Now that a lot of hosts are offering Let’s Encrypt as part of their hosting package and Google is punishing non-https sites, there’s no better time to convert your site to HTTPS. What Is the HTTPS Protocol? HTTPS (HTTP Secure) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for secure communication over a computer […]
Technology
5 TED Talks For Designers
This year TED turns 30. For those of you who didn’t pay attention in class, TED (technology, education, design) is a global conference (now actually a few of them), where the most amazing minds of humanity share their ideas in a short and effective form of 18-minute (or less) talks. IvanQuick Facts: Amazing since 1985. Online […]
Creating a Favicon
There’s an excellent tutorial over at Matt Mullenweg’s site detailing how to create a favicon; it’s an old post but still useful today. And here’s an interesting look at different sites’ favicons and a link to a great review by Makiko Itoh. More Reading Read more about the fascinating favicon. Favicon generator Another favicon generator […]
How Macbook Air Became My Office
Spring is in the Air. Or rather there is a spring in the step of one of my very best friends since he got his new Macbook Air last December. But I’ll let him tell you all about it. If you are a creative, and especially if you are on the go more than you […]
10 iPad Apps For Web Designers
One great thing about being a web designer is that you can often work outside a traditional office setting. And with subnotebooks and powerful tablets in abundance, it also means you don’t need to be at your desk to actually get meaningful work done. JoniJoni Mueller has been designing web sites for hire since 2003, […]
Are You Master of Your Domain?
“Are you Master of your Domain? “I am King of the County. You?” “Lord of the Manor.” “I’m Queen of the castle!” JoniJoni Mueller has been designing web sites for hire since 2003, when she first blew up her web host’s server by insisting on running Greymatter. Since then, Joni has designed for Blogger and […]