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Fired Up

When the “bad design is good” argument circled the web design community (again) a few weeks ago a lot of people were concerned. I was too fired up to stay quiet.

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Designers: Learn to Ask Why

Powazek hits the nail on the head in his article The Art of No. The message? Try asking “why” instead of indignantly saying “no” to seemingly ignorant design requests to spawn positive design discussions.

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Silk Icons hit 1000

Mark James has updated his superior icon set, Silk, to bring the set to a grand total of one thousand (1000) icons.

Refresh Pittsburgh Launches

It finally happened.

I got off my ass, threw a cappuccino back, and put together a site for Refresh Pittsburgh. Took me long enough.

“Gee,” you may be thinking, “that layout sure looks familar.” I admit, I took the Left Lane theme and changed the colors and layout a bit to match the Refresh Pittsburgh identity. […]

ESPN.com Looking a Bit Pixelated

ESPN.com is making some subtle changes that are making even the most laid-back of the web geek/sports fan crowd sit up and take notice.

It seems the Connecticut-based sports media giant has been phasing out the use of a technique similar to sIFR to replace headlines on its web site using Flash elements. First, it happened […]