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Do Web Designers Need Drawing Skills?

Thursday, August 28, 2008

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Do Web Designers Need Drawing Skills?

Most of the ideas for this series come from actual email questions put to me. Some of the questions delve into the basics of web design, while others may go into more advanced topics. This time around I'm answering a question from someone just looking to learn web design who wanted to know if they needed traditional pen-and-paper drawing skills in web design. Along the way, I explore a few other similar questions about web design related design skills.

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What is an organic website?

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

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What is an organic website?

The inspiration for many of the 'Ask a Web Nerd' episodes is derived from email questions sent to me. This time around, someone contacted me to find out what an organic website was. In a nutshell: An organic website is a website that derives most of it's traffic organically. OK, so what is 'organic' traffic?

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Business of Web Design – Introduction

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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Business of Web Design – Introduction

The 'Business of Web Design' is an audio book/podcast series that teaches you how to start and build a home based web design business. I am still currently in the process of fleshing out all the details, but I do have a lot down on paper. I am very close to being ready to record the first (of many) sessions and I expect to have something out this week.

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The three critical aspects of a website.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

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The three critical aspects of a website.

What are the three most important aspects of a web site? Let's start with the bullet points: Content Ease of use Design aesthetics

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