Archive for August, 2004

  1. Responsible Design – Form Styling

    31 Aug 2004

    There have been many great articles about styling forms with CSS, so there’s no point in me discussing that any further. There is one aspect of form styling that sometimes gets lost in the rush — the ‘why’.

  2. Grass Covered Stapler?

    31 Aug 2004

    The most frequent question I’m asked regarding this site is “What’s the deal with the stapler?” . Friends, family and total strangers on the other side of the planet have given me flack about it.

    So what’s the deal with the stapler?

    [Ed.] Apologies for the recent divergence from topic, expect an on-topic post approx 12 hours after this one ;-) .

  3. Cleaning Up the Sawdust

    24 Aug 2004

    “It’s the little things…”

    Oh so true.
    When I designed this site I had grandiose plans for the functionality as well as the design. Somehow I’ve only found time for the design plans and about three quarters of the functionality – that stops now.
    Structural changes are afoot.
    Please watch your head for loose debris.

  4. The Mandatory ‘Hire Me’ Post

    17 Aug 2004

    Do you, or someone you know, need a pixel-pushing, code-punching, every minute-of-it-loving, standards focused designer in the Brisbane area? Great! I happen to have one spare.

  5. Free Design Tools

    16 Aug 2004

    Each of these four tools fit a specific task within web design – and fit it “to a T”. Including the ultimate colour sampler, a feature packed screen ruler, a favelet so useful it should be an entire application and the colour palette generator to end them all.

  6. Dumb Luck or Bad Maths?

    16 Aug 2004

    When I launched this site, I purposefully neglected to submit it to any of the search engines. Consider it a little experiment to see how well a Word Press blog gets indexed without any help. Now, two weeks later, I’m surprised by the results…