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A blast from the past for "August, 2006"

1. Freelancers, how to determine our rates?

   Monday, August 28th, 2006 | 18 Comments

   I’ve been asked on several occasions how to determine a freelancer’s rate (with respect to web design). I’ve always given sort of off-the-cuff responses; however, how do we determine legitimate rates? I believe, like most things, it all comes down to supply and demand. We have to evaluate the need and compare that will the […]

2. 800×600, should I really care?

   Friday, August 25th, 2006 | 46 Comments

   Screens are getting larger and resolutions are adjusting accordingly. The days of the 640×480 screen resolution are behind us; are we at a stage that we can begin ignoring the infamous 800×600 screen resolution?

3. Why web developers love Internet Explorer

   Thursday, August 24th, 2006 | 37 Comments

   At the heels of the latest and greatest CSS changes announced by the IE7 development team Tuesday; a flurry of positive discussions were circling the web from standards advocates. But I wonder; as the more compliant Internet Explorer becomes, are we truly going to be happy, are we going to miss our old non-complaint IE […]

4. Microformats: A topic of much intrigue with an audience to match

   Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 | 2 Comments

   A topic of much intrigue with an audience to match: a perfect summation of Refresh-DC’s Microformats presentation last week. Almost as impressive as the topic and discussion was the audience; including industry leaders from such companies like AOL as well as industry authors and influencers such as Eric Meyer and Cindy Li.

5. Three General Questions about Web Development

   Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 | No Responses

   Today on the CSS Beauty’s Skill Share forum, three “General Questions about Web Development” were raised. I found the questions basic and obvious – yet I realized their answers were crucially important.

6. Creative freedom and respect – if you can answer “yes” to three questions

   Thursday, August 10th, 2006 | 20 Comments

   There is only one thing harder than managing creative designers; being managed as a creative designer. By nature we are artistic types whose work is often subjective, independent and fueled only by inspiration and a creative-friendly environment. Micromanagement has a negative association in most professions – it is however just about the most unproductive, inspiration-depriving, […]

7. Web Standards – an unnatural feeling!

   Monday, August 7th, 2006 | 13 Comments

   Will we ever have complete web standards? Probably not, and I am willing to bet we won’t ever see a mass-adoption and adherence towards whatever becomes of “web standards”. It isn’t that web standards are flawed – it just isn’t natural! We have, as a species, been predisposed to ignore convention and standards during development; […]

8. Web 2.0 Design Trends – Do they exist?

   Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 | 5 Comments

   Looking at “Web 2.0” leaders such as “upcoming.org”, “flickr.com”, “del.icio.us”, “digg.com”, and “corkd.com” – you don’t see exact visual replication; really there are only slight similarities (which is probably going to be true with most social-networking type sites). So, if all of these sites are undoubtedly considered “Web 2.0” sites and none of their design […]