished all the main stuff, just have to update the error pages and the more I look at it, it’s definitely going to be ported over to the journal. If…

01-02-07 ‹› Design

Hello 2007! Now Stop Using Black Backgrounds

The reemergence of white/grey text on black backgrounds is troubling for me—maybe because I’m getting older or maybe, just maybe, it’s a usability nightmare. I don’t know about you but when I visit a site that uses this and then go to a site that has…

12-28-06 ‹› Design

Logo Design “Contests”

I came across a thread over at Digital Point regarding a “$60 Logo Contest.” Seems another great title could be “Getting Work for Next to Nothing.” Amazingly there were several entries for the contest but there was also some rancor. There were complaints about theft, deception…

08-14-06 ‹› Tips, Tricks & Tools

Learning Coding Practices From Other Developers

I’m preparing to work on a new site design that I want to incorporate some accessibility into and in doing so, wanted to take a look at one of my favorite accessibility sites’ stylesheet—456 Berea Street. Roger, in my opinion is an accessibility guru and…

08-04-06 ‹› Tips, Tricks & Tools

Free (or low cost) Royalty-Free Images

Over at Web Design From Scratch Ben Hunt talks about Royalty-Free Image Libraries and makes some suggestions to paid services. I think his suggestions are worthwhile and you will need to end up belonging to one of the subscription services he suggests. However, I thought I’d…

07-19-06 ‹› Tips, Tricks & Tools

Clearing a Form Field

Another little touch to spruce up your designs, clearing a form field that has a predetermined value with onclick.

04-12-06 ‹› Design

Web 2.0 Design Style

I’ve been thinking lately about the whole Web 2.0 movement. I like the idea of integrating more dynamic means of interacting with sites but the one thing I don’t care for is the cookie-cutter sites of late that are associated with Web 2.0 design style.…